Evogene (NASDAQ: EVGN) cuts 2025 net loss to $7.8 million amid AI focus
Evogene Ltd. reported 2025 results showing a smaller overall loss alongside a major strategic shift toward its ChemPass AI generative small‑molecule platform. Net loss for 2025 narrowed to approximately $7.8 million from about $18.1 million, mainly due to lower operating expenses and a $6.4 million gain on the sale of Lavie Bio and MicroBoost AI for Ag to ICL, recorded in $5.7 million of income from discontinued operations.
Full‑year revenues fell to roughly $3.9 million from $5.6 million as certain AgPlenus and Corteva revenues and Casterra seed sales declined. A $2.2 million Casterra inventory impairment pushed 2025 cost of revenues to about $4.1 million, driving an operating loss of $14.0 million. Cash, cash equivalents and short‑term deposits were about $13.0 million at year‑end, after using $13.5 million in operating cash during 2025, while management exited non‑core assets, resized the organization and highlighted new AI collaborations with Google Cloud in pharma and agriculture.
Positive
- Net loss reduced materially: 2025 net loss was approximately $7.8 million versus about $18.1 million in 2024, helped by lower operating expenses and $5.7 million income from discontinued operations, including a $6.4 million gain on the Lavie Bio and MicroBoost AI for Ag sale to ICL.
Negative
- Revenue decline and cash burn: 2025 revenues fell to about $3.9 million from $5.6 million, while Evogene used roughly $13.5 million in operating cash during 2025 and recorded a $14.0 million operating loss, indicating continued pressure on the core business and liquidity.
Insights
Loss narrows on cost cuts and asset sale, but revenue and cash remain pressure points.
Evogene reduced its 2025 net loss to approximately
Revenue declined to roughly
Year‑end cash, cash equivalents and short‑term deposits were about
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Date: March 5, 2026 |
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EVOGENE LTD.
(Registrant) By: /s/ Yaron Eldad Yaron Eldad Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT NO.
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DESCRIPTION
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99.1
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Press Release: Evogene Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results.
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99.2
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Slide presentation for conference call of Evogene held on March 5, 2026, discussing
Evogene’s quarterly financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025.
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As part of the Company’s updated strategic plan, management implemented an organizational realignment and cost-reduction initiative. The effects of these measures are reflected in the significant decrease in operating expenses, net, which
declined to approximately $13.8 million for the year ended 2025, compared to approximately $22.0 million in 2024. The impact is also evident in the fourth-quarter results, with total operating expenses, net, of approximately $3.2 million,
compared to approximately $4.3 million in the corresponding period of 2024. The Company expects this reduced expense level to be sustained in future periods.
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| ● |
In 2025, Lavie Bio, our subsidiary focused on agricultural biologicals, completed the sale of the majority of its operations to ICL Group Ltd. As a result of this transaction, Lavie Bio no longer maintains employees, and its operating
expense level has decreased significantly. Lavie Bio anticipates distributing the majority of its remaining cash to its shareholders, including Evogene, during 2026.
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During 2025, as part of the Company’s updated strategic plan, we scaled down Biomica’s operations and research and development activities and reduced its personnel to a minimal level. In early 2026, Biomica entered into a license agreement
with Lishan Pharmaceuticals for its lead oncology candidate, BMC128. Following this transaction, Biomica does not expect to conduct further material operational activities and anticipates distributing the majority of its remaining cash to its
shareholders, including Evogene.
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| ● |
With respect to AgPlenus, we integrated AgPlenus, our ag-chemical subsidiary, into our core operations, with the objective of maximizing the value of our ChemPass AI platform for the development of novel ag-chemical products. In alignment
with the Company’s updated organizational structure, AgPlenus was resized and streamlined to reflect the revised operating model.
