Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation led a $45m Series B funding round in Enko, a producer of crop protection solutions. The round had participation from investors Anterra Capital, Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund, Finistere Ventures, Novalis LifeSciences, Germin8 Ventures and TO Ventures Food. “We’re committed to ensuring that smallholder farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have access to affordable innovations that can safely and sustainably control crop pests and diseases, which are likely to intensify and spread into new areas due to climate change," Vipula Shukla, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Senior Program Officer.