Tropic

AgriTech · Norwich, GB

Norwich agtech using its GEiGS gene-editing/silencing platform to make disease-resistant tropical crops like banana.

Founders

Gilad Gershon (Israel · ♂) — A former Israeli Navy ship commander turned AgriTech entrepreneur and VC investor who co-founded Tropic in 2016 to apply gene-editing to tropical crops.
Eyal Maori (Israel · ♂) — A molecular biologist whose PhD on RNA in bees seeded Beeologics (sold to Monsanto); his Cambridge research on gene-silencing led him to co-found Tropic as its chief science officer.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Mar 2026	Series C UK's Tropic closed an oversubscribed EUR 91.3M Series C co-led by Forbion and Corteva to scale its gene-edited tropical crops.	$105.9M

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