What Arevo does

Arevo is a Swedish agricultural biotechnology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Umeå, Sweden, that has commercialized Arginex — a patented crop nutrition platform based on the amino acid arginine — to enable plants to absorb organic nitrogen directly from soil rather than relying on conventional nitrate-based mineral fertilizers. The technology was developed by founder Professor Torgny Näsholm at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) over more than a decade of research, is protected by over 70 patents, and achieves roughly 80% nitrogen uptake efficiency versus approximately 50% for mineral fertilizers, while reducing nitrogen leaching into waterways by 40-95%. Arevo's two product brands — Arginex for agriculture, horticulture, and soy/corn markets, and arGrow for forestry seedling fertilization — are sold through direct enterprise sales to forestry companies and large-scale growers (with documented deployments across 700+ million seedlings in Sweden and Finland) and through an ingredient partnership channel that licenses Arginex into third-party fertilizer formulations.

The company operates a sales-led go-to-market targeting enterprise buyers across four primary segments: forestry operations (its original market), large-scale agricultural producers (soy, corn, eucalyptus), commercial horticulture, and fertilizer ingredient/formulation partners. Geographically Arevo has expanded from a Nordic forestry base into the broader EU, the United States, and South America (Brazil and Paraguay), supported by 60+ field trials across three continents and EU biostimulant approval secured in 2022. Revenue is generated through direct product sales (quote-based, annual billing cadence) and ingredient licensing/royalty partnerships, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The company has raised approximately $15.7M across a 2024 round led by Industrifonden and a 2025 round that added Stora Enso as a strategic investor, and was recognized as Sweden's 'Disruptor of the Year' in 2026.

Name

Arevo

Legal name

Arevo

Website

https://arevo.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arevo is a Swedish agricultural biotechnology company that sells Arginex, a patented arginine-based crop nutrition technology enabling plants to absorb organic nitrogen directly, targeting enterprise forestry companies, large-scale soy and corn growers, and fertilizer ingredient partners across Europe and the Americas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Umeå

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Arginex Product Sales: Arevo generates revenue through sales of its Arginex crop nutrition technology, both directly to growers and through ingredient partnerships where the technology is integrated into partner formulations. The company also sells arGrow specifically for forestry applications.
2. Ingredient Partnerships: Integration of Arginex into partner product formulations to boost performance without disrupting partner product ranges, creating recurring revenue through licensing and formulation partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Arevo develops and sells Arginex, a patented arginine-based crop nutrition technology that combines fertilizer ingredients with amino acids to activate plant roots, strengthen crops, and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizers. The company also offers arGrow, a specialized arginine-based nitrogen fertilizer formulated specifically for forestry seedling applications. Arevo sells directly to enterprise growers and through ingredient partnerships where Arginex is integrated into partner fertilizer formulations.

Product overview

Arevo offers Arginex, their patented core crop nutrition technology based on arginine amino acid, which activates plant roots and reduces dependence on synthetic fertilizers. The company also provides arGrow, a specialized arginine-based formulation for forestry seedling applications. Both products leverage the same underlying arginine-powered technology platform developed through over 10 years of research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), with more than 70 patents protecting the technology across 60+ field trials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arginex: Arevo's patented crop nutrition technology combining fertilizer ingredients and amino acids that activates roots, strengthens crops, and supports sustainable harvests.
• arGrow

Products and services

• Arginex Arevo's patented crop nutrition technology that combines fertilizer ingredients with amino acids (arginine) to activate plant roots, strengthen crops, and support sustainable harvests. Designed for large-scale agricultural operations (soy, corn), commercial horticulture, and forestry applications. Works with plant biology to deliver 80% nitrogen uptake efficiency versus 50% for conventional mineral fertilizers while reducing nitrogen leakage by 40-95%.
• arGrow Arginine-based nitrogen fertilizer specifically formulated for forestry seedling applications. Enables conifer seedlings to absorb nitrogen with approximately 80% efficiency compared to 50% for conventional mineral fertilizers, producing 83% growth improvement in spruce saplings, 39% higher stem volume after five years, and 8% higher survival rate after three years. Used by enterprise forestry customers including Holmen Skog.

Quantifiable outcome

• 39% higher stem volume after five years in pine and spruce
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Haifa Group: Specialty plant nutrition company producing water-soluble fertilizers, controlled-release fertilizers, and biostimulants. Comparable as an established specialty fertilizer incumbent expanding into biostimulants.
• ICL Group: Global specialty fertilizer and plant nutrition company with a portfolio of controlled-release and specialty fertilizers. Comparable as an incumbent offering differentiated plant nutrition to agriculture and horticulture.
• Compo Expert: Specialty fertilizer producer focused on turf, ornamentals, and horticulture. Comparable as a specialty plant nutrition incumbent in horticulture, a key expansion vertical for Arevo.
• Yara International: World's largest nitrogen fertilizer producer offering mineral nitrogen products and increasingly biostimulant/digital farming solutions. Comparable as the dominant incumbent Arevo is positioned to disrupt in nitrogen delivery.

Direct peers

• Pivot Bio: US-based microbial nitrogen fertilizer company targeting corn and other row crops with a biological alternative to synthetic nitrogen. Most direct functional peer: also sells nitrogen efficiency to large-scale crop growers using a non-conventional delivery mechanism.
• Biolchim: Italian biostimulants and specialty fertilizers producer serving global agriculture and horticulture. Comparable as a mid-size specialty nutrition company with a science-led, biologicals-based product portfolio.
• Italpollina (Hello Nature): Producer of biostimulants, organic fertilizers, and beneficial microbials for global agriculture. Comparable as a biological/specialty crop nutrition company with similar sustainability positioning to Arginex.
• Valagro (Syngenta Biologicals): Now part of Syngenta, Valagro is a leading biostimulants and specialty crop nutrition company. Comparable as a specialty crop nutrition player using science-backed biologicals to improve nutrient use efficiency.

Others

• Stora Enso: One of the largest private forest owners in the world and an investor in Arevo. Comparable as a strategic partner and customer in the Nordic forestry vertical where Arevo's arGrow technology has its strongest commercial proof points.

Emerging players

• Koppert Biological Systems: Biological crop input specialist offering biostimulants, biological controls, and natural pollination. Comparable as a biologicals player serving horticulture and agriculture, an overlapping customer set with Arevo's expansion plans.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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