January 30, 2026

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Spearhead Bio named 2026 "Startup to Watch"

St. Louis agtech startup Spearhead Bio raises $4M to speed up crop genome editing (St. Louis Business Journal)

July 23, 2025

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Spearhead Bio secures NSF grant to test novel gene-editing approach in corn

July 14, 2025

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Spearhead Bio awarded National Science Foundation Tech Transfer Grant to accelerate development of improved corn varieties - Startup leads next generation precision crop improvement using plant’s natural genome evolution

May 14, 2025

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Danforth Technology Center launches gene-editing startup Spearhead Bio to solve ‘a major obstacle with CRISPR’ (AgFunder News)

May 13, 2025

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Danforth Technology Company launches genome editing ctartup Spearhead Bio - Transformative technology leads the next generation of precision crop improvement