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During 2025, due to a significant decline in demand for castor seeds, Casterra Ag ceased its operations in Kenya, reduced its headcount and overall expense level, and is currently focusing its activities on the Brazilian market. As a
result of these developments, Casterra recorded an impairment of approximately $2.2 million related to its seed inventory. This impairment is presented within Cost of Sales in the consolidated financial statements in a separate line item.
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| ● |
In February 2026, we entered into a warrant inducement agreement with an existing investor providing for the immediate exercise in full of its August 2024 Series A and Series B warrants, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of
approximately $3.4 million, before deduction of placement agent fees and other offering expenses. In consideration for such exercise, the investor will receive, in a private placement, new unregistered Series A-1 and Series B-1 warrants to
purchase up to an aggregate of 5,076,924 ordinary shares. The new warrants are exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $1.25 per ordinary share.
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December 31,
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December 31,
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|||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||
|
CURRENT ASSETS:
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
12,956
|
$
|
15,301
|
||||
|
Restricted cash
|
32
|
10
|
||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
317
|
1,091
|
||||||
|
Other receivables and prepaid expenses
|
1,565
|
2,064
|
||||||
|
Deferred expenses related to issuance of warrants
|
551
|
1,304
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
210
|
1,819
|
||||||
|
15,631
|
21,589
|
|||||||
|
LONG-TERM ASSETS:
|
||||||||
|
Long-term deposits and other receivables
|
571
|
12
|
||||||
|
Investment accounted for using the equity method
|
43
|
82
|
||||||
|
Deferred expenses related to issuance of warrants
|
1,165
|
1,735
|
||||||
|
Right-of-use-assets
|
1,824
|
2,447
|
||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
812
|
1,804
|
||||||
|
Intangible assets, net
|
-
|
12,195
|
||||||
|
4,415
|
18,275
|
|||||||
|
$
|
20,046
|
$
|
39,864
|
|||||
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
|
Trade payables
|
$
|
639
|
$
|
1,228
|
||||
|
Employees and payroll accruals
|
861
|
1,869
|
||||||
|
Lease liability
|
716
|
589
|
||||||
|
Liabilities in respect of government grants
|
56
|
323
|
||||||
|
Deferred revenues and other advances
|
17
|
360
|
||||||
|
Warrants and pre-funded warrants liability
|
706
|
2,876
|
||||||
|
Convertible SAFE
|
-
|
10,371
|
||||||
|
Other payables
|
449
|
1,079
|
||||||
|
3,444
|
18,695
|
|||||||
|
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
|
Lease liability
|
1,482
|
1,914
|
||||||
|
Liabilities in respect of government grants
|
3,073
|
4,327
|
||||||
|
Deferred revenues and other advances
|
72
|
90
|
||||||
|
4,627
|
6,331
|
|||||||
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
|
||||||||
|
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.2 par value:
Authorized – 30,000,000 ordinary shares; Issued and outstanding – 8,718,193 shares on December 31, 2025 and 6,514,589 shares on December 31, 2024
|
488
|
363
|
||||||
|
Share premium and other capital reserve
|
281,986
|
272,257
|
||||||
|
Accumulated deficit
|
(282,556
|
)
|
(274,071
|
)
|
||||
|
Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company
|
(82
|
)
|
(1,451
|
)
|
||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
12,057
|
16,289
|
||||||
|
Total equity
|
11,975
|
14,838
|
||||||
|
$
|
20,046
|
$
|
39,864
|
|||||
|
Year ended
December 31,
|
Three months ended
December 31,
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|||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Revenues
|
$
|
3,853
|
$
|
5,577
|
$
|
314
|
$
|
1,543
|
||||||||
|
Cost of Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Inventory impairment
|
2,180
|
-
|
2,180
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Other cost of revenues
|
1,914
|
2,380
|
104
|
692
|
||||||||||||
|
Total Cost of Revenues
|
4,094
|
2,380
|
2,284
|
692
|
||||||||||||
|
Gross profit (loss)
|
(241
|
)
|
3,197
|
(1,970
|
)
|
851
|
||||||||||
|
Operating expenses (income):
