Molecular Agronomy—developed to protect crops without modifying them.

EPICS Biotechnology is a synthetic biology company developing plant-derived biopesticides and biostimulants with the aim of disrupting the $28B crop input market. Our scalable platform is being developed to unlock complex plant-based bioactives with the potential to reduce reliance on chemical inputs, contractual obligations for herbicide-resistant GMO plants, or energy-intensive fermentation.

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We are Molecular Agonomists

Who We Are

At EPICS Biotechnology, we are pioneering at the intersection of biotech and agriculture.

We use protein engineering and gene editing to unlock bioactive compounds in plants—aiming to deliver desirable traits to producers with speed, low cost, and scalability in mind.

By using plants as natural biofactories to produce high-value bioactives, we’re exploring next-generation crop inputs designed to be sustainable, scalable, and symbiotic with nature. With each seed, we aim to grow more than food—we aim to grow solutions.

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The Problem

Agriculture is at risk–we need safer, smarter, more effective tools to ensure food security.

Regulatory pressure is increasing. Food systems are under strain. And climate-driven threats are escalating faster than our tools can keep up. While GMOs can offer protection, introducing resistance traits into crops takes years—and pathogens often evolve faster, creating a constant cycle of catch-up between plant and pathogen. Conventional sprays bring environmental costs and diminishing returns. EPICS Biotechnology unlocks a new path—biological, scalable, and built for what agriculture needs next.

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Chemical pesticides are toxic, and they’re facing bans, as well as environmental and consumer backlash.

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GMOs are costly, slow to develop, and bear regulatory hurdles than can impede their safe and effective translation into the field.

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Gene stacking or modified hosts are possible but can lack consistency of quality agronomic properties.

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Nature holds better solutions—but thousands of molecules remain untapped due to cost and scalability challenges.

The tools we’ve relied on are failing – but these emerging tools rooted in power of plant biology may offer a more sustainable, scalable path forward.

Our Solution

Using a Molecular Agronomy approach,

EPICS has developed a seed-based expression system designed to produce high-value biopesticides and biostimulants—naturally, at scale, and with potential to lower input costs for growers.

Our plants are designed to express complex biofunctional proteins directly in their seeds, reducing reliance on synthetic chemicals or microbial fermentation.

Once harvested, these seeds are designed to degrade naturally over time, without leaving chemical residues or altering the genetics of treated plants —with the goal of supporting crop protection, yield potential, and long-term soil health.

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