GroNatural and Plantae Labs Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Natural Chemistry Through Nano-Enabled Plant Science
Our collaboration combines proprietary nano-encapsulation, natural amplification, and botanical extraction technologies to accelerate the development of high-performance natural solutions across agriculture and adjacent markets.
BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, USA & SANTIAGO, Chile – November 9, 2026 – We’re pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Plantae Labs, a Santiago, Chile-based innovator in plant science, botanical extraction, and bio-based formulation technologies.
Through this collaboration, we’re bringing together our proprietary nano-encapsulation and natural amplification platforms with Plantae Labs’ advanced botanical extraction capabilities and its proprietary saponin-based nano-emulsion technology, NovaDrop™.
By combining our complementary technologies and scientific expertise, we aim to accelerate the development and validation of high-performance natural solutions for agriculture and adjacent markets.
This partnership represents another important step in advancing our long-term Gro150 Mission to scale natural chemistry globally. Together, we’re working toward a future where natural solutions can meet the performance demands of modern agriculture through science, innovation, and advanced formulation technologies.
Advancing Natural Chemistry Through Science and Nano-Formulation
At the heart of this partnership is a shared commitment to overcoming the technical challenges that can limit the performance of natural active ingredients.
Plant-derived compounds offer significant potential for agricultural applications, but their effectiveness can be affected by factors such as instability, degradation, inconsistent delivery, and limited persistence under real-world conditions.
Through our joint research and development programs, we’ll focus on advancing technologies and formulations designed to address these challenges.
Our key areas of collaboration will include:
- Enhancing efficacy and stability: Improving the efficacy, consistency, and shelf stability of plant-derived active ingredients.
- Advancing nano-formulation technologies: Developing saponin-based nano-emulsion and encapsulation approaches to improve delivery, uptake, and field performance.
- Expanding controlled-release capabilities: Advancing our amplification and delivery technologies to support performance under real-world agricultural conditions.
- Strengthening scientific and regulatory evidence: Generating robust agronomic, toxicological, and technical datasets to support regulatory pathways and commercial adoption.
From Research to Field-Level Performance
For us, innovation doesn’t stop in the laboratory. The ultimate goal is to translate scientific discoveries into solutions that deliver measurable value under real agricultural conditions.
That’s why this partnership is designed to bridge laboratory research with field-level validation. Our joint development programs will prioritize crops, applications, and market opportunities where growers face increasing challenges, including resistance, residue requirements, formulation instability, and evolving regulatory expectations.
By combining our expertise in natural active ingredients, advanced encapsulation, nano-emulsion technology, and botanical extraction, we’re working to unlock new possibilities for natural chemistry.
Our focus will be on developing solutions that are not only scientifically promising but also supported by the research, technical evidence, and field-relevant validation needed for future commercial adoption.
Leadership Perspectives
Jeff Hill, Chief Science Officer of GroNatural, shared his perspective on the partnership:
“The challenge with natural crop protection has never been the lack of biologically active compounds, but rather the ability to harness, stabilize, and consistently translate their inherent activity into predictable field performance.
Through our proprietary AMPx® technology and advanced encapsulation platforms, we are engineering natural active ingredients at the molecular and formulation levels to enhance their stability, preserve biological activity, and overcome traditional limitations associated with volatility, degradation, and environmental exposure.
Our collaboration with Plantae Labs further strengthens our ability to advance these technologies. This partnership was a natural fit, as both organizations share a common scientific vision: to establish a new standard in natural crop protection where formulation precision, long-term stability, and consistent field efficacy enable natural chemistry to compete directly with conventional synthetic chemistry.”
Juan José Albarrán, Managing Director of Plantae Labs, added:
“By combining our saponin-based delivery technology with GroNatural’s encapsulation platform, we are advancing applied science that unlocks the full performance potential of plant-based actives, enabling measurable, field-relevant results while meeting rising expectations for sustainability, safety, and performance.”
Building the Future of Natural Chemistry
We’re excited about the opportunities this partnership creates for advancing natural active ingredients and next-generation formulation technologies.
By bringing together complementary scientific capabilities, we’re strengthening our ability to accelerate innovation, expand our technology platforms, and develop new solutions for agriculture and adjacent markets.
As we continue investing in research, technology development, and strategic collaborations, our focus remains on turning the potential of nature into reliable, high-performance solutions for modern agriculture.