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The University of Liverpool operates as a university. It offers post graduate research, foundation courses, continuing and professional development, online study, and doctoral college. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Bayer CropScience AG manufactures and distributes pesticides, and vegetable seeds. Its products include crops such as cotton, fruits and vegetables, oil seeds and wheat, brands includes fungicides, herbicides and seeds growth. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered In Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

Rabo Private Equity (RPE) is the private equity arm of the Rabobank Group and is headquartered in Utrecht. RPE originated in 1972 following the merger of two separate Dutch cooperative banks, the Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank in Utrecht and the Cooperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank in Eindhoven. The firm was formally established in 1998. RPE is based in Utrecht and operates through two separate entities, Rabo Participaties and Rabo Capital.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Strauss Elite Holdings Ltd. provides food packaging services. It provides services to different parts of Israel. The company is located in Ramat Gan, Israel

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP (Brevan Howard) is an alternative investment firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of BH Partnership Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Brevan Howard (Jersey) LP. Brevan Howard manages assets for institutional investors around the world including sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension plans, foundations and endowments.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Finistere Ventures LLC (Finistere Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Spencer Maughan and Arama Kukutai in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Asia Debt Management Hong Kong Ltd (Asia Debt Management Hong Kong) is a private equity firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (BIM-UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm is a subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BIM-UK was founded in 2006 following the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and BlackRock. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors, including the iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. BIM-UK manages a family of mutual funds and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual and pension funds. They also offer alternative investments and managed accounts for individual and institutional clients.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

Anuvia Plant Nutrients Corp. engages in the manufacture of bio-based fertilizers for the agriculture, turf and lawn care industries. Its products include GreenTRX, Organic MaTRX, SymTRX, and ANUGREEN. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Burnham in 2015 and is headquartered in Winter Garden, FL.

Part of John Innes Centre Ltd., John Innes Foundation is a charity founded in 1910 and based in Norwich, UK. The foundation is dedicated to advancing plant science, horticulture, and related subjects. The British company provides substantial support to the rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre and the Sainsbury Laboratory, which is renowned for its academic excellence and groundbreaking research attracting elite candidates from around the world. The company achieves this by supporting scientific research, education, training, and public engagement, as well as maintaining and exploiting a unique historical collection of books and other documents. The foundation's mission is to advance the acquisition and application of knowledge about plants and microbes for societal, environmental, and commercial benefit.

The Met Office provides environmental and weather-related services. It provides weather solutions for mining, building, aviation, marine road, rail, defense, media industries and agricultural sectors. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Exeter, the United Kingdom.

The British Ecological Society provides trust making services. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1913. The CEO is Hazel Norman.

Oxford Martin School operates as a centre of research that addresses global challenges. The firm's specialties include interdisciplinary research, health, medicine, energy; environment, technology, society, ethics and governance. The company was founded by James L. Martin in 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Concentric Ag Corp. develops and manufactures microbial solutions. The firm develops inocucor garden solution, a live-cell formulation that is fermented from micro-organisms, including yeasts and bacteria to interact with the phyto-microbiome and improve the plant and soil quality, act as a natural growth optimizer and help plants survive extreme weather conditions, such as drought. The company was founded by Margaret Bywater-Ekegard and Ananda Lynn Fitzsimmons in 2007 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BioLumic Ltd. provides novel lighting solutions for large scale horticultural customers. It offers UV recipes and UV devices to apply UV treatments to a range of different crops. The firm focuses on developing treatments for transplant crop seedling, and quality regulation of indoor produced leafy vegetables and salad herbs. The company was founded by Jason Wargent in 2012 and is headquartered in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Terramera, Inc. manufactures pesticides and agrochemicals products. It offers biopesticides for the control of bed bugs and other household pests, biopesticides for agricultural use in a variety of crops and applications for bee health, cold pressed neem oil, neem cake, karanja oil, karanja cake, and other ecologically friendly products for use in agriculture, human health, and cosmetic applications; and other professional products. The company was founded by Karn Manhas and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

G.H. Dean & Co. Ltd. is a British company that grows cereals, leguminous crops, and oil seeds. The private company is based in Sittingbourne, UK. The company was founded in 1920 by G. H. Dean.

