Overview
Vivent Biosignals builds plant biosensors that record the electrical signals a plant generates and applies artificial intelligence to interpret them, flagging stress, disease and pest pressure before visible symptoms appear. Its sensor, the VITA1, is battery powered and wireless, places electrodes directly on a living plant to detect ion flow across cell membranes, and feeds a dashboard that refreshes every five minutes with plant balance, water status, nutrient concentrations for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium, and plant activity. Co-founders Carrol Plummer and Nigel Wallbridge met during an INSEAD MBA in 1989. Plummer is co-founder and co-CEO, Wallbridge is co-founder and executive chairman, and Fernando Derossi, previously in senior roles at Syngenta, BASF and UPL Corporation, took over as CEO and partner on 1 February 2026. In November 2025 the company raised 7.5 million euro led by Agri Investment Fund, with Horticoop, Pymwymic and Swiss private investors. It reported more than 1,000 hectares under monitoring in Europe at that point, and 2 million plant days of data by July 2026. It has held B Corp certification since December 2021.
Funding history
- 2025 round: 7.5M EUR led by Agri Investment Fund, with Horticoop, Pymwymic and Swiss private investors; dated 21 November 2025
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2020
- Headquarters: Gland, Switzerland
- Second office: Zeist, Netherlands
- Legal entities: Vivent SA and Vivent Biosignals BV
- CEO: Fernando Derossi, CEO and partner since 1 February 2026
- Co-founders: Carrol Plummer, co-founder and co-CEO; Nigel Wallbridge, co-founder and executive chairman
- Employees: Team page lists more than thirty named staff plus three interns
- Product: VITA1 smart plant biosensor and live dashboard
- Disclosed funding: 7.5M EUR (November 2025)
- Customers and partners: Syngenta, Bayer Crop Science, Wageningen University Research, Lethbridge Polytechnic, Andermatt Poland, Zeiler
- Scale: 2 million plant days monitored, over 30 trillion data points (July 2026)
- Certification: B Corp since December 2021, impact score 118.8
- Belgian link: None found; no Belgian office or entity in any fetched source
Key people
In the news
- Vivent Biosignals and Arvesta announce a strategic partnership to bring AI driven plant monitoring 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. 🤝 🌱 We’re proud to announce our new partnership with Arvesta, bringing Vivent’s plant intelligence technology to more professional growers across Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The partnership will support farmers in achieving higher returns, using fertilisers and crop protection products more efficiently, and producing food more sustainably. 🌿 Vivent
- What if 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗲𝘀 could tell you they were preparing to sprout, before any visible signs appeared? Potato tubers are already sending signals long before sprouting becomes visible. Vivent’s biosensors capture these natural electrophysiological signals and, combined with machine learning, turn them into early insights into sprouting risk. This could help storage managers: ⤷ Optimise the timing of sprout-control treatments ⤷ Protect potato quality and commercial value ⤷ Reduce unnecessary chemical applications ⤷
- Plants have been talking all along. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. 🌱 Vivent listens to the electrical signals plants naturally produce and turns them into early warnings and actionable insights for growers. 𝟰𝟬+ 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀. Did you know we’re nominated for the 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱? 🏆 Voting is still open, and we’d love your vote! Vote here and help us shape the future of agriculture. https://lnkd.in/d2kmCk3Y
- Passionate about understanding plant signals and turning them into better crop decisions? 🪴 VIVENT IS HIRING an Agronomy & Customer Success Specialist in Zeist, the Netherlands. Join a talented international team working with cutting-edge plant biosensing, electrophysiology, AI and digital agriculture. We’re looking for an excellent agronomic or horticultural profile with 1–2 years of hands-on experience, strong crop knowledge and curiosity about data-driven growing. 🇳🇱 FLUENT DUTCH REQUIRED (C1+/near-native) 🇬🇧 English
- 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀. 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. 🌱 What happens when you start listening to plants? Plants are constantly responding to their environment. The challenge is knowing what they are telling us before those responses become visible. That’s where plant-driven intelligence can make a difference. By capturing and analysing electrical signals directly from plants, Vivent provides a new layer of real-time data that can help researchers, growers and agricultural innovators better understand what is happening
- Does systems thinking enable action, or can it sometimes make implementation feel even more daunting? That was one of the questions Carrol Plummer brought home from 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 (Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS)) 💡 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: It was encouraging to see systems thinking applied across the soy supply chain, alongside a clear and shared commitment to responsible soy. This matters as the sector prepares for
- 𝗙𝗥 - 🍅Bonne nouvelle : les tomates ne prendront pas le travail des maraîchers, du moins, pas tout de suite ! Nous sommes ravis que Jeremy Blondin conserve son poste au Domaine des Mattines SA, car chez Vivent, nous aimons autant écouter les producteurs que les plantes. Merci à Entreprise Romande pour cet article qui explique comment les biosignaux végétaux aident déjà les maraîchers à mieux comprendre la réaction de leurs cultures à l’irrigation, aux nutriments et aux conditions de croissance. 𝗔̀ 𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗶 :
- 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲! We’re delighted to be one of 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, recognising innovations that are helping to build a more sustainable future. At Vivent, we combine plant biology and artificial intelligence to translate plants’ own electrical signals into real-time insights. By enabling growers to detect stress earlier and use resources more precisely, we’re working towards healthier crops and more sustainable agriculture. Public voting
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