Startups
Innovators & Change Agents
Solving Problems. Shaping the future of Ag.
Solving Problems. Shaping the future of Ag.
Aanika Biosciences leverages the power of biology to develop tools that enhance traceability and safety within the food system. Their proprietary flagship technology uses warranted microbial tags containing unique molecular watermarks to allow secure identification of food without printed barcodes, enabling unprecedented supply chain transparency.
Ac-Planta introduces Skeepon, an innovative plant biostimulant designed to support growers in overcoming drought and heat challenges. This proprietary solution is compatible with all crop types. By leveraging cutting-edge biotechnology - epigenetics, our product strengthens plants' resilience to heat and drought, ultimately leading to amplified yields.
aerialPLOT is a web-based software solution specifically designed for agricultural field research and on-farm evaluations. The platform automates the extraction of data from aerial imagery at operational scale to reduce the reliance on manual labor and subjectivity. aerialPLOT provides a portal to easily analyze, manage, and share this data in real time across the growing season. aerialPLOT operates an internal drone network across the United States to collect imagery season-long.
AgMonitor provides a farming decision-support software suite improving crop production efficiency and profit margins. At half the cost of traditional solutions, AgMonitor’s hardware-free platform is perfectly suited for growers looking to increase yield and reduce water, fertilizer, and energy inputs.
Agrology's mission is to help farmers adapt to and beat climate change with real-time analysis and predictive insights. Agrology offers climate and carbon monitoring systems based on ground-truth data and machine learning. Used by leading growers like Braga Fresh, Agrology’s Carbon Monitoring System tracks soil carbon sequestration in real time, quickly detecting carbon loss via carbon dioxide emission events.
We develop state-of-the-art technology for the Rural Producer to use the power of data and explore the maximum potential of each hectare and real invested. Agrosmart technology is already used by companies and farmers in countries such as Brazil, the United States, Israel and others in Latin America.
Agtools combines Market Data, Phenological Weather Analytics, and Crop-Specific Science to generate and deliver unprecedented insights for farming operations to manage future planting and harvesting. Created by team members with extensive experience in Food and Agriculture, Agtools is the perfect complement to FIRST MILE analysis locally and worldwide to avoid surprises from other growing regions and to manage geographical transitions smoothly. Every fruit, every vegetable, and everything in nature carries its own story, defined by variety, size, and growth stage. Our mission was to decode this complexity into actionable data. Our journey began with specialty crops; our technology is now for ALL commodities. We knew long ago AI depended on reliable, thoroughly researched, embedded, trusted, verified, and contained data. Our utility patent on Supply Chain Intelligence – Methods and Systems confirms our thesis.
AgVoice provides a voice-to-data, workflow management service for food and ag professionals. By combining a voice-enabled user experience with a cloud-based proprietary analytics platform, AgVoice enables users to achieve verifiable fast inspections, reporting and workflow management for the agri-food supply chain more accurately. These actionable insights can improve yield, reduce risk and optimize sustainable use of water, fertilizer and pesticides.
AliBio is a pioneering biotechnology company reshaping the agriculture sector. With a strong focus on innovation, AliBio leads the way in developing the most capable microbe systems for agricultural enhancement. Explore their commitment to advancing into profitable and sustainable agriculture by using soil’s most trusted sidekick: microbes.
Bio S.I. Technology develops soil-derived microbial products to aid in the production of food, fiber, and bioremediation industries. Bio S.I. Technology agriculture-based programs are designed to increase the production and health of crops by improving soil physicochemical characteristics, quickly breaking down crop residues, and restoring microbial diversity in soils post-fumigation. All Bio S.I. products contain a proprietary consortium of soil-derived microbes that have coexisted together for over 20 years. This microbial community is unique, resilient, and serves as the foundation for every product we manufacture.
Boost Biomes is using the powerful social networks among microbes to provide novel, sustainable solutions to feed and heal people everywhere. The first products under development will reduce the enormous waste in agricultural products due to crop loss to fungal pests in the field and post-harvest. The technology differentiator is the development of a causal understanding of microbial interactions powerful enough to allow the rational construction of designer functional consortia.
Burro builds robots to help people work more productively, with the long-term objective of automating all tedious work people do in specialty agriculture. The launch product, Burro, is an expandable robotic platform that follows workers, moves cargo autonomously, and captures the data needed to further automate farm work.
