AgTech Startups

NEERX provides an app and hardware sensor (SHOOL) that measure crop and soil stress and combine satellite data to give farmers farm-specific analytics, stress maps, and advisories on irrigation, nutrients, spraying windows, pest and disease prediction, and weather forecasts. The product serves the agriculture industry with tools for farm management and decision-making.

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NAI was a New Zealand organisation founded in 2018 in the Te Tauihu region that built local machine learning capability and applied AI to challenges in climate, conservation, and primary production. Based at the NMIT campus, it employed engineers, data scientists, and researchers before winding down its founding mission, with its work continuing through independent initiatives.

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Neocrop Technologies is a biotech company that develops new crop varieties through precision genetic breeding, using CRISPR gene editing, non-GMO methods, accelerated growth chambers, and proprietary gene-selection software. It serves seed companies, public and private institutions, and R&D centers in plant science, fruit, and forestry, with projects focused on Chilean and Argentine crop lines.

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Neofresh is a South African fruit producer specializing in papaya and litchi, cultivating crops across multiple farms and supplying primarily to the local retail market. The company focuses on yield optimization through selective breeding and sustainable farming practices.

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Neolithics offers produce inspection technology that examines fruits and vegetables beneath the surface to help operations reduce batch rejections. The company appears to serve food supply chain and produce handling teams.

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Netled designs, builds, and operates controlled environment agriculture (CEA) farming systems for indoor food production serving the retail and food industry. The company provides turn-key vertical farming technology integrated with LED lighting, irrigation, HVAC, and automation software to enable year-round crop production.

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Neuralzome builds autonomous robots for agriculture, including the PHX Series Mowack for precision mowing, weeding, and material handling across orchards, vineyards, and farmland. Its machines handle steep terrain and run without a crew, managed through a Mission Control dashboard for telemetry, mission planning, and teleoperation.

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NeuroHive develops digital health monitoring and precision livestock farming tools for farmers, combining veterinary expertise with software engineering to track animal health in real-time.

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Neva Marine develops patent-pending surface lighting systems for aquaculture, offering automated sun-simulation and diagnostic tools for feeding and biological control in fish farming pens. The products are aimed at fish farmers to improve working conditions, fish welfare, and feed efficiency while reducing environmental impact.

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Nevada King is a mining company engaged in precious metals exploration and development, with focus on the Atlanta Mine Project.

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New West Genetics breeds non-GMO industrial hemp seed varieties, using traditional breeding and genomics to create regionally adapted, high-yield genetics for grain, fiber, feed, and fuel applications. Its products, including the ABOUND multi-purpose varieties and AMPLIFY hybrid trait, are sold to hemp growers and agricultural producers, primarily in the United States.

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FrostBoss (New Zealand Frost Fans) designs and manufactures multi-blade frost fans and the FrostSmart monitoring app to protect orchards and vineyards from frost damage. The company serves growers worldwide from its manufacturing facility in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

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New Frontier Data provides analytical tools and market data to cannabis industry investors, offering consumer insights, analyst reports, and retail analytics to support investment decision-making.

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New Leaf Data Services provides institutional-grade price reporting and wholesale market analytics for the cannabis and hemp industries. It also offers risk optimization systems and services.

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Newline builds auction software and an online auction platform (Auctionmarts.com) for the livestock market industry, alongside IT services such as hosted cloud, security, networking, Wi-Fi, mobile app development, website design, and payment solutions. It serves livestock auctioneers primarily in the UK, with a presence in New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and Canada.

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NewMoo produces dairy proteins grown inside plants using molecular science, offering animal-free alternatives to traditional milk proteins for food brands. The product is designed to reduce land use, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional dairy.

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Nexira supplies natural ingredients in powder form for food, beverage, health, and nutraceutical products, including plant-based extracts, fibers, proteins, and mineral compounds. The company sources, processes, and manufactures botanical and functional ingredients in its French facilities for use across functional beverages, supplements, sports nutrition, nutricosmetics, and food applications.

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Company developing scalable, cost-effective and sustainable feedstock solutions for biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries.

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Next2Sun develops and builds vertical bifacial photovoltaic systems that capture sunlight on both sides and are oriented east-west, serving agricultural landowners, private households, and businesses. Its applications include dual-use agrivoltaic solar parks and solar fences, allowing land to be used simultaneously for farming and power generation.

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nextProtein breeds Black Soldier Fly larvae on unconsumed food to produce insect-based protein, oil and fertilizer used as ingredients in animal feed for aquaculture, poultry, pork and pet food. The company operates in sustainable agriculture and foodtech, with a Paris office and a production site in Tunisia.

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Nordic Foodtech VC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech companies working on the food system, from alternative proteins and precision fermentation to farming data and food-related materials. It focuses on companies based in northern Europe, especially the Nordics and Baltics.

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NiciaAgro develops an AI-powered platform for detecting crop diseases early, helping farmers reduce crop losses and make better farming decisions. The company serves agricultural producers through smart agriculture technology.

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Niqo Robotics develops AI-powered farm robots for precision agriculture, including the Niqo Sense camera system and robotic sprayers designed to reduce agrochemical use and labor dependency for farmers. The company builds accessible robotic solutions for major farming activities such as spraying, weeding, sowing, and harvesting.

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NitroCapt develops a low-emission process for producing nitrate-based nitrogen fertilizer using only air, water, and renewable energy to fix nitrogen from the air. The company targets sustainable fertilizer production for food systems, aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of fertilizer manufacturing.

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