The Live Cell Algae Group

What The Live Cell Algae Group does

The Live Cell Algae Group (formerly Enlightened Soil Corp) is a South Carolina-based agricultural services company that develops and commercializes a patented live cell Chlorella vulgaris biostimulant sold under the EnSoil brand. Founded in 2020 and operating with 1–10 employees from its N. Charleston headquarters, the company serves row crop farmers, livestock operations, turf managers, municipalities, and home gardeners in the U.S. and Canada. Its products are OMRI Listed for organic production and certified under California's CDFA Organic Input Material program, positioning the company in the regenerative and organic agriculture segment.

The company's core technology is a mixotrophic-state formulation of enhanced Chlorella vulgaris that remains viable for up to six months under standard storage conditions, enabling distribution through conventional agricultural supply chains. EnSoil Algae is the flagship product, complemented by EnSoil Turf for chemical-free turf management and EnLife Algae, a proprietary algae concentrate that serves as the base ingredient. The product is designed to stimulate dormant soil microbes, enhance nitrogen conversion, boost plant chlorophyll and photosynthetic capacity, and reduce dependency on synthetic NPK fertilizers. Application is compatible with virtually any existing farm equipment — center pivot and furrow irrigation, pull-behind sprayers, aerial and drone applications, and backpack sprayers — which materially lowers adoption friction across farm scales.

The company generates revenue through unit-volume product sales across three packaging tiers: small bottles (8 oz to 1 gallon) sold through a Shopify storefront for home gardeners and small farms, palletized product distributed to resellers, and 275-gallon bulk totes for large-scale commercial operations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is largely quote-based for bulk and enterprise tiers. The company is structured as a South Carolina Public Benefit Corporation and operates with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional funding, indicating a founder-financed, organic-growth capital profile.

Name

The Live Cell Algae Group

Legal name

Enlightened Soil Corp

Website

https://enlightenedsoil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Live Cell Algae Group is a South Carolina-based agricultural services company that sells a patented live cell Chlorella vulgaris biostimulant (EnSoil Algae) to row crop farmers, livestock operators, turf managers, municipalities, and home gardeners in the U.S. and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Biostimulants

NAICS

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Biostimulants & Plant Health Biologicals (Microbial/Non-microbial) (AFABAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biofertilizers & Microbial Inoculants (IMAEAEAG), Microbial/Enzymatic Soil Conditioners (Decomposer & Soil Health Consortia) (AFABADAK), Biostimulant-Enhanced Fertilizers (Humic/Fulvic, Amino Acids, Seaweed Blends) (AFABACAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural biostimulants
• Soil health products
• Live cell algae
• Organic crop inputs
• Turf management solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Johns Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EnSoil Algae Product Sales: The company generates revenue through the sale of its live cell Chlorella vulgaris product (EnSoil Algae) across multiple container sizes and packaging tiers. Revenue is driven by unit-volume sales to agricultural operators, livestock farms, turf managers, municipalities, and home gardeners, with pricing based on container size (small bottles for direct-to-consumer through large bulk totes for enterprise-scale operations). The company also sells EnSoil Turf and EnLife Algae as additional product lines.
2. Reseller and Distribution Sales: Palletized product is made available for resellers, suggesting a distribution or wholesale channel where resellers purchase at volume and redistribute to end-user customers. This adds a B2B2C layer to the revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Live Cell Algae Group manufactures and sells a patented formulation of enhanced live cell Chlorella vulgaris in a mixotrophic state, marketed as EnSoil Algae, EnSoil Turf, and EnLife Algae. The biostimulant is applied to soil and turf to stimulate dormant microbes, enhance nutrient cycling, increase yields, and reduce dependency on synthetic NPK fertilizers. Products are sold in packaging tiers ranging from small consumer bottles (8 oz to 1-gallon) through palletized reseller packs to 275-gallon bulk totes for broadacre operations.

Product overview

The Live Cell Algae Group offers a portfolio of three core products based on patented live cell Chlorella vulgaris technology. EnLife Algae serves as the proprietary live cell algae concentrate base ingredient, which is formulated into EnSoil Algae for agricultural soil health applications and EnSoil Turf for chemical-free turf management. The products work through microbial stimulation, plant-microbe attraction, nitrogen conversion, and enhanced photosynthesis to deliver improved crop yields with reduced NPK fertilizer dependency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EnSoil Algae: Live cell algae product for soil health and crops, delivering patented Chlorella vulgaris that stimulates soil microbes and increases carbon
• EnSoil Turf
• EnLife Algae

Products and services

• EnSoil Algae Patented live cell Chlorella vulgaris biostimulant that stimulates soil microbes, increases carbon sequestration, and supports resilient, high-yielding crops with reduced chemical inputs. Delivered as a liquid formulation for agricultural application across row crops, specialty crops, and hay/pasture.
• EnSoil Turf Chemical-free turf management solution using live cell algae technology, applied every 2-4 weeks during the growing season. Suitable for golf courses, sports fields, municipal turf, and residential lawns.
• EnLife Algae Proprietary live cell algae concentrate that serves as the foundational ingredient for the EnSoil Algae and EnSoil Turf product lines.

Quantifiable outcome

• American dryland corn yield record of 460 bushels per acre achieved by customer Russell Hedrick using EnSoil Algae
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AgBiome: Microbial-based crop protection and yield company selling biological inputs to agriculture. Comparable as a biology-first ag input company with similar R&D-heavy model targeting row crop and specialty crop farmers.
• Pivot Bio: Develops microbial nitrogen-fixing crop inputs sold directly to row-crop farmers. Directly comparable to EnSoil Algae as a biological ag input targeting synthetic fertilizer reduction and yield improvement in corn and other row crops.
• Symborg: Microbial and biostimulant agricultural input company with a portfolio spanning biofertilizers and biocontrol. Comparable business model selling biology-based inputs into specialty and row crops, with similar positioning around reducing synthetic fertilizer use.
• Sound Agriculture: Sells microbe-based and chemistry-based nutrient efficiency products to row-crop farmers, with a focus on reducing synthetic fertilizer use. Comparable product proposition (efficiency + sustainability) and comparable direct-to-grower distribution model.
• Concentric Ag: Biological plant nutrition company developing microbial and metabolite-based products for agriculture. Comparable product category (microbial/bio-based nutrition and biostimulants) and comparable go-to-market into row crop and specialty crop producers.
• BioConsortia: Develops microbial consortia for crop yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and pest management. Directly comparable as a microbial ag biological company targeting similar on-farm outcomes (fertilizer reduction, yield uplift) for row-crop and specialty crop growers.
• AlgaEnergy: Microalgae-based agricultural inputs (biostimulants and biofertilizers) sold to crop producers globally. Closest comparable by raw material (microalgae biology) and target application (biostimulation of crops).
• Marrone Bio Innovations (now part of Bionova / ProFarm Group): Biological plant health and crop protection products based on naturally derived microorganisms. Comparable biological ag input category, serving similar growers seeking reduced-synthetic-input crop production.

Broad incumbents

• Novonesis (formerly Novozymes): Global industrial biotechnology leader with a significant agricultural biologicals portfolio (biocontrol, biostimulants, biofertilizers). Comparable at the biological-input category level though operates as a broad incumbent rather than a niche specialist like EnSoil Algae.
• Indigo Ag: Large, well-capitalized ag biologicals and digital agronomy platform with microbial seed treatments and biostimulants. Overlaps with EnSoil Algae in the biological ag-input category, though Indigo operates at much broader scale and across multiple product lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ensoilalgae
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/enlightened-soil-corp
• Instagraminstagram.com/enlightenedsoilcorp

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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