Biophero

BioPhero is a Danish agricultural biotechnology company that engineers microbes to produce synthetic insect pheromones via microbial fermentation, providing low-cost, bio-based pest control that disrupts insect mating cycles on major row crops without toxic insecticides. Founded as a spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), BioPhero raised a DCVC Bio-led Series A (with FMC Ventures, Syngenta Group Ventures, and Novo Holdings) and was subsequently acquired by FMC Corporation. The company is a DCVC portfolio holding surfaced in the API Evangelist network; it operates as a research and product organization in synthetic biology and crop protection and publishes no public developer API, documentation, SDKs, or agent-facing surface.

Biophero is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, and Pest Control.

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5.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyAgricultureBiotechnologySynthetic BiologyPest ControlPheromonesCrop ProtectionLife Sciences

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Composite quality — 5.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: biophero
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/biophero.png
name: Biophero
description: BioPhero is a Danish agricultural biotechnology company that engineers microbes to produce synthetic insect pheromones
  via microbial fermentation, providing low-cost, bio-based pest control that disrupts insect mating cycles on major row crops
  without toxic insecticides. Founded as a spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), BioPhero raised a DCVC
  Bio-led Series A (with FMC Ventures, Syngenta Group Ventures, and Novo Holdings) and was subsequently acquired by FMC Corporation.
  The company is a DCVC portfolio holding surfaced in the API Evangelist network; it operates as a research and product organization
  in synthetic biology and crop protection and publishes no public developer API, documentation, SDKs, or agent-facing surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biophero/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Synthetic Biology
- Pest Control
- Pheromones
- Crop Protection
- Life Sciences
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence