Evanthia
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2013
- HeadquartersMonster, Netherlands
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Evanthia does
Evanthia is a privately held Dutch ornamental horticulture company operating through two legally separate entities, Evanthia Flowers B.V. and Evanthia Tropical B.V., from facilities in Monster and 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands. Founded approximately 2012–2013 and organized around ~90 employees, the company breeds, develops, and supplies seeds and young plants to commercial growers across three product divisions: cut flowers (Antirrhinum series, Helianthus Sunsation® pot sunflower), pot and bedding plants, and tropical plants (Monstera, Calathea, Yucca, Chamaedorea varieties). Its core technology stack combines conventional targeted breeding for proprietary genetics (e.g., Helianthus Sunsation®, Calathea roseopicta Princess Jessie®), seed optimization services including cleaning, fractionation/grading, coating, and pelleting, and tissue culture propagation for tropical varieties such as Monstera Thai Constellation. Evanthia also distributes top series from other breeders, positioning itself as a one-stop shop for commercial starting material.
The company monetizes through direct B2B sales of seeds and young plants, plus seed optimization services for customer-supplied seed lots. Pricing is quote-based and individualized, with shipping costs calculated per order; there is no public pricing, no minimum order disclosed, and no recurring/subscription model. Sales are conducted via dedicated email channels for the Flowers and Tropical divisions, phone, and a website quote-request workflow, with multilingual catalog distribution (Dutch, English, Spanish, Chinese) and a Non-GMO declaration across the same languages. International customer reach is supported by participation in FlowerTrials (Netherlands), HortEx (Vietnam), and Cultivate USA. Customer segments are horizontal and use-case based — cut flower growers, tropical plant growers, and pot and bedding plant growers — with no named anchor customers or disclosed revenue concentration. The company maintains strategic stocks and external partner relationships to enable rapid turnaround on urgent orders, and provides personalized cultivation advice alongside product supply.
Evanthia firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Evanthia
- Legal name
- Evanthia Flowers B.V. / Evanthia Tropical B.V.
- Website
- https://evanthia.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2013
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Evanthia industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Ornamental Horticulture Seeds and Young Plants
- NAICS
- Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114), Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142), Floriculture Production (111422)
- SIC
- Agricultural Production-Crops (100)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Plant Breeding & Variety Development (Conventional) (AFAGAIAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Propagation & Seedling/Plug Production (Vegetable Transplants, Tissue-Culture Liners) (AFAGAHAG), Vegetable Seeds (Open-Pollinated & Hybrid) (AFABAFAE)
Keywords
Where Evanthia is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Monster
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Evanthia business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Seeds Sales: Sale of seeds for cut flowers, tropical plants, and pot and bedding plants. Seeds are available in various forms including raw seed, primed seed, coated seed, and pelleted seed.
- Young Plants Sales: Sale of young plants produced from tissue culture or seed, for commercial growers to continue cultivation to finished products.
- Seed Optimization Services: Custom seed processing services including cleaning, fractionating, coating, and pelleting for customers' own seeds.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels11 records
Evanthia product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Evanthia breeds and supplies seeds and young plants for cut flowers, tropical plants, and pot and bedding ornamentals through two divisions, Evanthia Flowers and Evanthia Tropical. The company develops proprietary genetics via targeted breeding programs, produces young plants through tissue culture and seed propagation, and provides seed optimization services including cleaning, fractionating, coating, and pelleting to commercial growers worldwide.
Product overview
Evanthia is a seed and plant breeding company operating two main divisions: Evanthia Flowers and Evanthia Tropical. The Flowers division specializes in breeding, developing, and marketing high-quality cut flowers (including Antirrhinum majus series, Helianthus Sunsation®) and pot/bedding plants with proprietary genetics. The Tropical division supplies tropical plant seeds and young plants including Monstera varieties (Thai Constellation, deliciosa 'Tauerii'), Yucca varieties (filamentosa 'Color Guard', rostrata, gloriosa 'Variegata'), Calathea varieties (warscewiczii, sanderiana ornata, rufibarba, roseopicta Princess Jessie®, orbifolia), and Chamaedorea varieties (seifritzii, metallica, elegans 'Collinea'). The company also offers seed optimization services (cleaning, coating, pelleting) and provides starting material as seeds, tissue culture young plants, or seed-grown young plants depending on the variety. Service is delivered through direct sales contact via phone, email, and website.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Cut Flowers (Snijbloemen) Division offering cut flower seeds and young plants developed through targeted breeding programs, including Antirrhinum majus F1 series, Amaranthus, Ammi, Anethum, Celosia, and Matthiola varieties for commercial growers seeking year-round assortment differentiation.
- Tropical Plants (Tropische planten) Division supplying tropical plant seeds and young plants from tissue culture or seed propagation, covering Monstera, Calathea, Yucca, Chamaedorea, Aloe, Agapanthus, and other tropical ornamentals for commercial tropical plant producers.
- Pot and Bedding Plants (Pot- en perkplanten) Division offering seeds and young plants for pot and bedding plants with a focus on quality, innovation, and diversity for commercial growers supplying retail and garden center markets.
