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HeavyConnect
Techstars '18500 Global '16Salinas, US · Founded 2015 · 30 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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HeavyConnect develops software solutions for agricultural operations to improve compliance, efficiency, and operational insights. The platform serves farms of all sizes and focuses on modernizing farm management through technology.
Also known as HeavyConnect, Inc.
Founders & leadership
HeavyConnect was founded in 2015 by Patrick Zelaya.
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026HeavyConnect is an agricultural technology company that provides cloud-based digital documentation and compliance management software for the food supply chain. Its platform covers food safety management, worker training and certification, time and productivity tracking, quality assurance and inspection management, end-to-end traceability, and supplier and grower network management. Data is captured at ground level through the HeavyConnect mobile application and synchronizes to a management dashboard, converting paper-based recordkeeping into time-stamped digital logs, checklists, and corrective actions.
The company positions its tools as purpose-built for agriculture rather than adapted from other industries, targeting growers, harvesters, shippers, and processors. It states that its platform is used to meet FSMA, PrimusGFS, GlobalG.A.P., and customer-specific standards. Additional stated focus areas include compliance management with automated reminders and audit trails, workforce management covering labor tracking and training records, and supply chain visibility through traceability. The company describes its team as combining agricultural industry knowledge with technical expertise and says it conducts regular customer site visits across California growing regions including the Salinas Valley, Soledad, Santa Maria, and Napa Valley.
Business model
HeavyConnect sells its compliance and field-operations platform to agricultural businesses on a subscription basis, with the company's website advertising month-to-month commitments and the ability to cancel at any time. Prospective customers are onboarded through a demo request process, and the company emphasizes fast deployment, minimal training requirements, and ongoing support, personalized training, and continuing partnership alongside the software itself.
Subscription software sold to agricultural operations with month-to-month commitments and cancellation at any time.
Traction
The company's website reports more than 2,600 active users across agricultural operations, 98% customer satisfaction based on annual customer surveys, and use by hundreds of agricultural operations. A third-party directory estimates annual revenue of $1M-$10M and approximately 31 employees as of September 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
HeavyConnect operates in the agtech and food-safety compliance software segment and is described as a small-to-mid-sized software development company with 11-50 employees and estimated annual revenue between $1M and $10M. Directory listings place it alongside other agricultural technology companies such as Agrian by TELUS Agriculture, Taranis, PrecisionHawk, Sentera, FarmLogs, CropTrak, Granular, DroneDeploy, and GAMAYA. Company materials state it is used by large agricultural operations and by hundreds of agricultural operations overall.
HeavyConnect differentiates on agriculture-specific design, a mobile-first application that functions offline and syncs when connectivity returns, ease of adoption for first-time technology users in the field, and audit readiness through digitally stored, time-stamped records. The company also cites regular in-field customer visits as a mechanism for product feedback and iteration.
Technology
A cloud-based platform combining a mobile application used by field workers for data collection with a management dashboard for oversight. The mobile tools are built to operate offline and sync automatically once connectivity is restored. Records including logs, checklists, and corrective actions are digitally stored and time-stamped. Reported third-party tools in use include Hotjar, HubSpot Analytics, HubSpot Content Hub, Joomla, Salesforce, Heap, Office 365, and Piwik.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly through its website via demo requests and customer stories, and reports using a sales and marketing technology stack that includes HubSpot and Salesforce. It emphasizes low-friction trial terms (month-to-month, cancel anytime) and in-field customer visits for feedback and training.
Agricultural operations of all sizes across the food supply chain, from small family farms to large enterprise agribusinesses, including growers, harvesters, shippers, and processors that must meet food safety and regulatory standards.
Geography
Headquartered in Salinas, California, with customer engagement described across California agricultural regions including the Salinas Valley, Soledad, Santa Maria, and Napa Valley. One directory profile reports employees across three continents, including North America, South America, and Europe.
History
The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Salinas, California, in the state's agricultural region. Jessica Gonzalez joined full time in December 2015 as a co-founder and served as CTO, working from the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology. By 2017 the company was described as one of the few agtech firms launched in Salinas with a mission to hire local talent, including developers from the CSin3 program at Hartnell College. In 2021 it released digital self-auditing and a personalized compliance dashboard.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsHeavyConnect released two new features in 2021: digital self-auditing and a personalized compliance dashboard.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- HeavyConnectheavyconnect.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does HeavyConnect do?
- HeavyConnect provides mobile, offline-capable compliance and food-safety documentation software for agricultural operations.
- Who founded HeavyConnect?
- HeavyConnect was founded by Patrick Zelaya in 2015.
- Who are HeavyConnect's investors?
- HeavyConnect's investors include 500 Global, Bread And Butter Ventures, Llc, Techstars.
- Where is HeavyConnect headquartered?
- HeavyConnect is headquartered in Salinas, US.