Vive Crop Protection is a privately held company based in Toronto, Canada, that develops new products based on existing active ingredients for pesticides using its patented Allosperse technology.
The company was founded out of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto in 2006 by Professor M. Cynthia Goh and co-developers of Vive’s technology, Dr. Darren Anderson, Dr. Jordan Dinglasan, Dr. Jane Goh and Dr. Richard Loo.
As of June 2023, Vive Crop Protection raised $45.9 million (CAD) as part of their Series C financing.
The award recognizes Canada’s leading green technology companies that promote a "more efficient use and re-use of the earth's resources in industrial production and consumption".
[6] Vive's primary focus is developing fertilizer-compatible products for at-plant application of crop protection and fertilizer simultaneously.