Agriodor Raises €15M Series A To Scale Natural Scent-Based Crop Protection Globally

The funding was led by the Environmental and Solidarity Revolution Fund, backed by Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and managed by Crédit Mutuel Impact.

Additional investors include Région Sud Investissement, CAAP Création (Crédit Agricole Alpes-Provence), and existing backers such as Capagro, CapHorn, and SWEN Capital Partners.

Founded in 2019 by Alain Thibault and Dr Ené Leppik as a spin-off from INRAE, Agriodor develops crop protection solutions using semiochemicals natural compounds that influence insect behaviour.

This approach provides a sustainable alternative to traditional pesticides, addressing challenges such as resistance, regulatory pressure and biodiversity loss.

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Its R&D platform combines high-throughput and reverse chemical ecology to recreate natural plant scents tailored to different crops. These solutions can attract, repel or disrupt pest insects while preserving beneficial species, offering faster development cycles, lower costs, and improved environmental outcomes compared to conventional insecticides.

Agriodor recently reached a global milestone by successfully deploying a semiochemical (allomone) in row crops, starting with sugar beet fields in France. Its first commercial product, designed to control sugar beet aphids, is distributed through an exclusive partnership with Syngenta helping farmers manage yellows virus.

Building on this success, the company is expanding its solutions to other crops and pest types, including fruit flies, whiteflies, and thrips opening up significant global market opportunities.

Alain Thibault, co-founder and President of Agriodor, noted that the company’s technology enables farmers to safeguard crop yields while supporting environmental sustainability and protecting human health.

“In 5–10 years, success would mean demonstrating that allelochemical-based solutions can deliver consistent agronomic performance at scale, while also contributing to a measurable reduction in the use of conventional insecticides. On the ecological side we would expect to see better preservation of beneficial insect populations in treated fields,” Leppik concludes.

About Agriodor

Agriodor is an agtech and biotech company developing odor based biocontrol solutions for crop protection. Using natural scents its technology attracts, repels or disrupts insect behaviour, offering a sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides.