Agragene Inc
Matt Helms is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience in the agricultural sector. Currently serving as Chief Commercial Officer at Agragene Inc since January 2025, Matt has also owned Ella & Ollie Popcorn since May 2017. Prior to these roles, Matt was Managing Director at BioGenerator Ventures and held various executive positions at NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc., Bayer Crop Science, and Monsanto Company, contributing to global business development and agricultural productivity. Earlier experience includes a senior consultancy role at Deloitte and a sales position at Novartis. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an Executive M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Agragene Inc
Agragene operates as a sustainable agricultural technology company developing novel biological crop pest protection products. Agragene is advancing Precision-Guided Sterile Insect Technology (pgSIT), an eco-friendly CRISPR-based approach to engineer sterile male crop pests that mate with wild female crop pests.The company uses advanced genomeengineering to create and commercialize sustainable products that are applicable to thousands of insect pests worldwide, thereby enabling farmers to enhance the quality and productivity of economically important foods and crops.Agragene was established in 2017 and is based in San Diego, CA.