Moa Technology

We're in the @TechNation #FutureFifty 2026 cohort of top UK tech scale-ups! Future Fifty has supported more then 1 in 3 of the UK’s unicorns to date, including decacorns Revolut and Wise, so it's fantastic to have been chosen for this year's programme, and for our own sector of agtech to be represented alongside AI, fintech and healthcare. We've also been featured in the Tech Nation 'UK Tech Companies to Watch' report available here: https://lnkd.in/eBq5cP_M #FutureFifty #ItTakesATechNation @Founders Forum #agtech #farming

Moa wins Defra funding competition! We're pleased to announce that we have won over £900,000 in non-dilutive funding in a Defra/Innovate UK competition for technologies improving productivity, sustainability and resilience across UK agriculture. The funding, which is being matched by private sector investment from Oxford Science Enterprises, will help accelerate development of our exciting novel mode of action herbicide designed to help British cereal farmers control resistant blackgrass - a problem that already costs the UK economy over £400 million a year. Farming Minister Stephen Morgan said: “Blackgrass is one of the toughest challenges facing our arable farmers, reducing yields and making it harder to grow crops. "That’s why we’re backing Moa Technology's work through our Farming Innovation Investor Partnership to develop new herbicides to tackle it, alongside increasing farming innovation funding to £123 million this year. By investing in innovation and backing the brilliant researchers and businesses developing solutions for farmers, we’re helping to build a more productive, sustainable and resilient farming sector for the future.” https://lnkd.in/e6DD3hKB Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Oxford Science Enterprises Innovate UK #farming #blackgrass #herbicideinnovation

Our very own Dr Ben Chappell, head of synthetic chemistry at Moa, is speaking at the American Chemical Society's Fall meeting in Chicago tomorrow, in Room S502a at the McCormick Place Convention Center from 9.55-10.20am. Dr Ben will be talking about our unique approach to novel crop protection discovery, and some of our newest Moa Amplifier TM leads, which are not herbicides on their own but have the potential to reduce herbicide use rates and/or broaden the spectrum of weeds controlled. Do stop by to hear him if you are in town! https://lnkd.in/exjgZkfb

Moa is hiring (again)! We're looking for an Associate Scientist in our TARGET team, doing some really exciting biology to explore the novel modes of action that we discover. If you have a BSc degree in Plant Sciences, Biology, Agronomy, Biotechnology or Biochemistry, a few years' relevant lab experience and a really keen interest in plant biology, we want to hear from you! As always, we promise your application will be read by a real person. More info here https://lnkd.in/g9dTgs8x #earlycareer #sciencejobs #oxford #plantbiology

Parkwalk have been at our side from the beginning, and we are absolutely delighted that they have participated once again in our recent Series C round. Thank you Martin Glen Cassie Doherty and all at Parkwalk for your faith in us, our technology and our mission.

Big day for Moa! We are delighted to announce a £22.2 million Series C fundraising round, co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest. We welcome new investors Supernova, Agri Investment Fund, GrainInnovate/Grains Research and Development Corporation, Infinity Investment Partners Limited and Magdalen College, University of Oxford, alongside the continued support of existing investors OSE, Parkwalk, Lansdowne Partners, and Oxford University Innovation. This investment reflects the huge scientific and commercial progress Moa has made over the last five years, with R&D partnerships with leading companies across the globe including Nufarm, Gowan Company, Certis Belchim and Corteva Agriscience, and so many exciting new projects underway, including our Moa Amplifiers and Moa bioAmplifiers. The Series C round will help us advance our lead programmes towards commercialisation and expand our discovery pipeline, to accelerate the development of novel weed resistance breaking solutions for growers which are effective, safe, affordable and sustainable. Thank you to all our investors, partners, advisers, suppliers and most of all, the entire Moa team, for helping us reach this milestone. More here: https://lnkd.in/eyB3new3 #agtech #cropprotection #innovation #weedresistance #foodsecurity #Oxford

Great early career opportunity here at our Oxford site for someone interested in doing exciting R&D in a busy working lab! For a Junior Scientist role, you will need either an undergraduate degree in biology or biochemistry, OR relevant A levels (including biology) plus 1-2 years working lab experience. If you have a masters degree and/or more lab experience, you may be eligible to join as an Associate Scientist. We don't use AI/ATS to review CVs and guarantee every application will be read by a real person. Find out more on our website here https://lnkd.in/eKEWU4W7 #earlycareer #Research #sciencejobs #entrylevel #oxford

We're pleased to announce our latest collaboration! Today, Corteva Agriscience joins the growing list of global ag industry partners collaborating with Moa on the development of genuinely novel products to help farmers control weeds effectively. More details here: https://lnkd.in/ebvpZaYJ #agtech #innovation #cropprotection

Brilliant day in London at Parkwalk's annual Portfolio Showcase, where we met investors ranging from private individuals who helped get our company started in 2017 via EIS investment, to some of Europe's biggest pension schemes and wealth managers. We were pleased to update them on our lead programmes and latest commercial partnerships and also share a little about some very recent discoveries in our labs and glasshouses which could change the way crop protection is done forever... #investors #innovation #agtech #EIS Martin Glen Rob Quinn Alice Hannam Alexandra Ranson