Aliment Capital LLC (Aliment Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Pontifax Management Co. Ltd. founded in 2014 by Philip Robert Erlanger and Ben Belldegrun. The firm is headquartered in California, United States.

Hi Fidelity Genetics, Inc. develops tools to measure and predict plant traits. The company was founded by Spencer Maughan and Philip Benfey on August 16, 2018 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Five Seasons Ventures SARL (Five Seasons Ventures) in an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in France, Paris. Five Seasons Ventures was founded by Ivan Farneti and Niccolo Manzoni in 2017 and has representative office located in Parma, Italy.

Pairwise Plants LLC operates as a agriculture company. The company was founded by Feng Zhang, David Liu and J. Keith Joung and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Ubiqutek Ltd. manufactures weed controlling devices. The company was founded in 2012 by Robert Diprose and is headquartered in Kineton, the United Kingdom.

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation champions innovative engineering that benefits humanity. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The British company awards the world's leading prize for engineers and engineering, which promotes excellence in the field. The QEPrize Ambassador Network brings together early career engineers from around the world to inspire the next generation.

Fungialert Ltd. develops detection sensors. The firm increases agricultural productivity and sustainability using disruptive, early detective sensors and novel soil health analysis. The company was founded by Kerry O'Donnelly Weaver and Angela de Manzanos and is headquartered in Harpenden, the United Kingdom.

Sunridge Partners (UK) LLP (Sunridge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Largix Tech Ltd. is an Israeli company that offers an additive production system (APS) which reduces manpower dependencies and increases productivity. The company is based in Tsur Yigal, Israel and was founded in 2015 by Ronen Orr and Amir Sheelo. The company's APS can be used in various industries such as storage tanks construction, urban architecture, aerospace, and automotive. Largix's cold 3D laser printing technology allows them to print in materials that other companies cannot, making them unique in the market. The APS can improve productivity by x15 and cut production costs in half. Ronen Orr has been the CEO since 2015. According to Geert Denutte, the founder of CGK, Largix's technology will be a game changer and estimates it will save them up to 50 percent in costs.

Beehero, Inc. provides technology platform to maximize crop yields. The company was founded by Omer Davidi, Itai Kanot, Michal Roizman and Yuval Regev and is headquartered in Fresno, CA.

Oerth Bio LLC is an agricultural biotech company that develops sustainable, environmentally-designed crop and farm solutions to reduce the environmental impact of agrochemical solutions and nourish a growing population with eco-friendly, healthy foods. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was formed as a joint venture between Arvinas and Bayer, supported by over $55 million in committed funding and operational support from Bayer, and technology and intellectual property from Arvinas. Oerth Bio is reimagining crop protection through a comprehensive, therapeutic approach to crop health using Protac® technology, a targeted biotech solution known for its potential in addressing human disease. The CEO of the company is John W. Dombrosky.

Concentric Agriculture, Inc operates as a agri-tech company that develops biological and essential plant nutrient inputs for specialty and broad acre crops. The company was founded by Margaret Bywater–Ekegärd and Ananda Lynn Fitzsimmons in 2007 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Saga Robotics AS develops and supplies robots for the agricultural industry. It also provides maintenance services. The company was founded on March 4, 2016 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions, Inc. is a company that focuses on providing solutions to the problem of weed resistance. The company is based in Raleigh, NC. Weeds have developed resistance to current herbicides, which has led to their flourishing. The company aims to tackle this problem by providing bioherbicides that are effective against resistant weeds. William Buckner has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Laverock Therapeutics Ltd. develops regenerative medicines for hypo immune pancreatic islet cells and oncology therapeutics. The CEO of the British company is David C. Venables.