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Pheronym

Pheronym

Pheronym is a biotechnology company based out of Davis, California, which makes pheromones that control agricultural pests and can be used as a replacement for toxic pesticides.

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pheronym.com
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Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Agriculture
Agriculture
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Future food technology
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural technology (AgTech)
Agricultural technology (AgTech)
Technology
Technology
Synthetic biology
Synthetic biology
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Location
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Florida
Florida
Woodland, California
Woodland, California
Davis, California
Davis, California
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B2B
B2B
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B2C
B2C
CEO
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
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Founder
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
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Karl Cameron Schiller
Karl Cameron Schiller
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...183227-41
Accelerator
IndieBio
IndieBio
Accelerator Batch
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IndieBio Class Five
Number of Employees (Ranges)
1 – 10
Email Address
info@pheronym.com0
alec.brown@wsu.edu
Phone Number
+135221944640
Number of Employees
2
Full Address
1100 Main St, Ste 300-PL Woodland, CA 956950
28605 County Road 104 Davis, CA 95618 United States
Place of Incorporation
United States
United States
Investors
IndieBio
IndieBio
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
SOSV
SOSV
DUNS Number
078392484
Founded Date
2017
Total Funding Amount (USD)
725,000
Latest Funding Round Date
June 2020
Glassdoor ID
3238378
Key People
Karl Cameron Schiller
Karl Cameron Schiller
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
Dr. Fatma Kaplan
Latest Funding Type
Seed
Seed
Patents Assigned (Count)
1
COO
Karl Cameron Schiller
Karl Cameron Schiller
Headquarters
Davis, California
Davis, California

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Company Operating Status
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Pheronym is a biotechnology company located in Davis, California and is founded by Dr. Fatma Kaplan and Karl Cameron Schillermaking. Pheronym makes pheromone-like molecules for pest control, which control behavior in parasitic nematodes by driving them away from plants and towards insects. The company claims their pheromone technology—when applied to nematodes—results in a 5X increase in targeted insect kill rates compared to untreated nematodes; while non-target insects remain safe, and no harmful residues are left in the environment.

Products
Nemastim

Nemastim is a pheromone product that is used to treat commercial nematodes used for pest control and can be sprayed using regular pesticide/herbicide spraying equipment. When commercial nematodes are treated with Nemastim, they are stimulated to search for and kill insect pests. The application of Nemastim is broad spectrum, meaning it stimulates nematodes to attack twenty eight known pests. Nemastim makes nematodes target and kill insects for the following crop varieties: almonds, apricots, cherries, cucumbers, oranges, peaches. pecans, tomatoes, and many more.

Grants/Awards
2018: Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services: Specialty Crop Block Grant Award

CEO and founder of Pheronym Dr. Fatma Kaplan, along with a team of scientists from the University of Florida, won the 2018: Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services: Specialty Crop Block Grant Award for their research proposal titled "Nematode-resistant pepper varieties for Florida".

2017: USDA-SBIR phase I award

On October 18, 2017, Pheronym was awarded a $100,000 USDA-SBIR Phase I grant to support further research into the development and application of Pheronym's pheromone technology.

Funding
Seed

On March 30, 2017, Pheronym was accepted into IndieBio's 4.5 month-long accelerator program, receiving $250,000 in funding from IndieBio and SOSV.

Grant

On February 20, 2019, Pheronym announced they received a grant worth $100,000 from the International Space Station (ISS) US National Laboratory. After receiving this grant, Pheronym became the first company in the world to have a contract for an agricultural bio-control experiment that will take place in space. The project director and CEO of Pheronym, Dr. Fatma Kaplan, made the following public statement after the company's grant announcement:

We are looking to duplicate in space the success of our earth-bound commercialization trials of our nematode focused bio-remediation. Our only regret is we can’t join our nematodes for their trip to the Space Station.

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SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Further Resources

Title
Author
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Type
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A blend of small molecules regulates both mating and development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Jagan Srinivasan, Fatma Kaplan, Ramadan Ajredini, Cherian Zachariah, Hans T. Alborn, Peter E. A. Teal, Rabia U. Malik, Arthur S. Edison, Paul W. Sternberg, and Frank C. Schroeder

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774729/

Academic paper

Indie Bio - Demo Day #5 - Pheronym

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtyJuDpIVxY

October 13, 2017

Interspecific Nematode Signals Regulate Dispersal Behavior

Fatma Kaplan, Hans T. Alborn, Stephan H. von Reuss, Ramadan Ajredini, Jared G. Ali, Faruk Akyazi, Lukasz L. Stelinski, Arthur S. Edison, Frank C. Schroeder, Peter E. Teal

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038735

Academic paper

On the Steps Between Scientist and Founder: An Interview with Fatma Kaplan - SynBioBeta

Emilia Díaz

https://synbiobeta.com/on-the-steps-between-scientist-and-founder-an-interview-with-fatma-kaplan/

Open the Gates to the Namatode Pheromone World

Fatma Kaplan

http://www.pheronym.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Vision_The-GSA-Reporter-2014_v11_pages-8_91.pdf

Academic paper

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