Biokimia

What Biokimia does

Biokimia, a commercial brand of Italian private limited company F&P INVEST S.r.l., develops and produces specialty fertilizers and biostimulants for advanced agriculture. Its operational headquarters are in Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna), with a registered office in Castel Guelfo di Bologna. The company is registered as an Italian fertilizer manufacturer (n° 02538/19) and operates with 51–100 employees under F&P INVEST S.r.l., which has a share capital of €500,000.

The product portfolio is organized into integrated lines built around three core technology platforms: the Bio Project line of bio-activators based on fluid yeast extract and brown seaweeds for plant immune-system induction and stress resistance; the FulvicFert line of water-soluble NPKs activated by fulvic acids, marketed with a dosage-reduction benefit of up to 20% versus standard raw-material products; and the Phytoammina line of organo-mineral NPKs enriched with amino acids for foliar use. Additional seaweed-based, amino-acid-based, meso/micro-element, foliar, and fertigation SKUs (including organic-farming-allowed formulations) complete the range. The company runs in-house R&D and Quality Control departments and positions its offerings around plant physiology and phenological-phase-specific nutrition programs.

Biokimia monetizes through one-time product sales to agricultural end users via an exclusive affiliated-reseller network in Italy. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a quote-based B2B basis. Its technical staff deliver personalized plant-nutrition programs in coordination with resellers, providing after-sales service to the channel and technical support to growers. End customers span fruit growers (kiwi, grape, citrus, stone and pome fruits), horticultural growers (greenhouse and open-field vegetables), ornamental plant growers, and extensive/field-crop growers, all within a domestic Italian footprint. The corporate website supports Italian, English, German, and Turkish, suggesting export intent, though no disclosed revenue, funding, or M&A activity is present in the available data.

Name

Biokimia

Legal name

F&P INVEST S.r.l.

Website

https://biokimia.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Biokimia, a brand of Italy-based F&P INVEST S.r.l., develops and produces specialty fertilizers and biostimulants — including fulvic-acid-activated NPKs, amino-acid-enriched organo-minerals, and yeast/seaweed bio-activators — sold to Italian fruit, horticultural, ornamental, and field-crop growers through an affiliated-reseller network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Fertilizers

NAICS

Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Biostimulant-Enhanced Fertilizers (Humic/Fulvic, Amino Acids, Seaweed Blends) (AFABACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Soil Health Activators & Biostimulants (Humates, Amino Acids, Seaweed Extracts) (AFABAKAJ), NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers (IMAEAEAD), Biofertilizers & Microbial Inoculants (IMAEAEAG)

Keywords

• Specialty fertilizers
• Agricultural biostimulants
• Plant nutrition products
• Fulvic acid fertilizers
• Crop protection inputs

Headquarters

HQ city

Castel San Pietro Terme

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Special Fertilizer Sales: Biokimia produces and sells special fertilizers for advanced agriculture targeting fruit crops, horticultural crops, ornamental crops, and extensive crops. Revenue is generated through sales via affiliated resellers and technical service providers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Biokimia develops, manufactures, and sells special fertilizers and biostimulants for advanced agriculture, organized into product lines including Bio Project bio activators (yeast extract with brown seaweeds for plant immune system activation), FulvicFert water-soluble NPK fertilizers activated by fulvic acids, Phytoammina organo-mineral NPK fertilizers enriched with amino acids, and seaweed-based products (Aschophyllum Nodosum). The company sells exclusively through affiliated resellers and provides personalized plant nutrition programs developed by in-house technical staff for fruit, horticultural, ornamental, and extensive crop growers.

Product overview

Biokimia, a brand of F&P INVEST S.r.l., produces specialized fertilizers for advanced agriculture serving fruit crops, horticultural crops, ornamental crops, and extensive crops. The product portfolio consists of multiple integrated product lines: Bio Project Line (bio activators of the plant immune system including ID 0.9, IR Free, MT 0.9, MT 1.0 Soil, SM TOP, SM Zn using fluid yeast extracts with brown seaweeds); Seaweed-based products (Alga Micron, SeaweedGrow PK 15-32 with Aschophyllum Nodosum); Amino acid-based promoters (Active Global Plant, Alga Stim, Amin-Cu L., Phytoammina Line, VivaPlant, Active Radical, Emo-Global L., Amino 8 L.); Fulvic acid products for fertigation and foliar use (PlantaStim, PlantaGrow, Fruit Grow, K Force, FulvicFert Line); and specialized fertilizers for fertigation (Soil Bomber, Fosforo Terreno, Soilammina, Microsol Line, Easyfert Line, Waterfert Line, Acidfert Line, Kalium Plus, Nitro-Mag) and foliar application (Phos Ram, FoliarCombi, Molibdato di Sodio). The products are designed for specific phenological phases and crop types, with formulations that enhance nutrient uptake efficiency by up to 20%.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 20% dosage reduction compared to products with similar ratios containing standard raw materials

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Sipcam Oxon: Italy-based ag-input company producing crop protection, biostimulants and specialty fertilizers. Adjacent peer — overlapping categories but broader portfolio and stronger distribution scale than Biokimia.

Direct peers

• Biolchim: Italy-based producer of specialty fertilizers and biostimulants for fruit, vegetable and arable crops. Overlaps directly with Biokimia in fulvic/humic-based and seaweed-based biostimulant formulations and similar Mediterranean customer base.
• Italpollina: Italian manufacturer of biostimulants and organic fertilizers (including hydrolyzed protein/amino acid lines). Closely comparable to Biokimia's amino acid and seaweed product lines and to its Italian/Mediterranean specialty crop focus.
• Valagro: Italian-headquartered biostimulant and specialty crop nutrition specialist (now owned by Syngenta). Directly competes with Biokimia in the same plant physiology / biostimulant category, serving fruit, vegetable and row-crop growers through similar reseller and technical-service models.
• Tradecorp (Bayer Crop Science): Global biostimulant and crop nutrition brand serving fruit and vegetable growers with foliar and fertigation specialty products; directly comparable product mix and crop-positioning to Biokimia.
• Hello Nature (Ilsa): Italian-origin biostimulant and organic-input specialist (formerly Ilsa). Compares directly via amino acid, seaweed and fulvic-based biostimulant offerings marketed across Europe and emerging markets in a similar go-to-market structure.

Emerging players

• AgriTecno: Spanish biostimulant and specialty fertilizer manufacturer focused on fruit, olive and vegetable markets. Comparable Mediterranean specialty crop focus and biostimulant formulation portfolio to Biokimia.

Broad incumbents

• Haifa Group: Global specialty fertilizer manufacturer with extensive water-soluble NPK and foliar nutrition portfolio. Broad incumbent whose fertigation and foliar product lines overlap with Biokimia's FulvicFert and Microsol ranges, though at much larger scale.
• ICL Specialty Fertilizers: Multinational specialty plant nutrition business with controlled-release and water-soluble NPK products. Adjacent incumbent across fertigation and foliar segments where Biokimia competes.
• UPL Limited: Global crop protection and seed company with growing specialty nutrition and biostimulant business. Broad incumbent whose OpenAg platform increasingly competes in biostimulant categories adjacent to Biokimia's portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FilippoFonti.Biokimia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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