Alcedo

What Alcedo does

Alcedo is a privately held Romanian agricultural company founded in 1990 and headquartered in Bucharest. Per the input firmographics, the firm offers an integrated portfolio spanning technological packages, seeds, fertilizers, plant protection products, soil and water analysis, and agro laboratory services — effectively a bundled inputs-plus-diagnostics proposition aimed at Romanian growers. The website is alcedo.ro, but the corporate site rendered only a verification/loading page in the source scrape, so no substantive first-party content (product catalog, pricing, customer references, or company narrative) was recoverable.

The product mix indicates a one-stop-shop positioning across the crop production cycle: physical inputs (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection chemistry) paired with diagnostic laboratory services for soil and water. Despite more than three decades of operating history, the stated headcount of 1-10 employees is unusually lean for an established agricultural inputs distributor and raises questions about whether the firm operates primarily as a sales/distribution agent, a niche specialty provider, or a substantially dormant entity. No proprietary technology platform, digital agronomy tools, or data infrastructure is documented.

The revenue model appears to combine unit-sale economics on tangible inputs with fee-based laboratory services, but no pricing details, customer segments, distribution channels, or financials are available. The input data blocks for revenue, funding, ownership, leadership, partnerships, and products are all empty because the source content could not be loaded. As a result, ownership structure, management team, funding history, and operating geographies beyond the Bucharest headquarters cannot be characterized from the available evidence.

Name

Alcedo

Website

https://alcedo.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Alcedo is a Bucharest-based Romanian agricultural firm founded in 1990 that supplies seeds, fertilizers, crop protection products, and technological packages alongside soil, water, and agro laboratory analysis services to growers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Inputs

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160)

akta.pro primary industry

Agronomy Advisory & Field Services (Retailer-Affiliated) (AFABAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Plant Tissue, Soil & Water Sampling Coordination (Agronomy-Focused) (AFACABAH), Nutrient Management Planning & Fertility Programs (AFACABAB), NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers (IMAEAEAD)

Keywords

• Crop protection products
• Agricultural seeds
• Fertilizer distribution
• Agro laboratory services
• Soil and water analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucharest

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Alcedo supplies agricultural inputs and technical services to farmers and agribusinesses in Romania. Its product portfolio includes technological packages, seeds, fertilizers, and plant protection products, complemented by soil and water analysis and agro laboratory services that support crop production decisions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seeds Supply of agricultural seeds for crop production, sold to farmers and agribusinesses in Romania.
• Fertilizers Distribution of fertilizer products for crop nutrition, supplied to farmers and agricultural enterprises.
• Plant Protection Products Crop protection products (pesticides, fungicides, herbicides) supplied to commercial farmers for integrated pest and disease management.
• Technological Packages Crop technology bundles combining inputs and agronomic recommendations for farmers, packaged as integrated cultivation solutions.
• Soil and Water Analysis Laboratory testing of soil and water samples to inform fertilizer use, crop selection, and irrigation decisions for farmers and agribusinesses.
• Agro Laboratory Services Broader agro laboratory services supporting agricultural diagnostics and agronomic decision-making for commercial farm operators.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• EuroChem Group: Global nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer producer with strong distribution in Eastern Europe. Overlaps with Alcedo on the fertilizer input category but operates at manufacturer/wholesale scale.
• Bayer Crop Science: Global crop protection and seed giant with deep Romanian presence. Competes with Alcedo on the plant-protection and seed product lines but operates as a manufacturer rather than a local advisory-led distributor.
• Corteva Agriscience: Global seeds and crop-protection provider active in Romania. Directly comparable product categories (seeds, crop protection) but competes from the manufacturer side rather than as a local distributor.
• Syngenta Group: Global seeds and crop-protection company with extensive Eastern European distribution. Overlaps with Alcedo in seeds and crop protection but as a manufacturer/brand owner rather than a local service retailer.

Direct peers

• Agrial: French farmer cooperative distributing agricultural inputs and providing agronomic services to members. Comparable mix of inputs distribution, crop advisory, and farm-support services to European farmers.
• Timac Agro: Specialty fertilizer manufacturer and distributor with strong agronomic advisory and soil-fertility programs across Romania and Eastern Europe. Comparable to Alcedo in bundling fertilizer inputs with crop and soil advisory services.
• InVivo (formerly InVivo-Soufflet): French agricultural cooperative group operating in seeds, crop protection, fertilizer retail, and agri-services across Europe. Highly comparable full-stack input-and-service distributor model.
• Agrii: UK and Ireland agricultural input and crop-services provider combining seed, fertilizer, crop protection with agronomy advice and soil analysis. Directly comparable integrated inputs-plus-advisory business model.
• Agricover: Romanian agricultural input distributor and service provider offering seeds, crop protection, fertilizer, and farmer financing. Closely comparable to Alcedo on geography (Romania), product mix (inputs + advisory/services), and target customer (commercial farmers).
• Agrovista: UK-based distributor of crop protection products, seeds, and fertilizers supported by in-house agronomy and technical services. Similar business model to Alcedo — multi-category input distribution backed by advisory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AlcedoLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alcedoro

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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