Total raised
$1.0M
Stage
Mature
Founded
2013
Headcount
4
HQ
Caesarea
Sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
About
Forrest Innovations is implementing its Natural Vector Control (NVC) solution to control mosquitoes. Harnessing a naturally occurring mechanism (RNAi), the company produces sterile non-GM male mosquitoes and releases them en masse from airplanes to compete with the wild population. Forrest's operational process combines Modular Mobile Mosquito Units for mass production of NVCs and massive aerial release capabilities for efficient mosquito control. The company completed a project in Brazil and successfully suppressed the disease-transmitting mosquito population, preventing an outbreak of dengue fever in the treated neighborhoods. Untreated regions experienced rampant dengue.
Sectors & technology
Primary sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
Sub-sectors
Agriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechFarm Equipment & TreatmentHealth Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical BiotechnologyBiomaterials & Tissue EngineeringDrugs Discovery & Development
Technologies
Biologicals
Target customers
Agriculture & FoodLivestockInsectsCropsHealthcare & Life SciencesLife SciencesBiotechnology
Business model
B2BB2G
Highlights
Verified
Tags
biotechnologypest-controlpublic-healthmosquitos