- Helianthus Sunsation® Branded compact F1 pot sunflower series with a 10-11 week cultivation cycle, featuring large pollen-free flowers that bloom continuously for months of indoor, terrace, or garden color.
- Antirrhinum majus Series Comprehensive F1 snapdragon cut flower series including Antibes (early, I series), Avignon (II series), Cannes (II-III series), Early Potomac, Maryland, Nantes, and Orleans for commercial cut flower growers.
- Monstera Thai Constellation Tropical foliage plant with large heart-shaped leaves featuring striking variegated cream and green coloring, also known as Variegated Monstera, available year-round as young plants from tissue culture.
- Calathea roseopicta Princess Jessie® Decorative tropical foliage plant with compact growth habit, featuring broad oval glossy leaves with dark green and pink patterning and pink/purple undersides, also known as Rose Painted Calathea.
- Rhapis Excelsa Seeds Fresh high-quality Rhapis excelsa seeds from Brazil, supplied exclusively on order to ensure optimal quality and germination for commercial tropical plant growers.
- Seed Optimization (Zaadoptimalisatie) Seed processing services including cleaning, fractionating/grading, coating, and pelleting to ensure good start and successful cultivation for commercial growers, applicable to customers' own seeds as well as Evanthia varieties.
Quantifiable outcome
- Strategic stocks and good contacts with external partners ensure quick delivery even for out-of-stock items
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Evanthia
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Evanthia technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Evanthia partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Evanthia competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Takii & Co. Japanese breeder with ornamental and cut flower genetics, including sunflowers and other species in Evanthia's portfolio. Comparable product scope across flower seed categories serving professional growers.
- HilverdaFlorist: Dutch breeder and propagator of cut flowers and pot/bedding plants, including tissue culture and seed programs. Among the closest peers to Evanthia Flowers in product scope, geography, and breeder-propagator model.
- Beekenkamp Group: Dutch family-owned breeder and producer of ornamental young plants and pot plants. Comparable to Evanthia in family-business structure, Dutch base, and breeder-propagator focus on pot/bedding crops.
- Royal Van Zanten: Dutch breeder of cut flowers and pot plants, with strong chrysanthemum and ornamental genetics. Comparable to Evanthia as a Netherlands-based ornamental breeder serving commercial growers globally.
Broad incumbents
- Sakata Seed Corporation: Japanese-headquartered breeder with significant ornamental cut flower and bedding plant programs (e.g., Antirrhinum, Matthiola). Overlaps with Evanthia's flower seed catalog and serves similar international grower segments.
- Ball Horticultural Company: US-headquartered breeder and producer of ornamentals including PanAmerican Seed. Competes with Evanthia across cut flower and pot/bedding plant genetics and serves similar commercial grower channels worldwide.
- Dümmen Orange: One of the world's largest ornamental breeders, producing cut flowers, pot plants, and bedding plants via breeding and tissue culture. Highly comparable to Evanthia's full-stack breeder-and-propagator model, but at much greater scale.
- Syngenta Flowers: Global seed-and-young-plant breeder for ornamental cut flowers and pot plants. Direct overlap with Evanthia's Flowers division in breeding and supplying commercial growers across similar crop categories.
Emerging players
- Vitroflora: Polish tissue-culture laboratory specializing in ornamental plant propagation. Comparable to Evanthia's tissue-culture young-plant offering for tropical and ornamental varieties, though more specialized in propagation services.
Regional players
- Koppert Cress / comparable Dutch ornamental propagators: Dutch specialty horticulture producer with strong propagation expertise and international grower relationships. Adjacent rather than direct overlap, but comparable Dutch-based ornamental propagation capability and customer base.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Evanthia social profiles
Digital presenceEvanthia compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Evanthia financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Evanthia leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Evanthia funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Evanthia M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Evanthia
What does Evanthia do?
Evanthia breeds and supplies seeds and young plants for cut flowers, tropical plants, and pot and bedding ornamentals through two divisions, Evanthia Flowers and Evanthia Tropical. The company develops proprietary genetics via targeted breeding programs, produces young plants through tissue culture and seed propagation, and provides seed optimization services including cleaning, fractionating, coating, and pelleting to commercial growers worldwide.
Is Evanthia a public or private company?
Evanthia is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Evanthia founded?
Evanthia was founded in 2013. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Evanthia based?
Evanthia is headquartered in Monster, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Evanthia make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Seeds Sales are the primary driver. The others are young Plants Sales and seed Optimization Services.
Who are Evanthia's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Takii & Co., HilverdaFlorist, Beekenkamp Group and Royal Van Zanten. Broad incumbents are Sakata Seed Corporation, Ball Horticultural Company, Dümmen Orange and Syngenta Flowers. Vitroflora is listed as an emerging player. Koppert Cress / comparable Dutch ornamental propagators is listed as a regional player.
Does Evanthia have an API?
No public API is recorded for Evanthia.
What industry is Evanthia in?
Evanthia's product category is Ornamental Horticulture Seeds and Young Plants. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAGAIAF, Plant Breeding & Variety Development (Conventional), with a secondary code of AFAGAHAG, Propagation & Seedling/Plug Production (Vegetable Transplants, Tissue-Culture Liners). Its NAICS code is 1114 and its SIC code is 100.