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Pairwise

Emerging

First company to commercialize CRISPR-edited food in North America; TIME Top GreenTech 2026; Bayer, Corteva, and Mars licensing its Fulcrum CRISPR platform in deals worth hundreds of millions in potential milestone payments.

Best for: CRISPR Food CropsEmerging, rapid growth
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Food, Beverage & AgTechCRISPR Food CropsWebsiteUpdated April 2026

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CRISPR Food Crops

Company Overview

About Pairwise

Pairwise is the first company to commercialize CRISPR-edited food products in North America, launching its Conscious Foods line (beginning with seedless pitless cherries and baby greens) through Whole Foods and other premium retailers. The company is named to TIME's America's Top GreenTech Companies of 2026 and has executed a series of platform licensing deals with Bayer, Enza Zaden, Mars, Corteva, and multiple universities — monetizing its Fulcrum CRISPR platform as licensed infrastructure for the broader agricultural industry.

Business Model & Competitive Advantage

The platform licensing model transforms Pairwise from a single-company crop developer into infrastructure for the entire industry: other seed companies pay to use Pairwise's CRISPR delivery methods to edit their own crops, creating royalty revenue that subsidizes Pairwise's internal product development. In 2026, the company has a CRISPR seedless blackberry under field trials and is advancing its first wheat and corn programs.

Competitive Landscape 2025–2026

European regulatory pathways for gene-edited crops are also clearing, which would unlock a major new market for Pairwise's platform licensing model. The EU has historically been hostile to GMOs, but gene-editing (which makes changes possible through natural breeding) is being carved out of GMO restrictions — potentially creating a massive new licensing opportunity for Pairwise's existing corporate partners who have European seed businesses.

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Emerging Innovator

Pairwise is an emerging player bringing innovative solutions to the AgTech market.

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