Evaluate
Determine technical fit.
Evaluation programs enable partners to assess SwitchBlade in defined crops, genes, or stress targets, generating the technical data needed to determine platform fit and development potential.
Partnering
Built for Collaboration with Seed Company Innovators and Trait Companies.
Upstream partners with seed companies to bring SwitchBlade into commercially relevant crop-trait programs. Our partnership model is designed to reduce technical risk, generate meaningful performance data, and accelerate the development of differentiated seed traits.
Collaboration Pathway
Evaluate. Develop. License.
A structured path for assessing technical fit, advancing promising programs, and deploying validated SwitchBlade-enabled traits through commercial partnerships.
Develop
Advance promising programs together.
Successful evaluations can progress into collaborative development programs focused on trait optimization, efficacy validation, and preparation for commercial deployment.
License
Deploy the platform commercially.
Validated programs may advance into commercial licensing. Licensing structures are tailored to partner needs and supported through continued technical collaboration.
Ideal Partners
Collaborating with trait developers and seed-company innovators.
Upstream is actively seeking collaborations with organizations developing the next generation of crop traits.
Global and regional seed companiesPartners with crop-development infrastructure, germplasm access, and commercial deployment pathways.
Agricultural biotechnology companiesTeams developing differentiated genes, traits, or stress-response programs.
Trait development organizationsGroups advancing disease resistance, abiotic resilience, quality, or composition traits.
Strategic research collaboratorsCollaborators exploring new biological targets and applications for SwitchBlade.
Start a collaboration
Bring us the crop challenge. We will bring the switch.
Whether you're exploring a new disease-resistance program, expanding resilience across additional crops, or evaluating novel applications for SwitchBlade, we'd welcome the opportunity to discuss a collaboration.