AgTech Startups

Big Tree Farms, founded in Bali in 2003, produces organic pantry staples such as coconut blossom nectar-based sauces and sweeteners made through regenerative agriculture. The company works with more than 19,000 farming partners in Bali to source hand-harvested coconut nectar for better-for-you food products.

3 investors

Bijak is a B2B agricultural commodities marketplace in India, publishing content on crop prices, procurement, and produce for participants in the agri trade. Its blog covers topics such as commodity price movements and farming supply issues.

3 investors

Bindwell develops pesticides using artificial intelligence and machine learning to address crop loss and pest resistance. The company combines computational models with laboratory assays to design more selective and effective agricultural chemicals for farmers.

3 investors

BinSentry makes machine-vision sensors that capture 3D images inside feed bins on farms and ingredient bins at mills, feeding real-time level and inventory data into web dashboards. It serves feed integrators, feed mills, and livestock producers to monitor bin levels, forecast inventory, optimize deliveries, and improve worker safety.

3 investors

BioFeyn is a life sciences company that applies biomedical nanoencapsulation technology (its "Feyn" delivery mechanism) to feed ingredients, improving nutrient absorption and bioavailability in animals. It focuses on aquaculture and agriculture, particularly salmon farming, serving farmers and feed suppliers while reducing waste and environmental impact.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Timothy Bouley", "title": "CEO, Founder"}, {"full_name": "Marie-Christine Imbert", "title": "CSO, Founder"}]

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BioScout provides autonomous, solar-powered air sampling devices that detect and identify airborne fungal spores, combining live spore counts with weather data to give growers, agronomists, and agrochemical distributors disease-risk intelligence for fungicide spray timing. Its system uses patented sensor technology and light microscopy to map crop disease risk and reduce unnecessary fungicide applications.

3 investors

BlueTrace provides a cloud-based inventory and operations management platform for seafood businesses, replacing outdated legacy systems and spreadsheets with integrated software for receiving, shipping, picking, packing, and loading. The platform offers mobile and desktop access along with hardware (printers and waterproof labels) for managing seafood inventory and sales/purchase operations.

3 investors

BroilerX provides an integrated broiler chicken farming platform for Indonesian poultry farmers, offering a digital record-keeping app and IoT-based real-time monitoring of coop conditions, along with farming financing, supply of production inputs (sapronak/DOC chicks), and farm modernization. It also produces and sells halal-certified chicken and eggs, and partners with farmers through contract farming with field support staff (PPL).

3 investors

Builders Vision makes investments, grants, and partnerships aimed at scaling sustainable solutions across the food and agriculture, energy, and ocean sectors. It works with a network of nearly 500 funds, companies, and grantees.

3 investors

ByBug is a biotech startup that uses genetic engineering and black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) biomanufacturing to produce oral biological feed additives that prevent diseases such as Caligus in salmon and White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimp. Its functional additives are mixed into existing animal feed for aquaculture producers, with a stated focus on the Chilean salmon industry and the global shrimp market.

3 investors

Carbonwave collects and processes Sargassum seaweed from coastal waters in Mexico to create biomaterial products including agricultural supplements and cosmetic ingredients. The company serves farmers and personal care manufacturers seeking sustainable alternatives to synthetic inputs.

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Cecil provides programmatic access to 40+ commercial and open spatial datasets—covering forests, biodiversity, land use, soil moisture, and climate hazards—standardized with consistent metadata, units, and projections. Its SDK and integrations with tools like QGIS, ArcGIS, Python, and R support environmental analysis and regulatory workflows such as EUDR, TNFD, SBTN, and CSRD for supply chains and asset portfolios.

3 investors

Celleste Bio develops a cell-based "cocoa technology" combining biotech, agtech, and AI to produce real cocoa ingredients—including cocoa butter and powder—at scale independent of geography and climate. Its products serve as drop-in replacements for conventional cocoa in chocolate manufacturing.

3 investors

CH4 Global develops greenhouse gas mitigation solutions centered on Asparagopsis seaweed, producing feed supplements that reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle for the livestock and agriculture industries. Its products target beef feedlot cattle, with seaweed aquaculture and manufacturing operations based in Australia.

3 investors

ClarosFarm makes USDA-certified organic freeze-dried whole fruit, such as strawberries, tangerines, and blackberries, made from a single ingredient with no added sugar or preservatives, sold direct to consumers. The company sources fruit from Mediterranean organic farms and is developing its own soilless, AI-controlled indoor farms in the US.

3 investors

Clean Food Group is a UK-based food tech company that uses fermentation to produce sustainable, function-specific oils and fats as alternatives to traditional ingredients for food, cosmetics, and pet food manufacturers. The company's proprietary CLEAN OilCell™ platform transforms food waste into high-performance ingredients at competitive prices and with reduced environmental impact.

3 investors

Continuum Ag is a soil health data intelligence company that helps farmers measure, organize, and monetize their farm and soil data, including through carbon intensity certification for low-carbon grain premiums. It serves farmers across the US with software and soil-sampling services tied to regenerative agriculture and sustainability programs.

3 investors

Cox Enterprises invests strategically across diverse industries through multiple vehicles including Socium Ventures, a venture capital fund, and Cox Exponential (CX2), an AI-focused accelerator and venture studio. The company backs visionary founders and breakthrough technologies across growth sectors including govtech, healthtech, edtech, and agtech.

3 investors

Crop2Cash provides digital tools and financial services for smallholder farmers in rural Nigeria, including AI agricultural advice, an inputs marketplace, digital payments, and offline data collection for field agents. It serves the agricultural sector, connecting farmers to information, inputs, and financial identity.

3 investors

CropConex is a supply chain management platform for the coffee industry that consolidates inventory, contracts, orders, and logistics into a single interface. The platform serves coffee traders, buyers, and suppliers with workflows for sourcing, sample management, contract execution, and fulfillment tracking.

3 investors

Crush Dynamics develops natural, bio-transformed polyphenol-based ingredients that help food and beverage manufacturers reduce sugar and sodium, extend shelf life, and enhance flavor while maintaining clean labels. Based in Canada, it supports food producers' R&D and product development teams.

3 investors

Daisy analyzes supply, demand, and production data using AI models to help food processors reduce waste and improve efficiency. The company targets the food processing industry, drawing on roots in Irish dairy farming.

3 investors

DeepAgro develops SprAI, an artificial intelligence-powered retrofit system that detects and selectively sprays weeds in agricultural fields, reducing herbicide use by up to 95% while maintaining precision control. The system uses real-time computer vision and deep learning algorithms to identify weeds versus crops, and integrates into existing sprayer equipment across various brands.

3 investors

Deep Root Biolabs develops a biomolecule delivery solution that enhances plants to extract pollutants from soil and concentrate critical minerals, serving agriculture, mineral reclamation, and remediation applications. The technology uses plant-based biomolecules as a non-GMO approach to improve plant performance for environmental and agricultural purposes.

3 investors