Biogemma

What Biogemma does

Biogemma is a France-headquartered (Paris) plant biotechnology company founded in 1997, profiled with a headcount range of 51-100 employees. The source corpus explicitly notes that Biogemma itself is not referenced in the available source data; the substantive operational, product, and distribution evidence provided pertains to Limagrain Europe, a Business Line of Limagrain (an agricultural cooperative governed by 1,300 farmer members as principal shareholders, and described in the source as the fourth largest seed company worldwide). Limagrain Europe operates under the LG brand and reaches the European market through 21 country-level subsidiaries and at least 22 country-specific localized websites.

Limagrain Europe's documented product portfolio covers six crop categories (maize, sunflower, oilseed rape, wheat, barley, and fodder grasses) and is augmented by a layer of branded innovation platforms: Starcover active+ (seed treatment), agrility (sustainability positioning), N-FLEX (nitrogen management), STARPLUS (yield enhancement), HYDRANEO (drought tolerance), SUNEO (sunflower-specific), Danubia (regional seed positioning for Danubian markets), and GeoStar (geolocation and field-specific application). Distribution combines direct subsidiary presence with third-party distributor partnerships targeting European farmers; pricing is not publicly disclosed. R&D investment is stated at 156 million euros. No public API, mobile application, or software product surface is documented.

Governance is cooperative: the parent Limagrain cooperative's 1,300 farmer members serve as principal shareholders, an unusual ownership structure at this scale that aligns capital allocation with grower outcomes rather than external equity holders. No funding rounds, M&A transactions, partnerships, leadership changes, or regulatory events involving Biogemma or Limagrain Europe are documented in the supplied material, limiting the visibility of discrete strategic moves to the already-deployed subsidiary network, R&D investment scale, and innovation-brand rollout.

Name

Biogemma

Legal name

Limagrain Europe

Website

https://biogemma.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Biogemma is a Paris-based plant biotechnology company founded in 1997, affiliated with the Limagrain cooperative's field-seeds business line Limagrain Europe, which operates 21 European subsidiaries under the LG brand across six crop categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Seeds

NAICS

Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Seed Production & Multiplication (Contract Growing, Foundation/Certified Seed) (AFABAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seed Distribution & Wholesale (Channel Sales) (AFAGAIAM)

Keywords

• Plant biotechnology
• Seed breeding
• Agricultural seeds
• Crop genetics
• Field crops

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Biogemma is a French plant biotechnology company that develops and supplies improved field crop seed varieties, including maize, sunflower, oilseed rape, wheat, barley, and fodder grasses, marketed under the LG brand. Its offering combines proprietary seed genetics, seed treatment technologies, and innovation platforms (such as Starcover active+, N-FLEX, HYDRANEO, and SUNEO) developed through 156 million euros of annual R&D investment. Products are sold directly and through distributors via 21 European subsidiaries to support sustainable, productive crop rotations for farmers.

Product overview

Limagrain Europe operates as a multi-crop field seeds business line within the Limagrain agricultural cooperative. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of seed products spanning six major crop categories: maize, sunflower, oilseed rape, wheat, barley, and fodder grasses, marketed primarily under the LG brand. The product line is complemented by multiple innovation brands including Starcover active+ (seed treatment), agrility (sustainability platform), N-FLEX (nitrogen management), STARPLUS (yield enhancement), HYDRANEO (drought tolerance), SUNEO (sunflower technology), Danubia (regional innovation), and GeoStar (geolocation technology), all aimed at providing innovative and responsible seed solutions for European agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maize Seeds
• Sunflower Seeds
• Oilseed Rape Seeds
• Wheat Seeds
• Barley Seeds
• Fodder Grasses Seeds

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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