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    Corteva

    Indianapolis, Indiana, United StatesFounded 2019

    Corteva, through its Corteva Catalyst platform launched in 2024, serves as the corporate venture and strategic investment arm of Corteva Agriscience, a publicly traded global agriculture company. The platform makes equity investments and forms strategic partnerships in agricultural technology startups, focusing on gene editing, biologicals and natural products, technology platforms, and decision science, with typical check sizes of $10 million or less across stages from pre-seed through Series C.

    56% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. They made 4 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $48.1M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Audrey Grimm

    Audrey Grimm

    Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer

    Brook Cunningham

    Brook Cunningham

    Senior Vice President of Corteva and President, Corteva Asia-Pacific

    David Johnson

    David Johnson

    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

    Jeff Rudolph

    Jeff Rudolph

    Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

    Jennifer A. Johnson

    Jennifer A. Johnson

    Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer, Corporate Secretary

    Judd O’Connor

    Judd O’Connor

    Executive Vice President, Seed Business Unit

    Sam Eathington

    Sam Eathington

    Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Digital Officer

    Chuck Magro

    Chuck Magro

    Chief Executive Officer

    Luke Kissam

    Luke Kissam

    Chief Executive Officer of the Corteva Crop Protection Business

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Tropic logoTropicSeries C$105MDec 2026
    Tropic logoTropicSeries C$105MMar 2026
    Tropic logoTropicSeries C$105MMar 2026
    Tropic Biosciences logoTropic BiosciencesBridge$105MMar 2026
    IBI Ag logoIBI AgSeries A$10MNov 2025
    SSymbiomicsSeries A—Jan 2025
    Micropep logoMicropepSeries B$40MSep 2024
    MMicropep TechnologiesSeries B$29MSep 2024
    Micropep logoMicropepSeries B$40MSep 2024
    Pairwise logoPairwiseSeries C$40MSep 2024
    SOLASTA Bio logoSOLASTA BioSeries A$14MSep 2024
    Resurrect Bio logoResurrect BioSeries A$8.1M—
    Ascribe Bioscience logoAscribe BioscienceSeries A$12M—
    Rainbow Crops logoRainbow CropsSeed——
    AAscribe BioSeries A$12M—
    AAscribe BioSeed——

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026