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Complex traits require a new approach. Rainbow Crops combines AI, genome engineering and validation to help breeding partners develop resilient, high-performing crops faster.
VIB–UGent Spin-Out
Validated in Corn
Gates Foundation-Supported Programmes
Strategic Industry Partnerships
Agriculture's most important traits are the hardest to improve.
Climate volatility, resource constraints, and disease pressure are increasing the demand for crops that can perform under increasingly challenging conditions.
Many of the traits needed to achieve this - including yield stability, drought resilience, heat resilience, and input efficiency - are governed by complex biological networks, making them difficult to improve through traditional breeding.
This is the exact challenge that Rainbow Crops was built to address.
Trait Foundry™
Trait Foundry™ connects prediction, engineering, validation and learning in a continuous development cycle designed to accelerate complex trait discovery and crop improvement.
One connected workflow from prediction to validation.
Generate evidence earlier and make decisions with greater confidence.
Designed for traits governed by complex biological networks.
Built to support collaborative crop development with seed and breeding companies.
From scientific discovery to field validation, Rainbow Crops is focused on translating biological insight into measurable crop outcomes.
Scientific foundation
Research origins within the VIB–UGent ecosystem.
Crop validation
End-to-end proof-of-concept demonstrated in corn.
Global programmes
Participation in Gates Foundation-supported initiatives.
Commercial collaboration
Partnerships across research, breeding and agriculture.
Rainbow Crops works with leading seed and breeding companies to accelerate the development of improved crop varieties through shared expertise, advanced technology and collaborative R&D.
Our partnerships enable long-term collaboration, shared goals, and mutual value creation.
Trait Foundry™ platform
AI-powered trait discovery
Genome engineering
Validation capabilities
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Germplasm and breeding programmes
Field-testing capabilities
Market and crop expertise
Commercial pathways
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Faster trait development
Reduced development risk
Improved decision-making
Validated crop outcomes
Rainbow Crops brings together expertise across plant systems biology, genome engineering, AI, and crop development to tackle some of agriculture's most complex challenges. Rainbow Crops is led by experienced founders, supported by an advisory board with extensive expertise across agriculture, plant biotechnology, and AI.
Whether you're exploring a partnership, evaluating new trait development opportunities or interested in learning more about Trait Foundry™, we'd love to hear from you.
