The company develops a portfolio of agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets.
It has developed a technology platform to discover genetic traits for the improvement of corn, rice and other plants.
One of the founders of the company is Marc Van Montagu who is a Flemish pioneer in plant genetics.
Another co-founder was Professor Dirk Inzé, specialist in plant cell cycle technologies.
The company was financially backed until 2006 by a consortium of venture capital funds led by the GIMV.