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Indigo
Sustainable agriculture solutions
- 1001+ employees
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Sustainability
- Agriculture
- Medford Street / The Neck, Boston, MA
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Company mission
To harness nature in order to help farmers sustainably feed the planet.
0% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Indigo is a company that analyzes the microbiomes of plants in order to create products that can be used to make crops - like wheat and cotton - hardier and more proliferous. As the world's population expands, and the effects of global warming increase, producing high crop yields in the face of extreme weather events, like drought, is a key concern of the agricultural industry.
Indigo was launched by founders with a background in microbiology, who wanted to transfer their experience using microbes to treat human diseases towards a similar process for engineering plants and seeds. As well as selling its products - such as seat coatings - directly to growers, the company launched the Indigo Marketplace, which is a place for farmers and buyers to sell grain for maximum profit online.
Through its research partners, Indigo analyzes a trillion data points a day towards creating new innovations and technologies for farming. It has also launched "Carbon by Indigo", which encourages farmers to transition to more sustainable farming practices, by generating agricultural carbon credits for which the farmer will receive 75% of the price of sale. This dedication to innovation and sustainability is what allows Indigo to stand out against its competitors.
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Benefits
- Equity options & annual cash incentives
- Generous paid time off, including 290 days of accrued PTO per year, 5 floating holidays, and 12 annual company holidays as well as one week between Christmas and New Year's for a company-wide annual break, parental leave, and bereavement leave
- Robust wellness benefits for employees and their eligible dependents including medical, dental, vision, mental health, and basic life and disability insurance
- Optional benefits available include Flexible SPending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), identity protection, accident, and hosptial indemnity insurance
- 401k savings plan
Company values
- Good for all: We strive to do what's right for people and the planet. In tackling big and novel problems, we embrace continuous learning
- Responsible progress: We act responsibly as a leader at the forefront of progress, upholding integrity in our interactions
- One Indigo: We cultivate a sense of belonging, well-being, and connection, actively engaging a diverse community of employees, partners, and stakeholders
- Working with: We growwith our customers and partners, enabling new valyue to be unlocked and created across agriculture
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jan 2024
$20m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2023
$250m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.2bn
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Leadership
Noubar Afeyan
(Co-founder)Co-founder of Moderna, Rubius Therapeutics, Omega Therapeutics, Generate Biomedecine, Cellarity and Ring Therapeutics. Currently a Lecturer at Harvard.
Geoffrey Von Maltzahn
(Co-Founder)Co-founder, CEO and Board Member at Tessera Therapeutics and Generate Biomedicines. Also co-founder of Sana Biotechnologies.