Advanta - About the company
Advanta is a public company based in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), founded in 1989. It operates as a Developer of high-nutrition crops for sustainable agriculture. Advanta has raised $400M in funding from KKR. The company has 662 active competitors, including 101 funded and 95 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Syngenta, Limagrain and Tropic Biosciences.
Company Details
Developer of high-nutrition crops for sustainable agriculture. It is a seed innovator focused on developing germplasm tailored for climate-smart and high-nutrition crops. It emphasizes innovation and value addition through natural solutions, disease, pest, and herbicide resistance, along with drought and salinity tolerance. It offers a wide portfolio of high-performing grain and forage sorghum hybrids and superior hybrids and inbred varieties in staple crops like maize, rice, sunflower, canola, soybeans, vegetables, and forage. It promotes sustainable agriculture, food security, and sustainable lifestyles through its seed technology and innovation centers.
- Website
- www.advantaseeds.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@advantaseeds.com
- Phone Number
- +971 **********
- Registered Address
- UNIPHOS HOUSE, C. D. MARG, 11TH ROAD,MADHU PARK,KHAR (WEST), Mumbai City, MUMBAI, Maharashtra, India, 400052
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1989
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$400M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 662 active competitors
Annual Revenue
₹1,000+ Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
1,925 as on Aug 31, 2026
Exit Details
Public
Legal entities associated with Advanta
Advanta is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ADVANTA SEEDS LIMITED CIN: U01403MH2008PLC184379 , India, Strike off | Jul 07, 2008 | ₹1,000+ Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - |
Advanta's IPO details
Advanta got listed on Apr 19, 2007.
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Advanta's funding and investors
Advanta has raised a total funding of $400M over 4 rounds. Its latest funding round was a PE round on Nov 21, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Advanta has 7 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Advanta:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 21, 2024 | 8776977 | PE | 4236447 | 5589945 | 5211847 | 7830797 |
Oct 21, 2022 | 4126038 | PE | 8663418 | 1356251 | 2380804 | 5268222 |
Feb 03, 2010 | 8277402 | Grant (prize money) | 5150072 | 3858780 | 6274522 |
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Advanta's founders and board of directors
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Advanta has 1,925 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Advanta's employee count trend over the years:
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Advanta's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Advanta include Syngenta, Limagrain and Tropic Biosciences. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Advanta, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Syngenta 2000, Basel (Switzerland), Acquired | Developer of technologies and sustainable farming practices for farmers | - | 75/100 | |
2nd |  Advanta 1989, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Public | Developer of high-nutrition crops for sustainable agriculture | $400M | 72/100 | |
3rd | Provider of field seeds, vegetable seeds, and agri-food chain products | $200M | 69/100 | ||
4th |  Tropic Biosciences 2016, Norwich (United Kingdom), Series C | Developer of gene editing technologies for improved tropical crop production | $179M | 68/100 | |
5th | Provider of research, production, processing, and marketing of agricultural seeds | $29M | 67/100 | ||
6th |  Inari 2016, Cambridge (United States), Series G | Developer of technology to improve crop breeding and seed production | $708M | 63/100 | |
7th | Provider of seeds for forage, agriculture, sport, lawn, and garden | $54K | 63/100 | ||
8th |  Phylos Bioscience 2014, Portland (United States), Series B | Developer of cannabis F1 hybrid seeds and natural THC products | $31.2M | 60/100 | |
9th | Computomics 2012, Tubingen (Germany), Series B | Provider of data analysis services for next-generation sequencing data for the crop science industry | $7.85M | 60/100 | |
10th | Solynta 2007, Wageningen (Netherlands), Acquired | Developer of hybrid breeding technology for disease-resistant and nutritious potato varieties | $43.9M | 60/100 |
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Advanta's Investments and acquisitions
Advanta has made 1 investment in SeedCorp and acquired Unicorn Seeds.Reports related to Advanta
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News related to Advanta
Filter this listMedia has covered Advanta for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Advanta to Acquire Misr Hytech Seed for $110 MillionCairoScene•Aug 15, 2026•Hytech Seeds, Advanta, UPL
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Advanta bioKEMIX Launches in India with Strategic Investment to Build a Globally Integrated, Innovation-Led Chemical Supply Ecosystemglobalprimenews.com•Apr 29, 2026•Advanta
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Advanta Enterprises, backed by KKR, files DRHP with Sebi for IPO to raise fundsMint•Jan 19, 2026•Advanta
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UPL's Advanta Seeds acquires Italian K-Adriatica’s corn assets to enhance European portfolio.CNBC-TV18•Jun 02, 2025•Advanta, UPL CORP, K-Adriatica
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Alpha Wave invests $350 million in Advanta Enterprises LimitedLexLatin•Dec 12, 2024•Alpha Wave Global, Advanta
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Alpha Wave’s Acquisition of 12.5% Stake in Advanta EnterprisesGlobal Legal Chronicle•Dec 05, 2024•Demarest, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Marval, Dentons and 4 others
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Alpha Wave Global to acquire 12.5 per cent stake in hybrid seed company Advanta Enterprises LtdThe Telegraph•Nov 21, 2024•Alpha Wave Global, Advanta
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Advanta, nurture.farm partners to launch Nutrifeed Germination Scheme for forage cropsAgroPages•Jun 21, 2023•Advanta, Nurture.farm
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UPL, Advanta, Embrapa to develop canola seeds with nematode management potentialAgroPages•May 23, 2023•UPL, Advanta, Embrapa
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