AgTech Startups

Astanor is an investment firm focused on the agrifood sector, backing companies "from soil and sea to gut" through venture and growth strategies. It emphasizes impact investing across the agrifood value chain with measurable environmental and social outcomes.

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Athian builds software to aggregate, certify, and fund greenhouse gas reductions across the livestock value chain, supporting environmental sustainability in animal agriculture. It serves participants in the livestock and animal agriculture industry, including farming operations and rural communities.

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Atmo is an agricultural transition platform that ingests farm data in any format (PDFs, shapefiles, CSVs, images, GeoJSON) to identify eligible transition measures and produce a bank-ready report matching farms to available financing. It helps farmers access subsidies, carbon financing, and green loans based on their actual farm data.

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Aurea Imaging makes TreeScout, a tractor-mounted 3D computer vision and edge-computing system that scans orchards to produce high-definition maps of tree growth, vigor and fruit count. It serves fruit growers with a cloud platform and task-map integration for sprayers, pruners and spreaders to support precision thinning, spraying and root pruning.

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The Better Fish produces ocean-farmed Barramundi marketed as a sustainable, nutritious seafood alternative to fish like salmon. It focuses on climate-smart ocean farming practices with an emphasis on environmental protection and responsible supply chains.

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AutoNxt manufactures electric and autonomous tractors for agriculture and industrial applications in India, featuring AI-powered systems and battery-electric drivetrains designed to reduce fuel costs and emissions.

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Avenews provides digital financing solutions tailored for agricultural small and medium enterprises in Kenya, offering working capital for inventory purchases, invoice settlement, and operational scaling. The platform serves agribusinesses including agrovet retailers, millers, processors, distributors, and wholesalers facing cashflow constraints.

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Axia develops and breeds tomato seeds using advanced techniques, with a focus on superior quality for greenhouse production worldwide. The company prioritizes sustainability and environmental responsibility in its seed development process.

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Axiota Animal Health develops science-backed nutrition and health products for cattle, serving feedlots, cow/calf and stocker operations, and dairies. Its offerings support animal health and performance across different types of cattle operations.

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Axxam is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing early drug discovery services—from target validation to hit and lead identification—for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, start-ups, patient foundations, and academic groups. It also identifies bioactive compounds for crop protection and animal health, and, through its AXXSense platform, discovers novel flavors, fragrances, and taste ingredients for the food & beverage, cosmetics, and pet food industries.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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Aydi builds agronomic software including ORTH, an AI assistant that learns a farm's land, crops, and weather to answer questions on pest detection and compliance, and a platform that unifies labor, inputs, and results into one system. The tools serve growers and agronomists managing operations from a single plot to thousands of hectares.

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Azolla Projects designs and manages regenerative agriculture projects that generate carbon and natural-capital credits, offering methodology development, monitoring, and certification services to organizations and agricultural producers. Based in Spain, it works with public-funded innovation projects and consortia to establish agricultural carbon markets in Mediterranean regions.

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Babili Garden develops modular automated plant cultivation systems with digital monitoring and environmental controls for indoor, urban, and space applications. The company creates self-sustaining green solutions for homes, corporate spaces, and extreme environments.

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Bactolife develops Binding Proteins for use in functional foods for humans and in animal feed, aimed at supporting healthy digestion and livestock health. It positions its products as affordable, science-based solutions sold to food producers and the animal feed industry.

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Bakerista is a specialty flour maker that sources, mills, and sells Hokkaido-grown wheat flour—including single-origin, stone-milled craft, and freshly milled products—sold online across Japan. It serves home bakers and professional bakeries, and connects wheat producers with bakers through community, farm visits, and educational content.

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Balwaan Krishi is an Indian brand that sells agricultural machinery and farming equipment online, including power weeders, brush cutters, sprayers, power reapers, water pumps, chainsaws, earth augers, dairy machines, and rice mills. It serves farmers across India through a dealer and warehouse network.

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Bardee uses insects to convert commercial food waste into insect protein ingredients and fertilisers, sold in bulk and retail. It also offers a waste advisory service to help businesses cut waste management costs and reduce Scope 3 emissions.

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Barentz is an ingredient distributor that sources and formulates specialty ingredients from suppliers for use in nutrition, taste, and animal performance applications. It combines ingredient sourcing with technical formulation support to help customers develop products.

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Bast Fibre Tech develops engineered technical natural fibres, such as hemp, designed to replace plastic in consumer fabrics and nonwoven products. It works with partners across the growing, manufacturing, and consumer goods supply chain to reduce plastic use.

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BC Biocarbon uses proprietary pyrolysis technology to convert residual biomass into Black Bear Biochar, a high-carbon soil input that improves water retention, supports microbial activity, and stores carbon for horticultural and agricultural use as well as carbon removal. It operates a commercial facility in Saskatchewan and supplies biochar for professional and retail soil mixes through partners such as Sun Gro.

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BCHAR builds turn-key biochar production systems that combine automated hardware with built-in MRV software to convert agricultural biomass waste into biochar and generate carbon credits. It targets agricultural supply chains seeking carbon removal and waste management, with a completed pilot in Thailand using coconut husk feedstock.

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BEAM CropTech develops genetic technologies—using cisgenesis and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing—that optimize plant photobiology to improve crop photosynthesis, yield, drought resistance, and CO2 capture. Its lead technology, PHOTOSYNTER, is licensed as R&D to elite seed genetics companies serving agricultural producers.

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BeCaps develops a dry microencapsulation technology for biological agricultural inputs (bioinsumos), preserving microbial viability with over 10^10 CFU/g and a 24-month shelf life at room temperature without cold chain. It formulates and encapsulates client strains under license, co-development, or white label for agrifood systems, aiming to reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers and lower environmental impact.

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Bee Downtown installs and maintains beehives on corporate campuses across the U.S. southeast and pairs them with employee engagement programming and leadership development for large corporations. Offerings include beekeeping classes, hive tours, honey tastings, and biomimicry-based leadership training.

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