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BioLumic Oversubscribed Funding Round Accelerates a New Category of Non-GMO Seed Traits
BioLumic Oversubscribed Funding Round Accelerates a New Category of Non-GMO Seed Traits
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BioLumic Launches First Commercial Trait Activation System for Seed Innovation
BioLumic Launches First Commercial Trait Activation System for Seed Innovation
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BioLumic's Leap in Innovation: One company is using light to manage seeds!
BioLumic's Leap in Innovation: One company is using light to manage seeds!
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Ultraviolet light helps seeds express desirable traits
Ultraviolet light helps seeds express desirable traits
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BioLumic Launches World’s First Commercial Light-Activated Seed Traits
BioLumic Launches World’s First Commercial Light-Activated Seed Traits
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How BioLumic’s UV Light Technology Unlocks Seed Traits and Boosts Yields
How BioLumic’s UV Light Technology Unlocks Seed Traits and Boosts Yields
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BioLumic’s UV-activated grass seeds may curb livestock methane
BioLumic’s UV-activated grass seeds may curb livestock methane
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What could be in the farm toolkit for curbing methane emissions?
What could be in the farm toolkit for curbing methane emissions?
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The Untapped Potential of AgTech’s World-Changing Ideas For The Seed Industry
The Untapped Potential of AgTech’s World-Changing Ideas For The Seed Industry
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BioLumic CSO Jason Wargent speaks at World Food Prize panel: Innovating Across the Agribusiness Chain
BioLumic CSO Jason Wargent speaks at World Food Prize panel: Innovating Across the Agribusiness Chain
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BioLumic named one of New Zealand’s leading AgriTech Innovators
BioLumic named one of New Zealand’s leading AgriTech Innovators
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BioLumic’s novel light activation science unlocks high-value traits in seeds
BioLumic’s novel light activation science unlocks high-value traits in seeds
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BioLumic CEO Steve Sibulkin interview: Leveraging ‘A-Ha’ Moments to Drive AgTech Innovation
BioLumic CEO Steve Sibulkin interview: Leveraging ‘A-Ha’ Moments to Drive AgTech Innovation
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BioLumic sheds light on its UV tech as it partners with seed majors
BioLumic sheds light on its UV tech as it partners with seed majors
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BioLumic CSO Jason Wargent named in 2024 Top Agrifood Pioneers by World Food Prize
BioLumic CSO Jason Wargent named in 2024 Top Agrifood Pioneers by World Food Prize

BioLumic’s Jason Wargent has been named to the inaugural 2024 Top Agrifood Pioneers (TAP) List by the World Food Prize Foundation.

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BioLumic UV Light Treatment Technology Enhances Corn Lines
BioLumic UV Light Treatment Technology Enhances Corn Lines
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BioLumic Pioneers New Seed Traits with Seed Company Partners
BioLumic Pioneers New Seed Traits with Seed Company Partners
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BioLumic partners with Beck’s Hybrids and other major seed companies to boost corn productivity via UV ligh
BioLumic partners with Beck’s Hybrids and other major seed companies to boost corn productivity via UV ligh

BioLumic makes a breakthrough in enhancing inbred corn for seed production and accelerating the delivery of novel traits to market — at a fraction of the time and cost compared to traditional methods.

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BioLumic’s Light-Activation on Seed Enhances Corn Production
BioLumic’s Light-Activation on Seed Enhances Corn Production
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BioLumic Pioneers New Seed Traits with Seed Company Partners
BioLumic Pioneers New Seed Traits with Seed Company Partners

UV Light Treatments Address Inbreeding Depression in Seed Production

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BioLumic Named Agriculture Finalist for World Changing Ideas by Fast Company
BioLumic Named Agriculture Finalist for World Changing Ideas by Fast Company

Ag biotech startup enables sustainable global rice production with UV light seed treatment.

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AgriZeroNZ Invests Up To $5M in BioLumic For Sustainable UV Light Platform
AgriZeroNZ Invests Up To $5M in BioLumic For Sustainable UV Light Platform
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BioLumic’s UV light signalling: the next frontier in plant science?
BioLumic’s UV light signalling: the next frontier in plant science?
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BioLumic Gets $3M (USD) Investment from AgriZeroNZ
BioLumic Gets $3M (USD) Investment from AgriZeroNZ
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Investment in BioLumic to shine light on low emissions pasture solution
Investment in BioLumic to shine light on low emissions pasture solution

AgriZeroNZ's $5 million (NZD) investment in BioLumic marks a significant stride in the pursuit of low methane emission pasture-based solutions.

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This NZ Company Is Programming Plants With Light
This NZ Company Is Programming Plants With Light

M2 Magazine published an article on BioLumic, with insights about our technology and how we’re using UV light to program plants for better growth and disease resistance.

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Interview: Harnessing Ag Tech for Sustainable Ag
Interview: Harnessing Ag Tech for Sustainable Ag

Our CEO, Steve Sibulkin, spoke on a panel at VISION Conference titled "Harnessing Ag Tech for Sustainable Ag", and was subsequently interviewed by AgWired.

