UK Agritech Startup Elaniti Secures Funding to Speed up Soil Microbiome Intelligence

UK agritech startup Elaniti has closed its current funding spherical with participation from early-stage biotech investor biotope^{by VIB}, Planetary Influence Ventures and Paulig Group’s CVC arm, PINC.

The funding marks a major milestone within the firm’s plans to speed up the event of its flagship product — a soon-to-launch digital determination help device for agribusinesses that makes use of AI and DNA sequencing to decode the microbial composition of soil, enabling farmers to optimize productiveness in each the brief time period and long run whereas decreasing reliance on artificial inputs.

The most recent spherical contributes to earlier non-dilutive funding obtained by the corporate in January 2025 from Innovate UK, bringing the full quantity raised to €1.5M.

Soil intelligence for a sustainable future

Elaniti’s breakthrough expertise addresses a crucial information hole in agriculture. Whereas soil chemical and bodily properties are sometimes measured, organic exercise — the microbes driving soil well being and crop outcomes — stays largely unknown. By linking microbial knowledge to agronomic efficiency like yield and illness stress, Elaniti supplies farmers with actionable insights to enhance productiveness whereas constructing more healthy, extra resilient soils. Resilient soils have all the time been necessary, however shall be much more so in occasions of geopolitical uncertainty the place extra nations need to be self-sufficient.

Scott Jarrett, Elaniti CEO, stated: “Soil is the inspiration of our meals system, however fashionable agriculture has strained its well being. The soil microbiome holds the important thing to restoring fertility, resilience, and decreasing reliance on artificial inputs. By unlocking its potential, we will help farmers produce meals sustainably whereas regenerating the land for future generations.”

Biotope’s strategic funding

“At biotope, we put money into pioneering biotech startups that deal with key sustainability challenges. Elaniti completely suits inside our mission, as their work allows the transition to regenerative practices,” stated Annick Verween, Head of biotope. “Their expertise holds vital potential for enhancing soil well being whereas making certain financial viability for farmers. Our biotech ecosystem will assist speed up their growth by means of experience, companions, and entry to early adopters.”

Trade backing and investor confidence

Planetary Influence Ventures and PINC have additionally joined this spherical, recognizing Elaniti’s potential to drive systemic change in agriculture.

“We urgently want to grasp soil microbiomes to transition in direction of regenerative farming. Elaniti’s skill to decode this complexity and translate it into sensible steering for farmers makes them a key participant on this shift,” stated Mikkel Lehmann, Board Member at Elaniti and investor at Planetary Influence Ventures. “We imagine these insights will play a basic position in decreasing pesticide utilization and enhancing soil stewardship globally.”

PINC, the enterprise arm of Paulig, emphasised the relevance of Elaniti’s work for sustainable meals manufacturing.

“Elaniti’s traction demonstrates that they’re tackling a vital problem in agriculture. We’re impressed by their skill to generate income from day one and by their braveness to tackle a extremely technical and disruptive discipline,” stated Rosemari Herrero, Senior Funding Supervisor at PINC.

Scaling up for impression

With this funding, Elaniti will strengthen its staff and broaden its analysis efforts to speed up the launch of its predictive analytics platform. The corporate continues to forge partnerships with agribusiness leaders, making certain its insights are actionable and validated in real-world circumstances.