Innoliva

What Innoliva does

Innoliva is a privately held Spanish extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) producer and processor founded in 2006 and headquartered in Seville, Spain. It operates 8,000 hectares of olive groves across Spain and Portugal, including 2,000+ hectares of organic groves, with 10 million trees under intelligent irrigation management and average annual olive production of 60,000 tonnes. The company runs a state-of-the-art oil mill (almazara) in Alvalade, Portugal, and has secondary offices in Pamplona and Beja. Innoliva applies precision agriculture technologies including satellite imagery, drone monitoring, sensor networks, and predictive analytics using Big Data and mathematical models to optimize irrigation, fertilization, and disease management. Its core products are conventional and organic extra virgin olive oil, supported by IFS Food, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Kosher, Integrated Production, and Organic certifications, and a net carbon negative footprint validated by the European Commission.

The company's business model is dual-track: it commercializes olive oil produced on its own groves to retail and foodservice buyers, and it sells B2B agricultural services to farmers and investors through two divisions. Innoliva Plantación provides turnkey plantation services including land preparation, design, and irrigation installation, while Innoliva Servicios offers ongoing farm management, harvesting, pressing, and oil commercialization. Customers include farmers and agricultural operators seeking modernized super-intensive cultivation, investors looking to deploy capital into olive grove assets with professional management, and retail/foodservice buyers requiring traceable premium EVOO. The company sells exclusively through direct B2B channels and has accumulated a broad portfolio of international quality awards (Mario Solinas, NYIOOC, Ovibeja, EVOOLEUM TOP 10, LA IOOC, TERRAOLIVO, Leone D'Oro). Scientific partnerships with Harvard, Rush University, and Universidad de Medicina de Navarra support research on EVOO health benefits, and the European Commission has appointed Innoliva to its Technical Secretariat for product carbon footprint studies. The legal entity structure comprises OLIVOS NATURALES, S.L. in Spain and SOCIEDADE AGRÍCOLA DO VALE DE UMBRIA S.A. in Portugal, with the INNOLIVA trademark registered at the EUIPO.

Name

Innoliva

Legal name

OLIVOS NATURALES, S.L.

Website

https://innoliva.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Innoliva is a Spanish producer and processor of extra virgin olive oil operating 8,000 hectares of olive groves across Spain and Portugal, including 2,000+ hectares of organic groves. It combines precision agriculture with full-service B2B offerings to farmers, investors, and retail/foodservice buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Olive Oil Production

NAICS

Other Crop Farming (1119), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Olive Groves (Olives for Oil & Table) (AFAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Olive Oil Production & Bottling (AFAKAEAC), Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG)

Keywords

• Extra virgin olive oil
• Olive oil production
• Precision agriculture
• Olive grove management
• Organic olive oil

Headquarters

HQ city

Sevilla

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil Production and Sales: Production and commercialization of extra virgin olive oil from company-owned olive groves spanning 8,000 hectares between Spain and Portugal. Products include Arbequina variety EVOO and organic EVOO.
2. Agricultural Services: Comprehensive services to farmers and investors including turnkey plantation, farm management, technical advice, mechanical harvesting, and pressing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Innoliva produces and commercializes extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and organic EVOO from its 8,000 hectares of super-intensive olive groves in Spain and Portugal, processing olives at its own state-of-the-art oil mill. The company also provides turnkey olive grove plantation services, comprehensive farm management, technical advice, mechanical harvesting, and pressing services to farmers and investors.

Product overview

Innoliva is an olive oil producer founded in 2006 with 8,000 hectares of olive groves between Spain and Portugal. The company's core product offering consists of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (AOVE) and Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, both produced through an integrated production process combining traditional olive farming practices with modern agricultural technology. Innoliva operates its own state-of-the-art oil mill for processing. Beyond product sales, Innoliva offers two service divisions: Innoliva Plantación provides turnkey olive grove plantation services (studies, design, land preparation, irrigation systems), and Innoliva Servicios offers comprehensive farm management and oil commercialization services. The company leverages smart farming technology including sensors, drones, and satellite imagery for precision agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil (AOVE) Premium extra virgin olive oil produced from olives grown in integrated production across Innoliva's olive groves in Spain and Portugal, processed at the company's state-of-the-art oil mill to ensure maximum quality and traceability. Targeted at distributors, retailers, restaurants, and food manufacturers.
• Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Organic extra virgin olive oil produced from more than 2,000 hectares of organic olive groves under Organic/Ecological Production certification. Positions Innoliva as one of the largest producers of organic EVOO. Targeted at premium buyers seeking certified organic olive oil.
• Innoliva Plantación Turnkey plantation services including preliminary studies, plantation design, land preparation, and irrigation/drainage system design and installation for olive grove transformation. Targeted at farmers and investors seeking to establish super-intensive high-density olive groves.
• Innoliva Servicios Comprehensive olive farm management services including treatment planning, fertilization, irrigation, pruning, harvesting, pressing, batch preparation, and oil commercialization. Targeted at farmers and investors who need end-to-end olive grove management and production support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Net carbon negative operation - captures more carbon than emitted
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnoliva was selected to collaborate with the Nutrition department of Harvard University in studies developing on the benefits that regular EVOO consumption has on health. This partnership validates the company's scientific approach to quality.
• Rush UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnoliva collaborates with Rush University's Nutrition department in research on health benefits of regular extra virgin olive oil consumption, contributing to scientific studies on the product's health properties.
• Universidad de Medicina de NavarracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnoliva is involved with Universidad de Medicina de Navarra in research corresponding to the PREDIMAR study, contributing to medical research on olive oil's health benefits.
• European CommissionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe European Commission identified Innoliva as an industry leader and appointed the company as a member of the Technical Secretariat for its study on product carbon footprints.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Acesur: Spanish olive oil producer behind La Española and Coosur brands. Comparable Spanish-origin producer competing in retail and foodservice channels.
• Deoleo: World's largest olive oil company and Spain's flagship producer, owner of Bertolli, Carapelli, and Carbonell brands. Closest direct competitor given overlapping Iberian sourcing and global commercialization.
• DCOOP: Largest olive oil cooperative in Spain and one of the world's biggest EVOO producers. Comparable in scale and Spanish sourcing, though organized as a farmer cooperative rather than privately held operator.
• Ybarra: Historic Spanish olive oil and food producer with own-grove operations and packaged brands. Comparable Andalusian-rooted integrated olive oil company.
• Sovena: Portuguese olive oil and agribusiness giant, producing and bottling EVOO across Iberia. Highly comparable given cross-border Iberian footprint and integrated production model.
• Borges Agricultural & Industrial: Spanish-listed agricultural company with substantial olive oil production and bottling operations across Catalonia and Andalusia. Comparable vertically integrated Spanish olive business.
• Agro Sevilla: Spanish olive cooperative and table-olive processor with significant Andalusian sourcing and global distribution. Comparable Iberian production footprint focused on olive-derived products.

Emerging players

• Cobram Estate Olives: Australian super-intensive olive producer with extensive R&D in precision agriculture and olive varietals. Highly comparable production methodology in a different hemisphere.
• California Olive Ranch: US-based pioneer of super-intensive (high-density) olive cultivation, employing precision agriculture similar to Innoliva's model but operating in California rather than Iberia.

Broad incumbents

• Pompeian: US market-leading olive oil brand sourcing globally including from Iberia. Competes for the same retail and foodservice accounts Innoliva targets but does not own its groves at the same scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/innoliva

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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