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Developing a unique bioreactor platform that scales cultivated meat production with high efficiency.

Plant-based snack maker installing a new production line to move toward 24/7 operation, increasing annual capacity ahead of a US rollout at Walmart and Costco.

Integrates IoT devices and satellite connectivity for remote management of livestock, soil and water infrastructure, with 12,000+ customers covering 10M cattle and 15M sheep.

Tubingen-based platform pairing genomics and environmental data with machine learning to predict crop field performance across breeding programs.

Builds autonomous robots for fruit and vegetable picking and hydroponic harvesting, funding manufacturing readiness and scale-up.

Indoor land-based farming (RAS) for sustainable and antibiotic-free shrimp and fish.

AI-native bookkeeping and financial management for owner-operator businesses, starting with family farms; 8,000+ customers across all 50 states.

Developing 3D printed plant-based meat and fish products.

Sensing technology originally built by NASA for astronaut health, now reading chemical signatures in cattle breath to confirm pregnancy weeks earlier and measure methane output.

Scaling minimally processed meat alternatives derived from oats and mycelium using 95% less water.

Alpaca-derived nanoantibodies delivered through fish feed to prevent and treat sea lice in farmed salmon.

Continuously samples air for fungal spores and flags disease pressure before symptoms are visible, so growers spray on signal rather than on schedule.

AI platform for food and beverage R&D teams to design and iterate recipes, positioned as a Canva for the food scientist.

Using AI to interpret ultrasonic signals from plants to detect stress at an early stage.

Extracts RuBisCo protein from lemna (duckweed) for use as a functional food ingredient.

Organic Swedish infant formula, follow-on formula, valling and porridge, back on shelves after a retail relaunch.

Ingredient supplier turning grains and pulses into plant proteins, starches, fibres and lipids, with contract farming upstream for traceability.

Technology platform helping rice farmers reduce methane while providing high-quality carbon credits.

Italian AgTech startup (founded 2024) developing an AI-powered, portable field-intelligence platform for rapid mycotoxin/aflatoxin testing, grain quality assessment and food-safety monitoring across agricultural supply chains. Combines portable hardware, UV/white-light imaging, AI and geolocated cloud dashboards. Operates across Africa and Europe (via Aflazero Ltd in Nairobi); supplied 20 devices to the World Food Programme in Kenya.

Superfood jams and jam-packed snacks made with simple, real ingredients, no refined sugars, and flavors the whole family will love. Founded in 2020 by Anna Peck and Steve Ford in Brooklyn, NY. Available at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Walmart, Costco and more.

Chilean sustainable-food company (founded ~2011) commercializing free-range eggs, dairy, proteins and coffee, using blockchain for traceability/certification. Operates a producer network across Chile and Colombia. First to certify farms under Certified Humane in Chile.

Engineers specialty food and nutraceutical ingredients on one platform spanning process R&D, formulation science and precision manufacturing.

Minnesota-based agrifood tech startup (founded 2019) behind Nextract, an industrial supercritical CO2 extraction technology that recovers and refines valuable compounds (fibres, oils, proteins, bioactives) from food waste and biomass sidestreams for food & beverage, nutraceutical, beauty, pharma and specialty chemical uses.

Sydney-based agtech using AI to forecast grain crop production, supply risk and price direction up to 7 months ahead of trade/official estimates (95%+ accuracy). 10,000+ AI models; 100+ customers; partnered with Elders. Founded 2020.

PFAS destruction and analytical company whose ClarosTechUV system permanently destroys PFAS in industrial and groundwater at 99.99% efficiency.

Valencia-based FoodTech startup, an AINIA spin-off, developing proprietary hyperspectral imaging technology for automated, in-depth, highly accurate inspection of bulk food products, detecting internal/external characteristics, foreign materials and defects in real time.

Grows casein compositionally identical to cow's milk in sprouted plants rather than livestock or fermentation tanks, the first platform to produce all four major casein subtypes.

Nonanoic-acid bioherbicide with EPA registration in all 50 states.

Canadian food-tech company (founded 2021) using heat- and chemical-free dry fractionation to process novel fava (faba) bean varieties into protein concentrate, starch flour and fava flour for plant-based meat and dairy, bakery and snacks. Building a 30,000-tonne/yr facility in Strathmore, Alberta.

Irish deep-tech startup (founded 2023) building on-site oxygen generation hardware for aquaculture and heavy industry. Uses ceramic membranes and additive manufacturing to generate >99% purity oxygen on site for fish farms at lower cost than trucked liquid oxygen or PSA/VSA generators.

Agricultural biotech spun out of the University of Oxford's Plant Sciences Department in 2017, discovering novel mode of action (MoA) herbicides to break weed resistance. Proprietary platforms have screened 900,000+ compounds and identified 80+ novel modes of action, with advanced programmes in international field trials and R&D collaborations with Nufarm, Gowan, Certis Belchim and Corteva Agriscience.

