Aardaia
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Xavier Mesnierunlockedknows Padraic Flood · together at Wageningen University & Research (overlapped)
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Aardaia develops new crops by domesticating wild plant species, using plant breeding, genomics, and AI to move them from wild state to commercial agriculture. Its first crop, the aardaker, is a legume-tuber that combines high yield with nitrogen-fixing protein content, developed with farmers and served at restaurants.
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Padraic FloodinCEOPadraic Flood is CEO of Aardaia, a crop domestication company that develops new crops through plant breeding and genomics. He has a background in quantitative genetics and plant genomics, with prior experience designing breeding systems for various crop types.
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- What does Aardaia do?
- Aardaia develops new crops by domesticating wild plant species, using plant breeding, genomics, and AI to move them from wild state to commercial agriculture. Its first crop, the aardaker, is a legume-tuber that combines high yield with nitrogen-fixing protein content, developed with farmers and served at restaurants.
- Who are Aardaia's investors?
- Aardaia's investors include Astanor Ventures, FoodLabs, Point Nine, Grey Silo Ventures.