AlgaEnergy

algaenergy.es ↗ ·Alcobendas ·Other

Acquired by De Sangosse, 2024. AlgaEnergy no longer appears in the directory or on the maps; its funding history is kept below. Source ↗

Spanish biotech company founded in 2007 in Alcobendas (Madrid) that develops microalgae-based biostimulants and biofertilizers for agriculture, and was the first microalgae-biotech firm to achieve B Corp status. In October 2024 its agricultural business unit was acquired by French group De Sangosse and folded into a new entity (AE Agribiologicals).

Founded

2007

Founders

Total funds raised

€5.6M

SectorsAgtech, Biotechnology, Agricultural Biologicals, Sustainability

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Founders

Augusto Rodríguez-Villa

Founder, President and CEO

Miguel García Guerrero

Co-founder & Scientific Director (Chief Scientific Officer)

Global models 5

Indigo Ag

United States · www.indigoag.com ↗

Largest VC-funded agricultural biologicals company, developing microbial and biological products to improve crop health and sustainability, the same core biostimulant/biological-input model as AlgaEnergy.

$1.4BComparable

Pivot Bio

United States · www.pivotbio.com ↗

Develops microbial biofertilizers that replace synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, directly comparable to AlgaEnergy's biological-input approach to agriculture.

$600MComparable

Checkerspot

United States · www.checkerspot.com ↗

Uses algae-based biotechnology to produce bio-based materials and oils, sharing AlgaEnergy's core microalgae technology platform.

$117MComparable

AgBiome

United States · www.agbiome.com ↗

Discovers and develops agricultural biologicals (biopesticides and biostimulants) from a microbial genomics platform, the same agtech-biologicals category as AlgaEnergy.

$116MComparable

Andes

United States · www.andes.bio ↗

Develops microbial biological products delivered via seed coating to improve crop nutrition and reduce synthetic fertilizer use, a close model match to AlgaEnergy's biostimulants.

$51MComparable