1) Farmers Business Network
Farmers Business Network is a farmer-to-farmer network that connects farmers, ranchers, and agricultural entrepreneurs with both capital investors and other established farmer-entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $4.00B (August 2020)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Carlos
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Amol Deshpande, Charles Baron
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $739.60M
- Funding rounds: 10
- Number of investors: 24
You can find their website here.
2) Meicai
Meicai is an e-commerce platform for agricultural products that offers a wide selection of organic food, natural pesticide and chemical fertilizer. It has developed an advanced online service system using cutting-edge technology to improve the efficiency of supply chains across the country, enabling farmers to enjoy mechanization, and improving farmers’ livelihood and the quality of rural life.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.80B (June 2016)
- Country: China
- State: Beijing
- City: Beijing
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Chuanjun Liu, Xueyin Xu
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $199.00M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 8
You can find their website here.
3) Tridge
Tridge is creating an online trade platform to connect global food agriculture buyers and sellers.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.70B (August 2022)
- Country: South Korea
- State: Seoul-tukpyolsi
- City: Seoul
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Hoshik Shin, Kangwook Lee, Minjong Chung
- Number of employees: 501-1000
- Funding: $113.79M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 4
You can find their website here.
4) Bowery Farming
Bowery Farming monitors plants and their growth using vision systems, automation technology, and machine learning.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.30B (May 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Brian Falther, David Golden, Irving Fain
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $622.50M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 35
You can find their website here.
5) MoMo
Momo is a free location-based services instant messaging application that enables smartphone users to chat with people nearby.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.27B (December 2021)
- Country: Vietnam
- City: Ho Chi Minh City
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Lei Xiaoliang, Sic Zhang, Tang Yan
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $433.70M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
6) Apeel Sciences
Apeel Sciences is accelerating the preservation of fresh produce with plant-derived shelf life extension technology.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.00B (May 2020)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Goleta
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: James Rogers
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $640.00M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 30
You can find their website here.
7) Inari
Inari presents high performing plant varieties that improve the economic and environmental realities of production agriculture.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.50B (May 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: Massachusetts
- City: Cambridge
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: David Berry, Ignacio Martinez, Laura Lande-Diner
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $397.00M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
8) Nxin
Nxin provides farmers and entrepreneurs with the training, experience, technology and resources they need to drive more profit from their work.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.08B (September 2018)
- Country: China
- State: Beijing
- City: Beijing
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Suwen Xue, Yan Junfeng
- Number of employees: 50-100
- Funding: $1,326.32M
- Funding rounds: 2
- Number of investors: 2
You can find their website here.
9) Ynsect
Ynsect is a company that delivers innovative solutions for the agro-food and environmental biotechnology industries, by providing biological control products and services.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (February 2019)
- Country: France
- City: Evry
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Alexis Angot, Antoine Hubert, Fabrice Berro, Jean-Gabriel Levon
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $393.40M
- Funding rounds: 11
- Number of investors: 23
You can find their website here.
10) Nature's Fynd
Nature’s Fynd is a food company that makes nutritional vegan protein from a microbe.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (July 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: Illinois
- City: Chicago
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Mark Kozubal, Matthew Strongin, Thomas Jonas
- Number of employees: 50-100
- Funding: $508.48M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 17
You can find their website here.
11) InFarm
Infarm builds and distributes efficient vertical farms throughout cities.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (December 2021)
- Country: Germany
- City: Berlin
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Erez Galonska, Guy Galonska, Osnat Michaeli
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $601.59M
- Funding rounds: 10
- Number of investors: 22
You can find their website here.