Molagri
Molagri is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in Toronto, ON, Canada. Team of 4.
About Molagri
Summary
Molagri develops biopesticides engineered to hit a molecular target found only in pest insects, killing crop pests while leaving pollinators and beneficial insects unharmed. The products are designed with predictive resistance modeling so they remain effective as pest populations evolve, replacing conventional broad-spectrum pesticides that degrade ecosystem health and accumulate resistance over time. Production is biobased, cutting emissions at both the manufacturing and field-application stages.
From the Y Combinator listing
Resistance free pesticides.
Molagri develops safer, more effective pesticides for agriculture. We design biopesticides that hit a precise molecular target unique to pest insects, knocking out pests while sparing pollinators, beneficial insects, and the wider ecosystem. By modeling how pests are likely to evolve, we stay a step ahead of resistance, keeping our products effective against the pests of today and tomorrow. The higher efficacy and biobased production will also contribute to emissions reductions in both manufacturing and field use. Our founders are PhD lab mates from the University of Toronto who have worked together for six years and published in Nature Communications and Nature Microbiology.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Agriculture
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- 4
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Min Jin
- Zaky Hassan
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