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) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.