Camelina Company España

What Camelina Company España does

Camelina Company España is a Madrid-based, privately held agricultural company founded in 2010 that specializes in camelina sativa cultivation, a high-oil seed crop positioned as a sustainable feedstock for advanced biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and as a source of protein meal byproducts for animal feed markets. The company is small in scale (1-10 employees) and operates an asset-light cultivation model, supplying raw seed into established processing infrastructure rather than owning crushing or refining assets directly.

The company's core go-to-market is built on B2B commodity supply into the regulated biofuel and energy sector, with a primary customer segment of biofuel and SAF producers needing low-carbon intensity feedstocks, and a secondary segment in livestock feed markets. Its most significant commercial relationship is a 2026 strategic partnership with Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC), which anchors camelina processing at LDC's 3,000-tonne-per-day high-oil seed milling line in Timbúes, Argentina, and supports geographic expansion across South America under LDC's regenerative agriculture agenda. Earlier institutional validation came from a ~$2.5M EIT InnoEnergy round in 2021 and an EISMEA grant in 2015.

The business model is partnership-dependent: Camelina Company provides agronomic expertise, farmer coordination, and seed supply, while LDC provides processing, logistics, and global distribution. Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed and likely involve seed sales, processing margin share, or offtake arrangements. The company has no disclosed patents, proprietary technology platform, or software products, positioning it as a niche agribusiness upstream of the energy and feed value chains.

Name

Camelina Company España

Legal name

Camelina Company

Website

https://camelinacompany.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Camelina Company España is a Madrid-based private agribusiness founded in 2010 that cultivates camelina sativa as a sustainable feedstock for advanced biofuel and sustainable aviation fuel producers, and supplies meal byproducts to animal feed markets, primarily through a 2026 partnership with Louis Dreyfus Co. in South America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biofuel Feedstocks

NAICS

Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Fats & Oils (2070)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Poultry Nutrition (Feed & Premixes) (HLAMAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Byproduct & Co-Product Feed Blending (DDGS, soybean hulls, wheat midds) (AFADAIAG)

Keywords

• Camelina seed production
• Sustainable aviation fuel
• Biofuel feedstock supply
• Regenerative agriculture
• Oilseed processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Camelina Company España cultivates and supplies camelina seeds as a sustainable, low-carbon-intensity feedstock for advanced biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with a byproduct oilseed meal sold into animal feed markets. Through a strategic partnership with Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC), the company leverages a 3,000-tonne-per-day high-oil seed milling line at LDC's Timbúes agro-industrial complex in Santa Fe, Argentina, to process camelina alongside carinata, canola, and sunflower seeds.

Product overview

Camelina Company España is involved in camelina cultivation and production. Based on the partnership referenced in industry news, the company appears to focus on high-oil seed production specifically for advanced biofuels including sustainable aviation fuel, with operations linked to regenerative agriculture initiatives across South America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Camelina Seed Feedstock
• Camelina Oilseed Meal

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2026LDC operates a 3,000-tonne-per-day high-oil seed milling line at its Timbúes agro-industrial complex in Santa Fe, Argentina. The partnership involves expanding camelina cultivation across South America, with LDC providing processing infrastructure including specialized presses, rotary cooker, and separators. The facility processes camelina alongside carinata, canola, and sunflower seeds, producing outputs for advanced biofuels including sustainable aviation fuel and animal feed. This partnership supports LDC's regenerative agriculture agenda while providing Camelina Co. with established processing and distribution capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sustainable Oils: Sustainable Oils is a camelina genetics and seed company (a subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings) that supplies camelina for renewable diesel and SAF production. It is the closest direct peer to Camelina Co., competing for the same downstream biofuel offtake relationships and targeting the same low-CI feedstock opportunity.
• Global Clean Energy Holdings: Global Clean Energy Holdings is a renewable fuels company that owns Sustainable Oils and operates camelina- and soybean-based renewable diesel production. It is a direct peer because it controls a vertically integrated camelina-to-fuel supply chain that competes head-to-head with Camelina Co.'s positioning.
• Agrisoma Biosciences: Agrisoma develops carinata (a related Brassica oilseed) as a low-carbon feedstock for SAF and renewable diesel. It is a direct peer because carinata is explicitly co-processed alongside camelina at LDC's Timbúes facility, meaning the two crops compete for the same processing capacity and SAF offtake slots.

Broad incumbents

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus Co. is one of the world's largest agricultural commodity traders and Camelina Co.'s core processing/distribution partner. As a broad incumbent, it operates across multiple oilseeds and geographies; its strategic decisions directly determine Camelina Co.'s access to crushing capacity and global offtake channels.
• Bunge Limited: Bunge is a global agribusiness and oilseed processor with extensive crushing and biofuel origination capabilities. As a broad incumbent, it is a credible alternative processing/distribution partner for camelina and a competitor for SAF feedstock origination in the same geographies.
• Cargill: Cargill is one of the largest global agricultural commodity traders and oilseed processors. It is a broad incumbent with the infrastructure, capital, and offtake relationships to enter the camelina/SAF feedstock space at scale, making it both a potential partner and a competitive threat.
• Wilmar International: Wilmar is a major Asian-headquartered agribusiness with significant oilseed crushing and biodiesel operations. As a broad incumbent, it offers comparable processing scale and downstream biofuel exposure, and could be a future partner or competitor in camelina/SAF feedstock.
• Bayer (CoverCress / oilseed R&D): Bayer, through its acquisition of CoverCress, is developing pennycress — a related low-carbon oilseed cover crop with a similar SAF-feedstock profile to camelina. As a broad incumbent with deep agronomic R&D and seed-distribution capabilities, it represents a scaled, well-capitalized competitor in the same low-CI cover-crop-to-SAF category.

Others

• SkyNRG: SkyNRG is a sustainable aviation fuel producer and feedstock aggregator focused on building SAF supply chains. It is a downstream offtaker and potential customer/partner for camelina oil, making it an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.
• CIBO Technologies: CIBO Technologies is a regenerative agriculture software and measurement company that helps quantify the carbon outcomes of farming practices. It is an adjacent enabling company whose platform could be used to monetize the regenerative-agriculture claims of camelina cultivation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/camelinacompesp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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