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Yajie Niu is a Principal at Flagship Pioneering in Cambridge, working as part of the origination and company-creation teams. She invests $500K to $15.0M primarily in AgTech, impact-driven platforms, and biotech at seed and Series A, often backing science-heavy companies that aim to transform agriculture and biological systems. Her background includes roles as Senior Associate and then Principal at Flagship, as well as senior R&D leadership positions at Inari Agriculture and Invaio Sciences. She holds a PhD in plant molecular biology and is an inventor on multiple agriculture-related biotech patents, reflecting deep expertise in molecular biology and crop innovation.