BigSis: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
BigSis has developed a proprietary platform to create a broad portfolio of sustainable insect control solutions for agriculture pests and mosquitoes. Using contemporary robotics and artificial intelligence, BigSis has reinvented the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), cutting solution costs by up to 90% to make this proven and powerful tool competitive with chemical insecticides, a £12.5bn global market in 2017. BigSis sterile male insects, which mate with wild females to control pest populations, are non-GM, non-toxic and are benign to other species, including pollinators and beneficial insects. Starting with spotted wing Drosophila (SWD), a hard-to-control pest of soft fruit, and codling moth, a major apple pest, BigSis will develop, test and commercialise a series of insect control solutions for farmers and mosquito control agencies.
BigSis has raised $2.1M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $2.1M announced in Oct 2021.
That round is below the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
BigSis Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Oct 2021.
BigSis Funding Rounds
BigSis Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
BigSis Funding Compared to Other Agriculture and Farming Startups
BigSis' latest round of $2.1M is below the median round in Agriculture and Farming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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BigSis Funding FAQs
What does BigSis do?
BigSis has developed a proprietary platform to create a broad portfolio of sustainable insect control solutions for agriculture pests and mosquitoes. Using contemporary robotics and artificial intelligence, BigSis has reinvented the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), cutting solution costs by up to 90% to make this proven and powerful tool competitive with chemical insecticides, a £12.5bn global market in 2017. BigSis sterile male insects, which mate with wild females to control pest populations, are non-GM, non-toxic and are benign to other species, including pollinators and beneficial insects. Starting with spotted wing Drosophila (SWD), a hard-to-control pest of soft fruit, and codling moth, a major apple pest, BigSis will develop, test and commercialise a series of insect control solutions for farmers and mosquito control agencies.
How much funding has BigSis raised?
BigSis has raised $2.1M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $2.1M announced in Oct 2021.
When did BigSis last raise funding?
BigSis' most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $2.1M, announced in Oct 2021.
Who is the CEO of BigSis?
Glen Slade is listed as CEO at BigSis.
Where is BigSis headquartered?
BigSis is based in Reading, United Kingdom.
How many employees does BigSis have?
BigSis is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does BigSis' funding compare to other Agriculture and Farming startups?
BigSis' latest round of $2.1M is below the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies on FundedIQ across 1,320 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's BigSis Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for BigSis is left off this page rather than filled in.
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