Moa Technology

Agri Techherbicide discoveryweed resistancecrop protectionhigh-throughput screeningagrochemicalsoxford spinout·Oxford·Series C

Moa Technology spun out of the University of Oxford's Department of Plant Sciences in 2017, founded by Professor Liam Dolan FRS and Dr Clement Champion, and is led by chief executive Dr Virginia Corless, an astrophysicist by training. The company hunts for herbicides with genuinely novel modes of action, the first new mechanisms the industry has found in roughly three decades, using plant-led discovery platforms that screen live plants rather than isolated enzymes. Moa has screened over 750,000 compounds and identified more than 70 candidate modes of action. In 2024 it signed a global commercial deal with Australian agrochemical group Nufarm covering one chemical class, which moved to its next phase in September 2025. In July 2026 Moa raised a £22.2M Series C co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest, with GrainInnovate, Magdalen College Oxford, Lansdowne Partners and Parkwalk Advisors participating.

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StageSeries C

Founded2017

Total raisedc. $92M (including £22.2M Series C, 2026)

Founded byLiam Dolan, Clement Champion

Backed by

Oxford Science EnterprisesSupernova InvestParkwalk AdvisorsLansdowne PartnersIP Group BGFGrainInnovateAgri Investment FundInfinity Investment PartnersMagdalen College Oxford

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