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Rainbow Crops
AI-guided multiplex gene editing platform for crop traits
About Rainbow Crops
Rainbow Crops builds Trait Foundry, a platform that combines AI, multiplex genome editing, precision breeding and automated phenotyping to engineer complex crop traits such as yield and stress resilience. Proof-of-concept work has focused on corn, with expansion planned to other crops for agricultural producers and breeding partners seeking more resilient varieties.
The company is a Belgian agritech spin-off of VIB based in Ghent and commercialises science-based crop-trait engineering rather than conventional farming software alone.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Ghent, Belgium
- Employees
- 18
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 81.1/100
- Industry
- Food
- Sub-industry
- AgriTech
- Sector
- Food, Genetics and genomics, Core AI, Spinout, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Tech, AI Applications, DT and LS, science-based
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- B2B
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Jun 2026 | $13M | $52M | PINC · Agri Investment Fund · Flanders Institute for Biotechnology · Maia Ventures | ↗ |
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Mar 2026 | $7M | $28M | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Rainbow Crops is 180 monthly website visits, down 73.9% over the last three months.
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Investors
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Seed1 investor entered at this stage
PINC
Series A5 investors entered at this stage
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
LIFTT
Agri Investment Fund
Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Maia Ventures
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Ghent University
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