c-LEcta

Acquired

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Leipzig, Germany · Founded 2004

Headquarters
Leipzig
Employees
51–200
Founded
2004
Business Model
B2B

About

c-LEcta is a global industrial biotechnology company founded in 2004 as a spin-off from the University of Leipzig, specializing in the development, production, and distribution of customized enzyme products and microbial strains. Using its proprietary ENESYZ technology platform — a bioinformatics-based system for targeted enzyme engineering — c-LEcta serves pharmaceutical, food, and industrial customers worldwide. The company maintains a collection of over 5,000 preselected microbial strains and million-gene metagenomic libraries to identify and engineer best-in-class biocatalysts. In 2022, c-LEcta was acquired by Kerry Group for €137 million and now operates as a Kerry Biotechnology Centre in Leipzig.

Summary

c-LEcta is a Biotech company based in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 2004.

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Exit History

AcquisitionAcquisition by Kerry Group

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