Ceres, Inc.

Ceres, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: CERE
IndustryBiotechnology
Founded1996 (1996)
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Richard Hamilton (president and CEO)
ProductsSeeds of energy crops
ParentLand O'Lakes
SubsidiariesCeres Sementes do Brasil
Websiteceres.net

Ceres, Inc. was a biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, California, United States that operated from 1996 to 2016, when it was acquired by Land O'Lakes. The company was a spinoff from UCLA researchers. Its ultimate commercial products were seeds of genetically modified crops used for biofuel production. In addition to its operations in the United States, Ceres had a subsidiary in Brazil called Ceres Sementes do Brasil.