Pairwise Raises $25M Series A Financing to Accelerate Crop InnovationExperts in Gene Editing and Agriculture Create Pairwise Plants to Address Global Food Challenges SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2018-- Pairwise Plants (Pairwise) today announced it has closed a $25M Series A financing co-led by Deerfield Management and Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the venture capital arm of Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON). Pairwise is an agricultural company focused on using gene editing and leveraging natural diversity in agricultural crops in new ways to address global food challenges.