Evogene and Compugen Break News

Evogene and Compugen have both made headlines today. The two companies are related - Evogen was spun off of Compugen six years ago as an independent startup. Evogen will receive NIS 7.2 million from venture capital fund AquAgro. The ag-biotech startup develops improved plants for the agricultural and biofuel industries through [...]

Evogene and CBD Partner on Cotton Technology

Evogene is an Israeli startup founded in 2002 that aims to generate improved crops and new agricultural biotechnology products in an economically efficient way.  Initially a division of Compugen, Evogene has just signed a partnership with Rehovot-based CBD Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of FuturaGene, to collaborate on the improvement of cotton fiber properties.
Under the agreement, CBD [...]