About Us
We’re an enterprise specialized in bio-inputs aimed at cultivating values for generations and we’re driven by excellence, results, and innovation.
Gênica was founded in 2015 by the entrepreneur and agronomic engineer Fernando Reis with the technical/scientific support of Prof. Dr. Carlos Labate from USP (University of São Paulo) campus ESALQ (College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz) in Piracicaba, São Paulo State. The drive to create Gênica was the dream to create a company that actually made a difference in the agribusiness through innovation, excellence in technical assistance, and results. In 2017, SP VENTURES, a fund with strategies to invest in start-ups with disruptive ideas and high potential of growth, became an investor of Gênica, which greatly contributed to Gênica’s market view and expertise in innovation. In 2020, another investor came on board to partner Gênica: Nitro Química, a Brazilian enterprise with solid financial structure and cooperative governance. This partnership boosted Gênica business, with the expansion of sales and marketing forces as well as investments in R&D and production capacity.
Gênica appears in Piracicaba, in Agtech Valley as a startup
We started our commercial activities, with a portfolio of biological solutions focused on Mato Grosso with the cultivation of soybeans and corn
SP VENTURES, main venture capital in the Brazilian agribusiness, partners Gênica. This partnership with SP VENTURES allowed investments in research and production.
Commercial expansion to other Brazilian states, Goiás, Tocantins and Maranhão.
NITRO QUÍMICA, a traditional Brazilian enterprise of nitrocellulose production, partners Gênica and this partnership has greatly contributed to better the view of Cooperate Governance and Long-term plans, paving the way for commercial expansion to the main agricultural territories in the country.
In order to be the reference in the bioproducts segment, we launched 5 new products and reached the mark of 120 employees.
The largest global producer of combined phosphates and potash, invested in Genica in 2022. Its participation in the board of directors supports the speed of growth that the company has been achieving in the bioproducts segment.
COMMITMENT We are results-driven.
We aim to be agile, simple, straightforward, and efficient in our actions, because we believe that agriculture is under constant evolution and we need to offer trendy and innovative products to keep pace.
BORN We were born to learn and innovate
We’re in constant evolution and therefore we conduct our business and product pipelines in an innovative and collaborative way, bearing in mind that we always have something to learn and teach.
ATTITUDE entrepreneurialship
We value people with the entrepreneurial spirit, proactive and polyvalent who bring something new to the enterprise every day.
Our team is composed of highly-qualified researchers who are specialist in microbiology, biotechnology, fermentation, and genetics.
We deliver solutions for regulatory issues to regulatory entities at the municipal, state, and federal levels. In addition, we work on the monetization process to transform knowledge into value.
Our production process follows a strict quality control throughout the production chain, besides differentials like asepsis since inoculum obtaining to the end-product and processes, formulations, and culture media developed for our biological agents.
We’re committed to ensuring quality in our processes and products to deliver our very best to clients.
Our commitment to the delivery of our products guarantees that our clients receive the products in an organized way, allowing clients to experience a beyond-expectation experience.
Gênica relies on more than 40 field representatives throughout the country, besides market consultants who are always ready and available to update crop growers with the latest novelties and allow them to reach high yields.
Gênica believes that issues concerning Environmental, Social, Economic and Governance (ESG) allow the construction of an enterprise with positive values for its stakeholders, contributing to the mission to cultivate values for generations to come.
Our products preserve nature-friendly species;
Our bio-inputs avoid pollution of soils and ground water;
The use of N-fixing microorganisms reduces the use of N-based chemical fertilizers of fossil fuels;
The use of biological products reduces the use of chemical pesticides, allowing for a better equilibrium of the system;
Biological regeneration of productive systems.
-> Food security to consumers of foods treated with bio-inputs;
-> Operational safety to workers in the factory and in the field;
-> Regenerative agriculture allows the farmer to reach higher yields of their crops for a longer time.
-> Management board highly qualified and complementary;
-> Gênica has been periodically audited since 2017;
-> Structured policies (Commercial, Credit, and Quality);
-> Quality management.
We have carried out scientific studies in partnership with research institutions and we belong to AgTech Valley – Piracicaba Valley of Technology for Agriculture –, which has consolidated as a major hub of enterprises for the development of technologies for the agribusiness.
The pillars that sustain this ecosystem are:
Research institutions recognized worldwide for their structures and researchers;
Investors specialized in the development of AgTechs;
Sinergy in the development of solutions between enterprises that belong to the AgTech Valley.
About our city:
Piracicaba is among the 100 biggest cities in Brazil in terms of quality of life and it offers one of the best environments for business.
Piracicaba is about 160 km far from São Paulo City. It’s strategically located in the hub of major roads, airports and it’s 242 km far from the port of Santos.
Piracicaba has developed a perfect environment for start-ups and new businesses, allowing the technological, academic, and entrepreneurial integration.
Piracicaba is known as the Agribusiness Valley, which houses more than 40 start-ups in the AgTech Valley.
Piracicaba is also the home of more than 10 institutions of higher learning, such as ESALQ-USP and UNICAMP, among others.
