Wild Bio, founded in 2021 by Dr Ross Hendron and Irish man Prof Steve Kelly, specialises in crop genetics by researching genetic solutions that developed through evolution. University of Oxford spin-out Wild Bioscience, which develops improved crop varieties using AI and precision breeding, has acquired wheat breeding business F1 Seed for an undisclosed amount. By acquiring F1 Seed, Wild Bio aims to become a “fully integrated, end-to-end UK seed company”, forming a single business able to design, breed and deliver new wheat varieties to growers. Last October, Wild Bio raised $60m in a Series A round led by the Ellison Institute of Technology, founded by Oracle’s Larry Ellison. The company’s acquisition of F1 Seed was largely financed by this funding, according to Wild Bio.