Seleggt

What Seleggt does

Seleggt is a Netherlands-based agricultural biotechnology company that develops and supplies DNA-based in-ovo sexing technology for the commercial poultry industry. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in De Klomp, the company enables hatcheries to determine the sex of a chick embryo inside the egg prior to hatch, addressing the ethical and operational problem of culling male chicks in layer-hen production. Its product combines a biochemical sex-detection assay with automated equipment intended to integrate into hatchery workflows.

The company's revenue model, pricing structure, distribution channels, and specific customer relationships are not disclosed in the available source material. The website (seleggt.com) returned only a loading/verification page at the time of data collection, and secondary data sources did not enumerate funding history, partnerships, leadership, patents, or operating geographies beyond the Dutch headquarters. As a result, several first-party commercial and IP variables — including patent estate, installed-base size, and contract structures — remain unverified.

What is documented is a small team (1–10 employees), a private company status, and a single-product focus on in-ovo sexing. The company operates in a market structurally shaped by European regulation that bans or restricts the culling of male day-old chicks, which provides a compliance-driven demand backdrop for validated sexing technologies.

Name

Seleggt

Website

https://www.seleggt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seleggt provides DNA-based in-ovo sexing technology and automated hatchery equipment that determines the sex of chicken embryos before hatch, enabling layer-hatchery operators to avoid culling male chicks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

In-Ovo Sexing Technology

NAICS

Poultry Hatcheries (11234)

SIC

In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835)

akta.pro primary industry

Genomic Testing & Genetic Evaluation Services (AFAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hatcheries & Chick Production (Day-Old Chicks, Pullets) (AFAEADAD), Sexed Semen & Sex Selection Services (AFAEAJAI)

Keywords

• In-ovo sexing
• Hatchery automation
• Poultry genetics
• DNA sex determination
• Egg sorting equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

De Klomp

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Seleggt provides DNA-based in-ovo sexing technology and automated solutions for commercial hatcheries to identify the sex of hatching eggs before hatch. The offering combines proprietary biochemical/DNA detection with purpose-built automation equipment installed at hatchery lines, targeting the layer poultry industry where male chicks are otherwise culled after hatch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DNA-based in-ovo sexing technology Proprietary DNA-based biochemical assay applied to hatching eggs that determines the sex of the embryo before hatch; designed for commercial layer hatcheries seeking to eliminate day-old male chick culling.
• Automated hatchery sexing solutions

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• In Ovo: Dutch biotechnology startup developing an enzymatic in-ovo sexing solution for layer hatcheries. Closest direct competitor to Seleggt by geography, customer (European hatcheries) and core functionality (in-egg sex determination).
• Orbem: German deep-tech company combining MRI imaging with AI to determine embryo sex non-invasively before hatch. Directly competes with Seleggt in the European in-ovo sexing market, targeting the same hatchery customers with an alternative (imaging vs. DNA) modality.
• Agri Advanced Technologies (AAT): German agri-tech firm that developed its own in-ovo sexing approach and partners with major hatcheries to commercialise it. Direct competitor to Seleggt addressing the same chick-culling regulatory driver with hatchery-installed hardware.

Broad incumbents

• Hendrix Genetics: Global animal breeding company headquartered in the Netherlands with major layer hatchery operations across Europe. A potential anchor customer for Seleggt's technology and a benchmark incumbent operating hatcheries at scale.
• Aviagen: One of the world's largest poultry breeding companies, operating broiler and layer hatchery networks globally. An obvious downstream customer / channel for in-ovo sexing solutions comparable to what Seleggt sells.
• Cobb-Vantress: Tyson Foods subsidiary and global poultry breeding company with primary focus on broilers but extensive hatchery footprint relevant to in-ovo sexing suppliers like Seleggt.
• Plukon Food Group: Large European poultry processor with vertically integrated operations including hatchery activities and strong retailer relationships. A potential large-volume customer for Seleggt's sexing technology across European supply chains.

Others

• Petersime: Belgian-headquartered global supplier of incubators and hatchery automation equipment. Complements rather than competes with Seleggt, as Seleggt's in-ovo sexing modules are typically installed on or alongside Petersime incubation lines.
• Pas Reform: Dutch hatchery equipment manufacturer providing incubation and hatchery automation systems. Adjacent technology supplier to Seleggt, often being the platform onto which sexing modules are retrofitted.
• Jamesway Incubator Company: North American incubator and hatchery equipment manufacturer. Adjacent / enabling vendor to the in-ovo sexing market served by Seleggt, with overlapping customer relationships in commercial hatcheries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seleggt-nl-bv

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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