Amatera
Entrepreneur First '22Paris, FR · Founded 2022 · 5 known investors
Amatera develops crop genetics using cell culture, high-throughput automation, and machine learning to accelerate breeding of perennial crops such as coffee, grapevine, and bananas. It builds its own climate-resistant and disease-resistant varieties and partners with seed companies, agrifood firms, and research institutes to apply its CellTera technology for faster trait discovery.
Founders & leadership
Amatera was founded in 2022 by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser.
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Omar DekkicheinCEOOmar Dekkiche trained in management and civil engineering and began his career on the M&A team at BNP Paribas. He is a repeat deeptech entrepreneur, having earlier launched Gemini Quant, a venture aimed at bringing data-driven decision-making to asset management investors.
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Lucie KriegshauserinCTOLucie Kriegshauser earned a PhD in molecular plant biology with a focus on secondary plant metabolism and genome editing. Before co-founding Amatera, she was a technical sales engineer at the lab equipment supplier Ozyme and then a researcher in plant metabolic engineering at INRAE.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Amatera do?
- Amatera develops crop genetics using cell culture, high-throughput automation, and machine learning to accelerate breeding of perennial crops such as coffee, grapevine, and bananas. It builds its own climate-resistant and disease-resistant varieties and partners with seed companies, agrifood firms, and research institutes to apply its CellTera technology for faster trait discovery.
- Who founded Amatera?
- Amatera was founded by Omar Dekkiche, Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022.
- Who are Amatera's investors?
- Amatera's investors include Entrepreneur First, Exceptional Ventures, Joyance Partners, Oyster Bay Venture Capital, AgFunder.
- Where is Amatera headquartered?
- Amatera is headquartered in Paris, FR.