Nitroduck
Nitroduck is a YC Fall 2026 (F26) company. Based in Brno, South Moravian Region, Czechia. Team of 3.
About Nitroduck
Summary
Nitroduck builds CRISPR-based gene editing tools for crop breeders, covering vegetables, fruits, and specialty crops that current platforms do not support. Breeders use Nitroduck to develop varieties with traits like heat tolerance, pollinator independence, and novel consumer appeal, replacing conventional breeding cycles and pesticide-dependent disease management.
From the Y Combinator listing
Monsanto for yummy crops, but without pesticides
We make gene editing easy for all crops. To make pesticides obsolete across vegetables and fruits, enabling coffee to withstand heat waves, making almonds independent of pollinators, pistachios independent of winter chill, and much more. To let breeders create novel, consumer-facing crop varieties like pink pineapples, seedless cherries, and non-browning avocados.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Agriculture
- Brno, South Moravian Region, Czechia
- 3
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
- Matúš Grieš
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