ACX

Next-generation biocides for sustainable agriculture at scale

Y CombinatorSummer 2024ActiveHealthcareIndustrial BioSynthetic BiologyBiotechHealthcareAgriculture

What they do

Problem

Chemical pesticides harm the environment and human health while farmers still need effective crop protection to maintain yields.

Solution

ACX develops next-generation sustainable biocides and precision agriculture crop-protection technologies as eco-friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides.

Who it's for

Farmers and agricultural producers who need biological crop protection for large-scale farming.

Founders

Emmanouela Petsolari

Founder

Emmanouela is the Co-Founder & CEO of ACX and PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of Cambridge. Previously, she held several research positions working in immunology, cancer, malaria vaccine development and viral drug discovery (in institutes like Barts Cancer Institute CRUK, Cambridge University, King’s College London, Institute Curie France and Imperial College London).

Melina Petsolari

Founder

Melina is the Co-founder & CTO of ACX and PhD in Computer Science from King's College London. Previously, she held several research positions spanning digital health, robotics, technology-enable interventions, HCAI and NLP (in institutes like Cambridge University, King’s College London, National Health Service (NHS) in England and Francis Crick Institute).