Overview
McDermott Will & Emery advised Meiogenix on the closing of a USD 13 million (EUR 11 million) Series A financing round led by Sofinnova Partners, participated in by Genoa Ventures, Bpifrance, Casdin Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Meiogenix is an agriculture biotech company which uses chromosome editing to expand genetic diversity in food and agriculture.
The Meiogenix platform hones in on the USD 50 billion commercial seed market, and in particular on essential crops like corn, wheat, rice, soybeans and tomatoes.
The McDermott team that advised Meiogenix comprised:
Anthony Paronneau (partner) and Laetitia de Dinechin, Ludivine Rabreau and Pascaline Sagot (associates).
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