Pistachio-only CPG brand making pistachio spreads, butters, cream, drizzle and pistachio coffee. Founded 2023; started at SoCal farmer's markets, moved into LA regional grocery, now in ~4,000 doors including Costco and Target.

Lugo-based FoodTech startup (a USC/UNIRISCO joint venture) offering an AI-powered sensory-intelligence SaaS platform that digitises and standardises sensory analysis, combining statistics and AI to turn sensory data into business decisions for food manufacturers.

Decarbonizing rice cultivation through innovative techniques to slash methane emissions and water use.

Carlsbad, California-based better-for-you organic drink mix brand — the first Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified brand in the ~$1B drink mix category. Reimagines nostalgic flavors (Lemonade, Fruit Punch, Strawberry Lemonade, Tangy Orange) with organic ingredients, just 6g organic cane sugar and 25 calories, no artificial dyes/flavors. Sold at ~500 Sprouts Farmers Market stores, favemixes.com, Thrive Market, Amazon and QVC.

Cantù, Italy-based ingredient company developing science-backed botanical functional ingredients for the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries using proprietary extraction technology. Flagship product Koncentra is a caffeine-free botanical ingredient (ashwagandha, ginkgo biloba, holy basil, oats) for the energy category, supporting sustained energy, focus, cognition and mood. US market entry planned November 2026.

Developing AI-powered citrus-harvesting robots to solve labor shortages.

Retrofitting existing tractors with autonomous technology for labor-saving field operations.

AI-native, direct-to-consumer premium supplement and wellness brand co-founded by David Beckham and Danny Yeung; subsidiary of Prenetics (NASDAQ: PRE). Flagship products Daily Ultimate Essentials (90-ingredient daily nutrition) and Daily Ultimate Longevity. Fastest-growing premium supplement brand ever recorded — ~$200M annualized run-rate revenue within 19 months, shipping to 43 markets, ~200,000 servings/day.

Premium science-backed daily health, wellness and longevity supplement brand co-founded by Danny Yeung and David Beckham, built inside Nasdaq-listed Prenetics Global. Reached ~$17M monthly revenue (~$210-220M 2026 revenue guidance) within ~19 months of launch. Products include Daily Ultimate Essentials and Daily Ultimate Longevity (targeting the 12 hallmarks of aging). Equity/ambassador roster includes David Beckham, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Aryna Sabalenka, Ollie Bearman, Jay Shetty and Inter Miami CF.

Providing tech-enabled supply chain solutions to minimize food waste and undernourishment.

London functional-wellness beverage brand: specialty instant coffee & ceremonial matcha blended with collagen, creatine, mushrooms and vitamins. Founded 2024; sold at Selfridges.

Andalusia (Spain)-based biotech (founded 2022) using black soldier fly larvae to bioconvert agricultural waste — chiefly olive pomace/alperujo — into sustainable proteins and oils for animal nutrition plus regenerative soil products. The EUR 7.2m round funds a first commercial plant in Andalusia processing ~7,500 tonnes of agri-residues per year. Website: insectbiotech.eu.

Australian food-tech startup (JMP) commercialising a CSIRO-developed hydrolysed poultry protein technology under an exclusive worldwide licence. Converts chicken meat into powdered protein ingredients for sports nutrition, functional foods and specialised/GLP-1-friendly nutrition. Pilot production run at CSIRO's Food Innovation Centre, Werribee.

Vilnius climate-finance company providing mid-term loans to European farmers adopting regenerative practices, underwriting credit on soil data instead of hard collateral.

UK-based functional coffee and matcha brand. Blends coffee beans or ceremonial-grade matcha with collagen/creatine, adaptogens (lion's mane, chaga) and 21 vitamins and minerals. Founded 2024 by Neil Saada and Neil Marrakchi; scaled to ~$70M annual revenue within two years.

Robotics- and machine-learning-powered greenhouse grower of USDA-certified organic leafy greens. Uses autonomous mobile robots (indoor 'tractors') and a closed-loop, direct-to-root nutrient/watering system to produce greens at field-competitive prices with 92% less water, 55% less fertilizer, and 94% less land.

UK startup making squeezable everyday dressings ('your everyday squeeze'), rethinking how, when and why people use dressings. Launched early 2026; closed its seed round to scale and reach more consumers.

Creating cell-based human breast milk and high-value functional milk components for infant and senior health.

Developing patented microalgae fermentation to produce astaxanthin for animal feed and pigments.

Scaling the production of cultivated beef to provide a sustainable, bioidentical alternative to traditional meat.

Belgian (Ghent) company founded 2022 building an AI-native machine-vision platform that automates in-line quality control for food manufacturers, reducing waste and improving consistency.

Deep-tech Saudi (Dhahran / KAUST) food-preservation company. Combines chemical-free shelf-life extension technology with blockchain-backed traceability and IoT-powered analytics to reduce food waste across the fresh food supply chain.

Wageningen-based biotech domesticating wild plants into new crops through breeding (not GMO); flagship 'aardaker' is a nitrogen-fixing, protein-rich tuber.