Invaio Sciences Labs is a cutting-edge center of discovery in Cambridge, MA. Beginning with the understanding of the inner workings of insects to benefit us all, we draw upon a lineage of advancing life sciences to gain a deeper understanding of our relationship with natural systems.
As brands, growers & NGOs we can change insect management practice to become more mindful of our health and that of the planet. We can do better.
Agriculture & Insects
In recent years we’ve learned that how we feed ourselves will ultimately determine the fate of our planet and all its inhabitants. At Invaio, we’ve discovered how to work with the microbiome of both pests and pollinators to our benefit in the production of food. Using precise delivery technologies we now look to tackle some of the big concerns facing humanity.
WE IMMEDIATELY
REDUCE THE USE OF
PESTICIDES BY 90%
OUR INITIAL DISCOVERY
Poor management practice has broken our relationship with insects. We’re learning how much we have in common through-out natural systems. Our impact in controlling that relationship with bugs has had vast unintended consequence on our health and that of the planet. How we deal with beneficials & pests in feeding ourselves is ground zero for a pesticide revolution.
A PESTICIDE REVOLUTION
To address pest pressures impacting tree health we precisely deliver nature-based actives through physical and biological methods. Through our approach we positively impact the production of real foods, like fruits and nuts and reduce pesticide externalities by 90%. We see it as an opportunity to connect responsibly produced real foods with a more conscious modern consumer. We see food as a way to reinvent our relationship with insects.
lbs.
1200000000
over 1 billion pounds of insecticides are used in the United States every year
SOCIETAL, CULTURAL & PLANETARY PRESSURES
ARE FORCING CHANGE UPON INSECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
POLLINATORS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF AGRICULTURE & THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF NATURAL SYSTEMS
OUR LINEAGE
Invaio was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering. Since the beginning we’ve built a diverse team with world-class capabilities and framed it around multidisciplinary sciences. Our technologies leverage breakthroughs from diverse fields including human therapeutics, agriculture, environmental science, and advanced manufacturing. We’re systems thinkers using bleeding edge science to progress more of us to become based in nature.
LEARN HOW OUR TARGETED
DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES…
INCREASE
PROFITABILITY
AND REDUCE
EXTERNALITIES
KNOWLEDGE WALL
– facts & figures –
41% OF CROPS
ARE LOST TO INSECTS
nearly every-other-bite of global food production
1200000000
lbs.
over a billion pounds of insecticides are used in the United States each year
Insecticides Markets, by Region (USD Billions)
Europe
North America
South America
Asia Pacific
>1% of insecticides
applied hit the mark
99 %
NEVER HIT THE TARGET
INSECTS CAUSE: $250 billion in crop damage per year despite our chemical deluge
1-in-5 jobs around the globe are in Agriculture
AGRICULTURE IS A:
$2.4 TRILLION INDUSTRY
A MINDFUL APPROACH
Intensifying PRESSURES are forcing an end to the kill-everything model of food production.
It’s time we all move forward with a smarter approach. A more MINDFUL approach.
We’re PIONEERING technologies which will introduce refinement to the practices used in managing INSECTS while feeding ourselves.