Upstream Biotechnology, Inc.
Genetic trait enabling rapid pathogen response in plants for disease resistance
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- NC
- Latest Form D
- $625K, Sep 2025
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.2M
- 2 awards · 2019–2022
- Rank in peer group#21 of 27
- Private capital raised
- $625K
- 1 Form D · last Sep 2025
- 13 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$625K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance in soybean without fitness cost$995K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Engineering broad-spectrum disease resistance in soybean without fitness cost$225K
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Federal first
80months
from Upstream Biotechnology, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Feb 2019
- NSF · $225K
- First Form D · Sep 2025
- $625K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 27 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- George H. GreeneResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $995K in grants as PI
- George H. GreeneResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $995K in grants as PI
- Karen LeVertDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Xiao-fang WangDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Xinnian DongDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Related companies, and why
- UPSTREAM BIOTECHNOLOGY INCShares a founder: Peter Alexander
- Ceres Tag LtdSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- GROGURU, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- CLARUS LABS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Flexterra, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- APPLIED LIFESCIENCES & SYSTEMS POULTRY, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .