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Funding Round Profile

Trace Genomics

start up
United States - Ames, Iowa
  • 21/02/2024
  • Series B
  • $10,500,000

Trace Genomics is a pioneer in the use of hi-definition genomics to activate the hidden insights in soil for healthier soils and a healthier planet. Through innovation in genomics, soil science and machine learning, Trace Genomics creates a pathway to deliver targeted database insights and actions at cost-speed-scale-accuracy for partners who are advancing modern farming solutions for a net-zero food production system. Where most companies deliver a partial picture, we provide a comprehensive and precise understanding of the soil’s composition—analyzing the soil’s biology, physical properties and chemistry. Trace Genomics has won several awards, including being selected as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Winner of FoodShot Global’s Innovating Soil 3.0 Challenge, Forbes Top 25 Most Innovative AgTech, THRIVE Top 50 AgTech, 2022 Global Cleantech top 100 start-ups and many more.


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Poornima Parameswaran, Ph.DFounder

Poornima Parameswaran, Ph.D United States - Orinda, California

Poornima cofounded Trace Genomics. Trace Genomics has developed the first analytics engine that learns as it maps the living soil - innovating at the intersect of soil science, genomics and machine learning to advance agriculture. The company has raised over $35 million in funding, and has operations in both Ames, Iowa and Silicon Valley. Trace Genomics has won several awards including being selected as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Winner of FoodShot Global's Innovating Soil 3.0 Challenge, Forbes Top 25 Most Innovative AgTech, THRIVE Top 50 AgTech, Agfunder's Most Innovative US startup pre-Series A, and more.

Poornima earned a Ph.D in Microbiology and Immunology from Stanford University with Nobel laureate Dr. Andrew Fire, and a B.S. in Molecular Biology from University of Texas at Austin where she was in the Dean’s Scholars Program.

After completing her Ph.D, she did a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and worked closely with the Broad Institute and the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua. She is an author on 12 publications that have been referenced over 1,450 times, where she pioneered the use of genomics technologies to address fundamental questions in microbial diseases.

Poornima was awarded the Career Development Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Sidney Raffel award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies, and the Gabilan Stanford Graduate Fellowship.