Danziger Innovations

Company Overview

Snapshot

Founded in January 2008 by Michael Danziger, Gavriel Danziger, and Amir Zuker, Danziger Innovations had 51–200 employees. The company secured funding across two rounds from one investor. In May 2020, Danziger Innovations ceased to operate.

Business overview

Danziger Innovations specializes in researching and manufacturing advanced breeding solutions to enhance crop traits across field, vegetable, woody, and ornamental crops. The company's core technology, MemoGene, is a patented platform for precise plant genomic modification applicable to all plants without traditional genetic engineering. MemoGene delivers endonucleases to specific plant cell compartments via proprietary viral vectors, effective in a wide range of monocot and dicot plants and crops, including peppers, cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, maize, cotton, and canola. Danziger Innovations operates within the Ag Tech, Genetics & Input sectors, serving the agriculture and food industries, specifically targeting crop improvement.

Strategic signal

In May 2020, Danziger Innovations ceased its operations. This indicates a significant and permanent shift in the company's trajectory, signaling to investors and innovation teams that the venture is no longer active in the market.

Company Intelligence Q&A

What is Danziger Innovations' primary focus?

Danziger Innovations focuses on researching and manufacturing advanced breeding solutions to improve crop traits in various agricultural products, including field, vegetable, woody, and ornamental crops.

What is MemoGene?

MemoGene is Danziger Innovations' patented technology for precise plant genomic modification. It utilizes proprietary viral vectors to deliver endonucleases to specific compartments in plant cells, applicable to a wide variety of monocot and dicot plants and crops.

When was Danziger Innovations founded?

Danziger Innovations was founded in January 2008.

What was the operational status of Danziger Innovations in May 2020?

In May 2020, Danziger Innovations ceased to operate.

Which organization collaborated on the development of Danziger Innovations' technology?

Danziger Innovations' technology was developed in collaboration with a team under Prof. Alexander Vainstein at the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.