Latin America · raised · biotech / climate / agriculture
Francisca Castillo and her brother Sebastián joined Daniel Norero after a 2020 Zoom call and secured the Americas' first SAG clearance for non-OGM CRISPR wheat in July 2025.
Neocrop Technologies received the first CRISPR-edited wheat approvals in the Americas from SAG in July 2025 and CONABIA later that year. The Valdivia team closed a $2.75M seed round to advance high-fiber wheat lines toward CPG partnerships.