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This Bug Startup Just Raised $100 Million To Fight Hunger

Written by Fortune | Jul 21, 2016 10:48:00 PM

By Dan Primack

New bacteria and a new business model.

Charlestown is the historically blue-collar Boston neighborhood best known as a setting for such films asThe Town and Good Will Hunting. Not exactly the sort of place you’d expect to find the city’s next hotshot startup, let alone one promising to significantly increase the crop yields of agricultural staples like wheat and cotton.

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