Phytoma 2008 - 2024. La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal

What Phytoma 2008 - 2024. La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal does

Phytoma (legally M.V. PHYTOMA ESPAÑA, S.L.) is a Valencia-based private media publisher founded in 1988 that operates as the reference professional journal for plant health and crop protection in Spain. The company's core product, the Phytoma Magazine, has been published continuously for over 35 years and evolved into the Phytoma Community digital platform launched in April 2026. The platform is built on a WordPress/WooCommerce stack with Paid Membership Pro for subscription management and bundles several digital services: an AI-powered phytosanitary assistant that answers natural-language queries about authorized crop protection products, IPM Wise (a decision support system for integrated weed management), a pest alert repository sourced from Spanish autonomous communities and international plant health bodies, multilingual article translation across five European languages, a digital archive (Phytohemeroteca), and a PWA mobile app with push notifications.

The company monetizes through five revenue streams: digital subscriptions to Phytoma Community, print magazine subscriptions (with optional €15/year digital upgrade), registration fees for professional events such as Encuentros Phytoma and Phytoma Meets, one-time sales of technical books, and display advertising from agricultural input companies. Customer segments include farmers and agricultural producers (SMB), technicians and advisors (mid-market), academic researchers, and agricultural input companies that advertise on the platform. Headcount is in the 11-50 range, the firm is privately held with no disclosed outside funding, and its operations are concentrated in Spain with multilingual content signaling intent toward broader European reach.

Name

Phytoma 2008 - 2024. La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal

Legal name

M.V. PHYTOMA ESPAÑA, S.L.

Website

https://phytoma.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Phytoma is a Valencia-based Spanish publisher founded in 1988 that operates a professional plant health magazine and the Phytoma Community digital subscription platform, serving farmers, technicians, and researchers with AI-assisted phytosanitary tools and integrated pest management content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Media & Plant Health Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Life Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Agriculture) Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Knowledge Management & Scientific Collaboration / Literature Intelligence (HLAGAJAN)

Keywords

• Professional plant health publishing
• Crop protection journal
• Phytosanitary information services
• Agricultural pest management
• Integrated pest management

Headquarters

HQ city

Valencia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions (Phytoma Community): Annual digital subscription providing access to the premium platform including technical articles, AI assistant, pest alerts, video recordings of past Encuentros events, and exclusive Phytoma Community content.
2. Print Magazine Subscriptions: Physical magazine subscription with optional digital upgrade for €15 additional per year.
3. Event Registration: Revenue from professional events and conferences such as Encuentros Phytoma on pistachio, almond, and other agricultural topics.
4. Books and Publications Sales: Sale of books related to crop health and agricultural sector published by Phytoma-España.
5. Advertising: Display advertising on the website from agricultural companies, phytosanitary product manufacturers, and biotech firms in the sector.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Phytoma publishes a professional journal on plant health and crop protection (Revista Phytoma) since 1988, distributed in print and digital formats. Its core offering is the Phytoma Community premium digital subscription ecosystem, which combines the magazine with an AI-powered phytosanitary assistant, the IPM Wise decision support system, pest alert bulletins, multilingual translations, and exclusive video content from international conferences. Supporting offerings include the Phytohemeroteca digital archive, Phytoma Books, and Phytoma Meets professional events.

Product overview

Phytoma publishes a professional journal on plant health and crop protection since 1988, available in both print and digital formats. The core product is the Phytoma Magazine (Revista Phytoma), which has evolved into the Phytoma Community premium digital platform offering AI-powered tools (AI Assistant, IPM Wise), multilingual article access, pest alerts, and exclusive video content from its international Encounter conferences. Supporting offerings include the Phytohemeroteca digital archive, Phytoma Books (physical publications on crop health), the Phytoma Meets event series, and the Avisos de Plagas pest alert service. The platform also integrates a subsidy finder tool (Agryq) and provides a Decision Support System (DSS) for integrated pest management focused on weed control.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Phytoma Community: Premium digital platform offering exclusive content, AI assistant for phytosanitary products, IPM Wise decision support system, and video content of Phytoma Encuentros events.
• Phytohemeroteca

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,300 news articles and extensive scientific archives available to subscribers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• M.V. PHYTOMA ESPAÑA, S.L.coreOthersThe company is legally registered as M.V. PHYTOMA ESPAÑA, S.L. with NIF B96537824, registered in the Mercantile Registry of Valencia. The company operates the phytoma.com website and publishes the Phytoma professional journal and related books.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Farmers Weekly (UK): UK-based leading agricultural weekly magazine and digital platform with subscriber model and events. Shares the long-established trade-publication DNA with Phytoma, including print-to-digital evolution and farmer/professional audience, but serving the British market at larger scale.
• Agri-Pulse Communications: US-based agricultural policy and crop-protection news publication with subscription digital platform and events. Comparable B2B subscription ag-media model and professional ag-policy/newsroom structure, but operating in the US market rather than Spain.
• Agronegocios (Argentina): Argentine agricultural news and analysis platform serving the major South American agribusiness market. Comparable Spanish-language ag-media model for professional farmers and technicians, though focused on Argentine grain/soy economy rather than Iberian crop-protection.
• Successful Farming / Agriculture.com (Mercer): US flagship farm magazine and digital platform published by Meredith/Des Moines. Comparable B2B/B2C hybrid ag-media model with subscription, events, and digital tools, but serving North American row-crop farmers versus Phytoma's plant-health specialty in Iberia.

Direct peers

• Agrodigital: Spanish agricultural digital news and information portal covering crop production, agricultural policy, and rural economy. Closest direct peer to Phytoma: same Spain-based digital ag-media category, similar B2B audience of farmers and technicians, but focused on broader agribusiness news rather than specialized plant health.
• Vida Rural (Eumedia): Long-running Spanish professional agricultural magazine and event organizer published by Eumedia. Direct peer sharing Phytoma's print+digital trade publication model, B2B farmer/technician audience, and Iberian market focus, though with a broader agricultural scope versus Phytoma's plant-health specialization.
• Horticultura: Spanish professional magazine dedicated to horticultural crops and protected cultivation. Direct peer in the Spanish-language crop-production publishing space, sharing the professional journal/subscription business model and agronomist target audience, though focused on horticulture versus Phytoma's plant-pathology/crop-protection focus.

Broad incumbents

• DTN / Progressive Farmer: Large US agricultural data, weather, and market information provider that also publishes Progressive Farmer. Comparable in combining subscription content, decision-support tools, and market data for agricultural professionals, but at much greater scale and with broader agronomic scope than Phytoma.
• CropLife / Meister Media Worldwide: US-based international agricultural media group publishing trade magazines covering crop protection, horticulture, and precision agriculture. Broad incumbent in the same plant-health/crop-protection publishing niche as Phytoma, but with multi-vertical US/global scale and English-language focus.

Emerging players

• xFarm Technologies: European agtech platform offering digital farm management, decision-support tools, and agronomic content to farmers. Emerging player partially overlapping with Phytoma's IPM Wise decision-support product and Spanish-market presence, though focused on software rather than editorial content.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/phytoma
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyAqnRP3aFuVnudYZ_Lkmcg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Phytoma
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/phytoma-espa-a-s-l-
• Instagraminstagram.com/phytoma_

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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

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