Gennate

About Gennate

Gennate is a Manchester-based deep-tech company reengineering plant nutrition at the nano scale, developing precision nano-nutrients for crops and plants with the aim of improving nutrient uptake, plant resilience, and growing outcomes. Its flagship product line, NanoViva™, is designed for use across seed priming, foliar spray, and soil application, with the first formulation focused on zinc. The company positions its technology as a way to make plant nutrition more efficient, stable, and scalable, using a proprietary continuous-flow Nano-Formulator™ platform that produces uniform nanoparticles without conventional synthetic stabilisers or detergents. Gennate emphasizes measurable results rather than promises, citing its own trials on germination, growth, drought response, and recovery, and it frames its work around sustainable agriculture, food security, and climate resilience.

The team is a focused scientific and commercial group built around nanotechnology, chemical engineering, plant science, and product development. Led by founder and CEO Dr Imad Naasani, who brings more than 20 years in nanotechnology and over 50 patents, the company also includes co-founder and biotech entrepreneur Dr Farid Khan, senior scientist Dr Jamie Baily, laboratory technologist Ms Zainab Dawood, and advisor Dr Leopoldo Herrera, who contributes expertise in plant science and commercialisation. Gennate’s mission is to help create a more productive, sustainable, and food-secure world by turning advanced nanotechnology into practical agricultural products that can be deployed at industrial scale and made accessible to growers worldwide.