Elicit Plant
Elicit Plant is a French agtech company that develops phytosterol-based treatments to reduce water stress in crops, helping farmers combat drought. It has raised $74M, including a Series B in late 2024, and employs 76 people.
The growth story
Elicit Plant grew from 54 to 76 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $74M along the way, most recently a Series B in November 2024.
About
Elicit Plant sells plant stress treatments that use phytosterols, a class of compounds that help crops tolerate water scarcity. Farmers use these to maintain yields during droughts, with field data collection to measure results.
The company has attracted funding from European agtech and circular economy investors like Bpifrance and the European Innovation Council. Its Series B suggests continued R&D focus after seven years in operation.
Founders and leadership
Marketing is the largest function with 5 employees, indicating commercial scaling of its agricultural products. The company operates with a typical biotech tenure of 3 years median.
The Elicit Plant org chart
Jean-Francois Jeff Déchant (Chief Executive Officer) leads 26 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 12 (-14% YoY), Sales 10 (0% YoY), Business Development 9 (-10% YoY), Research 7 (-30% YoY), Marketing 6 (+100% YoY), Information Technology 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Elicit Plant recruits heavily from agribusinesses like Syngenta (4 hires) and Bayer (3), plus French research institutes CNRS and INRAE (3 each). Alumni move to agricultural input firms in Brazil and asset managers focused on regeneration.
Most common previous employers of Elicit Plant staff: Syngenta (4), CNRS (4), Bayer (3), Nufarm (3), INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research (3), INRAE (3). Former Elicit Plant employees most often moved to Alltech (1), Regenerate Asset Management (1), H&J INTELLIGENCE (1), Albaugh Brasil (1), Bience Agriscience (1), The Mosaic Company - Brasil (1).
Alumni worth knowing
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Elicit Plant: Project Management (25), Management (24), English (18), Business Strategy (17), Marketing Strategy (16), Communication (15), Microsoft Office (15), Agronomy (14).
Where the team actually sits
Elicit Plant people are concentrated in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (14), France (9), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (6), Île-de-France, France (3). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Elicit Plant attracts about 66 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 21 ranking keywords and lost 11 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 1.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 1.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 1.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Elicit Plant has 76 employees as of September 2026.
Elicit Plant has raised $74M in total, most recently a Series B round in November 2024.
Jean-Francois Jeff Déchant (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Elicit Plant's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Elicit Plant staff are Syngenta (4 people), CNRS (4 people), Bayer (3 people).
Former Elicit Plant employees most often move to Alltech (1), Regenerate Asset Management (1), H&J INTELLIGENCE (1).
Elicit Plant attracts about 66 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Elicit Plant staff are Project Management, Management, English, Business Strategy, Marketing Strategy.
Elicit Plant staff are concentrated in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (14), France (9), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (6).
Elicit Plant has about 12 people in Engineering, down 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Elicit Plant has about 10 people in Sales, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 57 current and 44 former Elicit Plant profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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