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Gaiago

12 rue des Petits Bois, Saint-Malo, Bretagne, 35400, France

Overview

Gaïago produces biological crop-input products—prebiotics that stimulate beneficial fungi and improve soil structure, and probiotics that fix nitrogen and enhance root nutrition—designed to unlock the soil and plant microbiome. The company’s ingredients are natural and intended to increase yields while reducing chemical fertilizer and pesticide use, with potential co-benefits for carbon capture. Gaïago plans to use new funding to strengthen its database and technical capabilities, register products across Europe, and recruit 120 employees over the next three years to support farmers and partners. The startup says product trials, including on a family farm, showed yield increases of about 15% and improved crop quality when replacing chemical seed treatments. The business positions itself at the centre of regenerative agriculture and agro-ecology, targeting soil health restoration across European farms.

Total raised
$15M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Jul 2021

Industries

  • Agriculture
  • AgTech
  • Biotechnology
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Jul 2021

    $15M

Team

  • Jean-Pierre Princen

    President and CEO

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  • Samuel Marquet

    Co-Founder, Director, Partner in charge of partnerships, sector and industrial relations

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  • Francis Bucaille

    Co-Founder & R&D Manager

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  • Charles Vaury

    Chief Transition Officer

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