+1.5B
more people to feed by 2050
UN World Population Prospects 202401 · Why now
More people. Harder climate. Less chemicals.
The pressure on every harvest is rising, and the old answers are coming off the table.
>50%
of yield lost to abiotic stress — heat, drought, salt
Wang et al., Planta, 20032028
EU restriction on microplastics in seed coatings takes effect
EU Regulation 2023/205502 · The gap
Better seed treatments exist. Most growers can't get them.
Expensive. One crop at a time. Chemical.
Built for high-value crops, and priced for them. Out of reach for most of the world's food.
Affordable. Every crop. No chemicals.
One process that works across crops and price points. Made for the many, not the premium few.
More from every seed, within everyone's reach.
Origin
We start where it matters most: the seed.
It begins long before the seed ever reaches the ground.
03 · Results
What seed activation changes.
Resilience under stress
Stronger from the start
Within reach
No chemicals
Works across crops
Harder ground
At a glance
Base
Nijmegen NL
Dedicated R&D and production facility
Programmes
ESA BIC · StartLife
Space & agrifood programmes
Stage
Pilots active
Commercial conversations across Europe
Method
No chemicals
Seed activation service
05 · Facility
Where the science gets real.
Our new facility in Nijmegen brings research, development, and production under one roof.
A place built around what grows.
06 · Team
The people behind it.
Scientists and engineers across plant science, engineering, and crop research.
Paulino Valdes
CEO
Robin Le Vigouroux
CTO
Andrea Tonoli
CFO
Amin Mirshamsi
Senior Plant Scientist
Benyamin Houshyani
Research Operation Partner
Indhu Sundaram
Junior Scientist
Niels Coumans
Business Analyst
Francisco van Lookeren
Marketing
07 · Backing & partners
Built alongside trusted partners.
Space-grade backing
Refined within the European Space Agency's business incubation programme, where space research crosses into agriculture.
Gravity Gardens is participating in the ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk.
Programmes & funding
Partners
Investors
Contact
For seed companies and the world.
Seed companies can request crop-by-crop results and explore running trials and pilots.