AgTech Strategy & Transaction Advisory

Translating Technology into Deals That Last

Boutique AgTech advisory firm where deep R&D expertise and transaction experience sit in the same room — from first conversation through closing and into integration.

Two founders. Scientific depth and deal experience, built over decades in AgTech — on both sides of the table.

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The Challenge

Most AgTech deals fail not on data — but on the gap between scientific language and commercial reality.

Valuation models can't price what they can't map to industrial reality. Negotiations stall when trust and translation are missing. These gaps have been around as long as the deals. We navigate them differently.

The Novera Edge

Experience that compounds

Full-Cycle Transaction Experience

We have sat at all four sides of the table — founder, corporate acquirer, institutional investor, and advisor. That symmetry changes what we spot and how we close.

Technical & Commercial Fluency

Deep R&D expertise across agronomy, crop breeding, biologicals and computational biology — paired with deal structuring. No interpreter needed.

EMEA Network Depth

Active relationships across Europe and the Middle East — built over years on both the investment and operational sides.

Founders' backgrounds include

BAYER CROP SCIENCE SYNGENTA LIMAGRAIN ICL GROUP EIT KEYGENE

Services

Three integrated service lines

01

Licensing & Strategic Partnering

  • Exclusive and non-exclusive licensing
  • Strategic licensing deal structuring
  • Long-term R&D collaborations
02

Technology & Business Diligence

  • Growth and scaling strategy
  • Inorganic growth pathway structuring
  • Risk assessment & mitigation
03

Divestment, Acquisition & Spin-out

  • Exit preparation for startups & scaleups
  • Technical & business deal diligence
  • Post-closing integration support

Novera stays in the room — from first partnership conversation through closing and into integration.

The Team

Two perspectives. One deal.

An Michiels

Founder

An Michiels

PhD Applied Biological Sciences · INSEAD Executive

🔗 LinkedIn
  • —20+ years global R&D leadership: Bayer Crop Science, Syngenta, Limagrain
  • —Founder and CEO of US-based AgTech startup (Keygene Inc.)
  • —>€150M in M&A transactions across EMEA
  • —>€60M fundraising experience

Languages

Dutch · English · Spanish · French · German

Natanja Slager

Founder

Natanja Slager

PhD Computational Biology · Kellogg iEMBA

🔗 LinkedIn
  • —Corporate innovation lead, ICL Group — investing & in-licensing
  • —COO at Rootility — out-licensing & JV structuring
  • —Investment Committee — Averis Ventures
  • —15+ years across AgTech, FoodTech & HealthTech

Languages

Dutch · English · Hebrew · Portuguese

Let's Talk

Start with a conversation.

Each engagement is scoped to the mandate. If you're working on a transaction that needs both sides to speak the same language, we'd like to hear about it.

We typically respond within one business day.

An Michiels

an.michiels@novera-advisory.com

Belgium · EMEA

Natanja Slager

natanja.slager@novera-advisory.com

Israel · EMEA