Startup focused on biopesticides that develops effective plant protection products based on RNAi, with AI-assisted design to maximize efficacy and minimize off-targets.
• General Features
- ACTIVITY: Plant health
- LOCATION: Wageningen, Netherlands
- DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: July 2025
- CATEGORY: Biopesticides
- CONTACT: Gabino.sanchez@agriterna.bio / Tel: +31 6 15146310
- WEBSITE: https://agriterna.bio/
• Business Structure
- NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2
- REVENUE: Pre-commercial phase
- BUSINESS DESCRIPTION: Startup focused on biopesticides that develops effective plant protection products based on RNAi, with AI-assisted design to maximize efficacy and minimize off-targets.
- BUSINESS LINES:
- In silico design of RNAi for pests and weeds
- Formulation and evaluation of delivery systems
- Validation of efficacy and performance with CROs
- INFRASTRUCTURE: Office in NL. Access to laboratories and greenhouses with partners
- INTERESTING DATA: Technology aimed at reducing the use of conventional agrochemicals through highly specific solutions, with potential for lower impact on non-target organisms and a smaller environmental footprint.
• R&D Activities/Interests
TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:
- Offer: co-development of RNAi-based biopesticides
- Demand: formulation and industrial scaling partners
- Demand: CROs for efficacy trials and stability/residue studies – Demand: regulatory and toxicological support for registration
• Participation in projects
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
- No completed projects (initial phase)