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AGTools

Techstars '20

Irvine, US · Founded 2017 · 10 known investors

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Agtools provides data-driven software and analytics for supply chain decision-making in agriculture, serving farmers and food industry participants globally with dashboards, reports, and pricing intelligence.

Also known as Agtools · Agtools, Inc.

Investors · 10

Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Agtools, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company that locates, ingests, structures and analyzes market and environmental data for the global food and agriculture supply chain, with an initial focus on specialty crops. Its platform draws on real-time government and institutional data sources and applies algorithms and machine learning to produce market intelligence used by participants across the value chain.

The platform covers 456 commodities and more than 3,000 commodity varieties across 189+ countries, spanning more than 11 billion data records, 76+ variables and 25+ years of history. Variables include exchange rates, weather patterns at destination, CO2 footprint, market demand, labor trends and transportation costs, all contextualized to specific products so users can plan forecasting and purchase orders.

Products include the Agtools Dashboard for trend tracking and demand forecasting, Agcapture rotating real-time dashboards, daily Agtools Reports, automatically generated tailored reporting, an artificial intelligence data layer, enterprise solutions, a price analyzer for benchmarking pricing against market trends, and data analytics training programs. The company also publishes case studies examining factors such as weather, phenology, and political and social dynamics that shape product availability and pricing.

Founding story

Agtools was founded in 2017 by Martha Montoya, who serves as CEO and has global experience in the food and agricultural supply chain. The company's stated mission is to provide flexible software architecture that impacts the worldwide supply chain, with particular emphasis on the farmer.

Business model

Agtools operates as a SaaS business intelligence provider for the food and agriculture supply chain. It aggregates real-time government and institutional market data and sells access through subscription products including dashboards, daily commodity reports, tailored reporting, a price analyzer and enterprise solutions, alongside integration services and data analytics training.

Recurring subscription/SaaS revenue from access to the platform, dashboards, daily commodity reports and tailored reporting, with additional enterprise solutions, integration services and training offerings.

Traction

Company materials cite more than 11 billion data records, coverage of 456 commodities and over 500 specialty crops and commodities, 3,000+ varieties and 189+ countries. Third-party research reports 39 employees as of February 2024. The company reports accelerated paid customer acquisition during Covid-19 and maintains an ongoing publication program of case studies and annual research reports.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Agtools describes itself as a fast-growing SaaS business intelligence company serving the global food and agriculture supply chain. Third-party company research lists it as a seed-stage, venture-backed analytics company and names Bountiful, Agralogics and Digital Harvest among comparable companies.

Agtools positions its differentiation around patented intelligence, breadth and depth of curated reference data (billions of records, 76+ variables, 25+ years, 189+ countries), and contextualization of that data by product. The company states that users reduce the time and cost of finding, ingesting and preparing data for analysis by 50% to 60%, and describes itself as a Microsoft Machine Learning and AI award winner.

Technology

Agtools operates a cloud-based platform that ingests real-time government and institutional data, applying algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence to structure and contextualize it. The company cites patented intelligence, throughput described as one billion transactions per second, and outputs delivered via dashboards, rotating real-time displays, automated reports and APIs/integration with customers' existing systems.

Go-to-market

The company sells directly to enterprises and smaller businesses across the food value chain and also reaches customers through channel partnerships, such as the agreement with Global Hitss, which integrates the Agtools suite into an existing IT services portfolio in Latin America. Content marketing through case studies, blogs, research reports such as the annual Aneberries berry report, and webinar participation supports demand generation.

Farmers, buyers, distributors, retailers, food service and processing companies, government agencies, financial firms and other stakeholders managing volatile product categories, spanning both enterprise and small business segments.

Geography

Agtools is headquartered in Orange County, California — sources cite Irvine, CA and Orange, California. Its data coverage spans 189+ countries, and its commercial activity includes the United States, Mexico and Latin America, including work referencing Mexican, Peruvian and Californian produce markets.

History

The company was founded in 2017 and is led by CEO and founder Martha Montoya. It participated in the Techstars Future of Food accelerator in 2020. Public materials from 2020 note that Covid-19 accelerated paid customer acquisition and growth. In August 2022 the company announced a partnership with Global Hitss to distribute its data and analytics solutions in Mexico and Latin America. As of 2026 the company continues to publish case studies and research reports, including an annual berry research report produced with Aneberries.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Commodities coveredJan 2026456 commodities
Commodity varieties coveredJan 20263k+
Countries coveredJan 2026189+
Data records on platformJan 202611B+
EmployeesFeb 202439 people
Reduction in time and cost of data preparation reported for usersAug 202250%-60%
Specialty crops and commodities coveredJan 2026over 500
Variables trackedJan 202676+
Years of historical dataJan 202625+

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Aug 2022
Microsoft Machine Learning and AI award

Agtools is described as a Microsoft Machine Learning and AI award winner.

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Aug 2022
Agtools partners with Global Hitss to deliver food and agriculture data and analytics in Mexico

Agtools announced a partnership with IT services provider Global Hitss, which added the Agtools suite of data and analytics services to its digital transformation portfolio, targeting Mexican food producers, retailers, food service and processing companies with market data, benchmarking and systems integration.

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Jan 2020
Participation in Techstars Future of Food accelerator

AGTools took part in the Techstars: Future of Food accelerator program in 2020.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does AGTools do?
Agtools is a SaaS platform providing real-time market data and analytics for specialty crops and the global food supply chain.
Who are AGTools's investors?
AGTools's investors include Amplifica Capital, Chloe Capital, Elevation Ventures, Ideaship, Portland Seed Fund, Radicle Growth, Reinventure Capital, Serra Ventures and 2 more.
Where is AGTools headquartered?
AGTools is headquartered in Irvine, US.