Arevo raises €7.3M and targets Brazil launch in 2027 for arginine-powered crop nutrition platform

Swedish agtech company Arevo has raised €7.3 million in a funding round targeting a commercial launch in Brazil in 2027 for its Arginex platform — a fertilizer technology that uses arginine combined with phosphate to improve nitrogen uptake and reduce mineral fertilizer dependency in peat-free growing substrates.

Arevo’s approach is designed for the commercial horticulture market, where the widespread shift away from peat-based substrates has exposed a performance gap: conventional mineral fertilizers are formulated for peat’s chemistry and release nutrients at rates that do not match the faster pH dynamics of coir, rockwool and wood-fiber alternatives. Arginex supplies nitrogen in a molecular form the company says better suits these substrates, cutting losses to leaching and volatilization.

Brazil is the primary commercial target because of its large commercial ornamental and vegetable horticulture sector and growing peat-free substrate adoption driven by environmental regulations.

The company previously introduced Arginex to the European market in 2025, positioning it for use in protected cropping and nursery production. The new capital will fund regulatory approvals for the Brazilian market, commercial scale-up and further agronomic trials.

Arevo was founded out of research into amino-acid-based nitrogen delivery. The company has framed Arginex as an alternative to conventional nitrogen fertilizers rather than a complement, claiming it can reduce synthetic nitrogen use per crop cycle by a material margin in peat-free growing systems.

Source: AgTechNavigator