Hudson River Biotechnology
- Type
- Technology Company
- Location
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Industries
- Crop / plant science
- Domains
- Fruit, Plant based primary products, Vegetables
- Technologies
- Biotechnology & sustainable inputs
About Hudson River Biotechnology
Hudson River Biotechnology is a Wageningen-based agricultural biotechnology scale-up focused on plant breeding with Protoplast-CRISPR technology. The company says it helps crop producers and consumer packaged goods companies develop better, more resilient crops that can adapt to changing consumer preferences, climate pressures, and competition.
Its proprietary BioMaas platform is designed to edit plants without foreign DNA and to optimize multiple traits at once. Hudson River positions itself as a technology provider that can support clients’ own crops, while also advancing its own pipeline of optimized fruits and vegetables.
Core Values
- Pioneering: The company emphasizes turning scientific insight into practical tools for commercial use, with a focus on advancing plant breeding.
- Motivated: Hudson River describes itself as intrinsically driven by curiosity, challenge, and a genuine enjoyment of the work.
- Transparent: It highlights openness and respect as the basis for fruitful collaborations with partners.
- Resilient: The company frames adaptability as essential, both in its culture and in the crops it aims to develop.
Unique Aspects
- DNA-free editing: Its BioMaas platform is designed to avoid foreign DNA, which the company says can improve regulatory timelines and reduce associated costs.
- Multiple-trait optimization: The platform is built to target several genes or traits in one round of optimization, rather than modifying only a single trait.
- Scalable regeneration workflow: Hudson River says its process can regenerate a genetically uniform plant from a single edited cell and complete products in about 12-18 months.
- Backed by existing investors: Known news indicates the company raised new capital from existing shareholders Oost NL, Eurogenetic, Bridford Group, and angel investors.
- Early focus on strawberries and tomatoes: The company has said it is initially concentrating on strawberry and tomato, where it has built substantial expertise.