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Research and development, net
|
7,994
|
12,511
|
1,827
|
2,707
|
||||||||||||
|
Sales and marketing
|
1,476
|
1,983
|
298
|
351
|
||||||||||||
|
General and administrative
|
4,286
|
6,993
|
898
|
1,283
|
||||||||||||
|
Other expenses (income)
|
37
|
514
|
219
|
(10
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Total operating expenses, net
|
13,793
|
22,001
|
3,242
|
4,331
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating loss
|
(14,034
|
)
|
(18,804
|
)
|
(5,212
|
)
|
(3,480
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Financing income
|
2,466
|
7,393
|
181
|
4,734
|
||||||||||||
|
Financing expenses
|
(1,891
|
)
|
(3,358
|
)
|
(350
|
)
|
(251
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Financing income (expenses), net
|
575
|
4,035
|
(169
|
)
|
4,483
|
|||||||||||
|
Share of loss (gain) of an associate
|
39
|
39
|
(43
|
)
|
13
|
|||||||||||
|
Gain (loss) before taxes on income
|
(13,498
|
)
|
(14,808
|
)
|
(5,338
|
)
|
990
|
|||||||||
|
Taxes on income
|
1
|
9
|
-
|
7
|
||||||||||||
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
(13,499
|
)
|
(14,817
|
)
|
(5,338
|
)
|
983
|
|||||||||
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net
|
5,672
|
(3,237
|
)
|
(16
|
)
|
(988
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Loss
|
$
|
(7,827
|
)
|
$
|
(18,054
|
)
|
$
|
(5,354
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
|
Attributable to:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Equity holders of the Company
|
(8,485
|
)
|
(16,485
|
)
|
(5,309
|
)
|
427
|
|||||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
658
|
(1,569
|
)
|
(45
|
)
|
(432
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
$
|
(7,827
|
)
|
$
|
(18,054
|
)
|
$
|
(5,354
|
)
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||
|
Basic and diluted gain (loss) per share from continuing operations, attributable to equity holders of the Company
|
$
|
(1.70
|
)
|
$
|
(2.47
|
)
|
$
|
(0.61
|
)
|
$
|
0.17
|
|||||
|
Basic and diluted gain (loss) per share from discontinued operations, attributable to equity holders of the Company
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
(0.43
|
)
|
$
|
(0.002
|
)
|
$
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|||||
|
Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic and diluted loss per share
|
7,874,039
|
5,697,245
|
8,718,207
|
6,795,589
|
||||||||||||
|
Year ended
December 31,
|
Three months ended
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
$
|
(13,499
|
)
|
$
|
(14,817
|
)
|
$
|
(5,338
|
)
|
$
|
983
|
|||||
|
Adjustments to reconcile loss to net cash used in operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Adjustments to the profit or loss items:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and right-of-use-assets
|
1,144
|
1,381
|
263
|
441
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation
|
654
|
1,243
|
155
|
263
|
||||||||||||
|
Remeasurement of Convertible SAFE
|
(371
|
)
|
3
|
-
|
51
|
|||||||||||
|
Net financing expenses (income)
|
(28
|
)
|
(771
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
(1,013
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Loss (gain) from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
(209
|
)
|
525
|
(27
|
)
|
2
|
||||||||||
|
Impairment of property, plant and equipment
|
246
|
-
|
246
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Inventory impairment
|
2,180
|
-
|
2,180
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Revaluation of government grants
|
40
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Excess of initial fair value of pre-funded warrants over transaction proceeds
|
-
|
2,684
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Amortization of deferred expenses related to issuance of warrants
|
1,323
|
471
|
334
|
334
|
||||||||||||
|
Remeasurement of pre-funded warrants and warrants
|
(1,781
|
)
|
(6,529
|
)
|
(117
|
)
|
(4,589
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Share of loss of an associate
|
39
|
39
|
(43
|
)
|
13
|
|||||||||||
|
Taxes on income (tax benefit)
|
(6
|
)
|
9
|
(7
|
)
|
7
|
||||||||||
|
3,231
|
(945
|
)
|
2,951
|
(4,491
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Changes in asset and liability items:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables
|
665
|
(627
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
601
|
||||||||||
|
Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses
|
1,047
|
806
|
87
|
248
|
||||||||||||
|
Decrease (increase) in inventories
|
(1,019
|
)
|
(1,277
|
)
|
(279
|
)
|
(380
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in trade payables
|
(259
|
)
|
(630
|
)
|
188
|
(166
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in employees and payroll accruals
|
(756
|
)
|
(548
|
)
|
(192
|
)
|
(397
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in other payables
|
(570
|
)
|
222
|
(30
|
)
|
162
|
||||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues and other advances
|
(361
|
)
|
(559
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
(463
|
)
|
||||||||
|
(1,253
|
)
|
(2,613
|
)
|
(233
|
)
|
(395
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Cash received (paid) during the period for:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest received
|
338
|
934
|
117
|
398
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest paid
|
(193
|
)
|
(67
|
)
|
(43
|
)
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Taxes paid
|
(11
|
)
|
(11
|
)
|
-
|
(11
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Net cash used in continuing operating activities
|
||||||||||||||||
|
(11,387
|
)
|
(17,519
|
)
|
(2,546
|
)
|
(3,526
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
|
(2,115
|
)
|
(2,181
|
)
|
(140
|
)
|
(1,035
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
(13,502
|
)
|
(19,700
|
)
|
(2,686
|
)
|
(4,561
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Year ended
December 31,
|
Three months ended
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
|
2025
|
2024 (*)
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
|
(135
|
)
|
(626
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(322
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
78
|
10
|
47
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Proceeds from finance sub-lease asset
|
52
|
-
|
23
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Withdrawal from (investment in) bank deposits, net
|
(1
|
)
|
10,190
|
7,399
|
7,773
|
|||||||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities
|
(6
|
)
|
9,574
|
7,463
|
7,451
|
|||||||||||
|
Net cash provided by investing activities of discontinued operations
|
17,744
|
48
|
2,800
|
1,307
|
||||||||||||
|
Net cash provided by investing activities
|
17,738
|
9,622
|
10,263
|
8,758
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares, pre-funded warrants and warrants
|
-
|
5,500
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance expenses
|
4,283
|
123
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Repayment of lease liability
|
(526
|
)
|
(886
|
)
|
(133
|
)
|
(310
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from government grants
|
-
|
134
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
|
Repayment of convertible SAFE
|
(10,000
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
|
Repayment of government grants
|
(244
|
)
|
(298
|
)
|
(122
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing financing activities
|
(6,487
|
)
|
4,573
|
(255
|
)
|
(310
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of discontinued operations
|
(115
|
)
|
83
|
(1
|
)
|
104
|
||||||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(6,602
|
)
|
4,656
|
(256
|
)
|
(206
|
)
|
|||||||||
|
Exchange rate differences - cash and cash equivalent balances
|
21
|
(49
|
)
|
9
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(2,345
|
)
|
(5,471
|
)
|
7,330
|
3,984
|
||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
|
15,301
|
20,772
|
5,626
|
11,317
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
|
$
|
12,956
|
$
|
15,301
|
$
|
12,956
|
$
|
15,301
|
||||||||
|
Year ended
December 31,
|
Three months ended
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||||||||
|
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
|
2
|
120
|
-
|
120
|
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|
Increase of right-of-use-asset recognized with corresponding lease liability
|
207
|
2,307
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Exercise of pre-funded warrants
|
389
|
2,289
|
-
|
2,289
|
||||||||||||
|
Derecognition of property, plant and equipment under a finance lease
|
13
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
|
Investment in affiliated Company with corresponding deferred revenues
|
120
|
-
|
-
|
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