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Apeel Sciences
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Apeel Sciences is a Santa Barbara-based agricultural technology company that makes plant-derived coatings extending the shelf life of fresh produce.
$1.55B
+$4.40
143.96%
30 days ago
$3.05
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Apeel Sciences was founded in 2012 by Jenny Du and James Rogers, with Rogers drawing on his doctoral research into plant biology and materials science, based on the observation that a very large share of fruits and vegetables grown worldwide spoil before ever being eaten, contributing both to substantial economic waste across the food supply chain and to a meaningful share of global greenhouse gas emissions associated with wasted food production. The company's core technology extracts lipids and other compounds naturally found in the peels, seeds, and pulp of fruits and vegetables and formulates them into a thin, invisible, edible coating that can be applied to produce such as avocados, citrus, and cucumbers, slowing the rate of water loss and oxidation that cause produce to spoil. Because Apeel's coatings are made from plant-derived materials already naturally present in food, the company has marketed the product as a "natural" solution to food waste rather than a synthetic chemical preservative, and it has worked to secure regulatory approvals and consumer acceptance on that basis in the U.S. and other markets. Apeel's technology has been deployed by large grocery retailers and produce distributors, who apply the coating either at the point of packing or further along the supply chain, and the company has published data suggesting its treated produce can roughly double shelf life for certain fruits, reducing spoilage-related losses for retailers while also giving consumers more time to use produce at home before it goes bad. The company has raised very substantial venture funding, including large rounds backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Andreessen Horowitz, and S2G Ventures, reaching a valuation in the billions of dollars, reflecting significant investor interest in agricultural technology addressing both food waste and climate impact, though the company has also navigated periods of workforce reduction as it worked toward sustainable unit economics at scale.
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