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Seed World Names BioLumic A Top Innovative Product of 2023
Seed World Names BioLumic A Top Innovative Product of 2023

BioLumic's In-Seed UV Light Treatment was named a Top Innovative Product of 2023 by Seed World, recognizing it as a unique and game-changing technology for the seed industry.

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BioLumic UV Light Activation Shines a Bright Future For Row Crop Seeds
BioLumic UV Light Activation Shines a Bright Future For Row Crop Seeds

BioLumic and Gro Alliance announce a partnership to bring Ultraviolet light-activated seed treatments to a commercial scale.

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BioLumic to Unlock Sustainable Global Rice Production with Light Treatments for Seed
BioLumic to Unlock Sustainable Global Rice Production with Light Treatments for Seed

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants funding to BioLumic to enhance Direct Dry Seeded Rice productivity, supporting a shift to reduced water use and lowered emissions in India’s rice cultivation.

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BioLumic achieves strong early gains in DDSR rice establishment traits
BioLumic achieves strong early gains in DDSR rice establishment traits
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Maximizing Corn Yield: The Crucial Role of Pollination in Seed Production
Maximizing Corn Yield: The Crucial Role of Pollination in Seed Production
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From Roots to Shoots: Maximizing Corn Performance with Genetic Expression Traits
From Roots to Shoots: Maximizing Corn Performance with Genetic Expression Traits
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Enhancing Inbred Corn with Genetic Expression Traits: Yield and Stand Establishment Breakthroughs
Enhancing Inbred Corn with Genetic Expression Traits: Yield and Stand Establishment Breakthroughs
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Indoor row crop R&D accelerates Genetic Expression Trait commercialization
Indoor row crop R&D accelerates Genetic Expression Trait commercialization
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Enhancing Crop Establishment with Genetic Expression Seed Traits
Enhancing Crop Establishment with Genetic Expression Seed Traits

Activating Genetic Expression Seed Traits™ dramatically improves stand establishment indicators - plant population, emergence uniformity, and seedling vigor.

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Kicking off the 2024 row crop planting season!
Kicking off the 2024 row crop planting season!

We are excited to kick off the 2024 field trial season in the Midwest US!

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BioLumic is transforming the seed trait business.
BioLumic is transforming the seed trait business.

BioLumic light treatments unlock the seed’s natural genetic potential by regulating genetic expression, not the underlying genetics, identifying and activating plant traits for enhanced productivity.

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2022 BioLumic US soybean trials!
2022 BioLumic US soybean trials!

BioLumic is busy analyzing our US soybean field trial results from the 2022 season!

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BioLumic and Helius get together!
BioLumic and Helius get together!

Fantastic to catch up with our collaboration partners Helius Therapeutics today!

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Radio New Zealand interview with BioLumic CSO
Radio New Zealand interview with BioLumic CSO

Thanks to RNZ and Jesse for a great conversation today!

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Our team in Boston!
Our team in Boston!

Fantastic to be in Boston this week with our BioLumic colleagues!

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BioLumic team & US soybean field trials
BioLumic team & US soybean field trials

So amazing to spend time with our BioLumic colleagues in the US this week!

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Arama Kukutai visits BioLumic
Arama Kukutai visits BioLumic

Fantastic to host our investor and friend Arama Kukutai at BioLumic NZ today!

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The Future of Farming
The Future of Farming

Great to see an article in Stuff Business citing BioLumic as an inspiring farming tech company!

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John Bedbrook visits BioLumic HQ!
John Bedbrook visits BioLumic HQ!

Fantastic to have one of our overseas-based Board members visit us at BioLumic HQ in Palmerston North!

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MBIE visit to BioLumic
MBIE visit to BioLumic

Thanks to Max Kennedy and Jez Weston for spending time with us at BioLumic!

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Palmy Proud!
Palmy Proud!

Great to see #womeninscience front and centre to the amazing piece in Palmy Proud magazine, featuring our work at BioLumic!

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Q&A on BioLumic with Jason Wargent
Q&A on BioLumic with Jason Wargent

Thanks to our friends at NZ Growth Capital Partners for running a Q&A on the BioLumic story!

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Women in Science Day!
Women in Science Day!

BioLumic would be nowhere without our amazing women scientists!

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Manawatu Innovation Ambassador
Manawatu Innovation Ambassador

Blown away to have been announced Manawatū Innovation Ambassador at 2020 Innovate!

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AgTech 360 Podcast
AgTech 360 Podcast

Thanks to our colleague and friend Adrian Percy for interviewing me for the AgTech 360 Podcast!

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Meeting with the Prime Minister
Meeting with the Prime Minister

Fantastic to meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today and talk about our work to increase crop yields at BioLumic!

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“Evolutionary Hi-jacker”
“Evolutionary Hi-jacker”

“Evolutionary Hi-jacker” - how BioLumic is cracking the code on Yield and the next great frontier in Plant Science...

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Driving commercialization
Driving commercialization

BioLumic, a New Zealand-based agtech startup developing UV light recipes to apply to seeds and seedlings to promote crop yield increases, has hired a new CEO.

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Photogenics
Photogenics

Photogenics – a new Agtech paradigm exploiting plant photobiology for yield and crop protection.

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