Gravity Gardens raises €2.6 million

The Nijmegen-based company Gravity Gardens was founded in 2024 by Paulino Valdés and Robin Le Vigouroux. The company develops a patented technology that activates seeds without the use of water, chemicals, or seed coatings. This allows crops to germinate faster and more evenly, while costs and environmental impact remain significantly lower than with traditional seed treatment methods.

With the new funding, the company aims to develop industrial equipment and conduct large-scale pilot programs for various arable and horticultural crops. The technology has already been validated in multiple external tests and was developed in part with support from the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) Noordwijk.

Gravity Gardens expects to be market-ready in 2027 and targets an agricultural sector that is increasingly seeking solutions to increase yields, limit the use of natural resources, and make crops more resilient to challenging growing conditions. With this investment, the company is taking a significant step toward the commercial introduction of a technology designed to enable large-scale sustainable food production.