CalCom Energy is a 100% employee-owned, full-service energy solutions provider based in California’s Central Valley. Our team has led the deployment of over 150+ MW of solar generation and energy storage capacity across the food system value chain. Through our core offerings and service-oriented partnerships, CalCom Energy is committed to helping our customers increase efficiencies, meet climate targets and continuously improve operations
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, empowers farmers to operate more efficiently by building innovative agriculture tools. The company’s revolutionary, high-precision laserweeding technology leverages sophisticated AI deep learning technology, computer vision, robotics and lasers to reduce weed control costs by 80% and improve crop yield and quality.
ChrysaLabs brings the Lab into the Field. ChrysaLabs developed a portable probe that can measure in real-time soil nutrients and soil health, giving every needed information within seconds to producers and agronomists, with the same exact accuracy of a laboratory. Through the management platform, workers can access easily every data and take action quickly.
Concentric Power is an innovative clean energy infrastructure company dedicated to sustainable agriculture and industry. Concentric develops onsite cogeneration facilities to deliver electric power and low temperature refrigeration from high efficiency, pre-engineered and pre-fabricated systems.
Concept Clean Energy is a full-service renewable energy firm that brings together cutting-edge technologies to help clients create solutions that deliver excellent financial and environmental results. Current projects include large-scale solar, demand management, co-generation and energy storage.
EcoGrow Naturals stands as a beacon of innovation in the world of agriculture. With a pioneering spirit, EcoGrow Naturals offers a comprehensive suite of eco-friendly solutions, including nano nitrogen and nano DAP, natural NPK fertilizers, bio-potash from sugarcane, and seaweed-based biofertilizers, all of which are setting new standards for sustainable farming practices.
FieldClock provides custom labor solutions to help farmers effectively track their labor and production data. Our office-on-the-go approach provides managers with real-time information from the fields to the warehouses. We deliver clear, concise reports that allow farmers to track their data, labor, and dollars, all while saving time and reducing administrative costs.
FieldIn is an end-to-end pest management software solution for professional growers of specialty crops. They help growers save money on more efficient crop protection practices, reducing overall use of pesticides and eliminating spray mistakes. By utilizing sensors on equipment, FieldIn provides equipment tracking, real-time alerts on spray mistakes, pest management performance reports, view of pest population hotspots, pest severity levels and more.
Ganaz is a workforce management platform for agriculture with a mass communications system as its first tool. Ganaz uses technology to address shared pain points between employers and workers so that both parties thrive. The HR people management platform was built for agriculture and food manufacturing.
GeoVisual’s OnSight platform is an early warning and monitoring system that helps improve crop yields and reduce losses by detecting problems in the field earlier and with more precision. Crop scouts, PCAs, applicators, agronomists and growers can all be on the same page about what is happening in the field, along with a complete record of all collected data for thorough analysis and reporting. GeoVisual was recently featured in WG&S Magazine.
Launched in partnership with Purdue University and large agronomy and specialty crop growers, Gripp digitizes your equipment operations with our operator friendly QR + Mobile App system, helping to manage equipment maintenance, access valuable operational knowledge and routines, and reveal critical insights about your operation to eliminate downtime once and for all. Gripp breathes connectivity into your equipment & operations across key dealers and service providers without the cost of expensive hardware sensors, all for the cost of a few bushels.
Guardian Agriculture designs and manufactures the first automated, US-built aerial crop protection system sized for American farms. We believe every farmer should have the ability to perform their own full-field aerial application. The Guardian SC1 puts that capability in every barn offering 100% repeatable and transparent programmable coverage, cost-competitive with existing solutions and simple to operate.
HeavyConnect is the World's Easiest Compliance App. We improve our customer's regulatory compliance with a powerful web dashboard and an easy-to-use mobile app. From the field to the facility, HeavyConnect provides growers, packers, and shippers a simple tool to comply with industry regulations.
Insero’s history is based on tech support and experience. It is a new company, established to have more interaction between company and customer. Insero has a major focus on bringing better training and knowledge to people but understanding the customer’s needs is paramount. Insero’s Vision is to bring Solutions to users.
Inteligistics offers innovative cool chain temperature visibility solutions to the fresh produce industry using “Internet of Things” and “Big Data” technologies. They integrate low power wireless (ZigBee/Bluetooth) sensors and “Machine to Machine” communications via smart gateways and patented circuits. The Cloud based software enables user friendly web services, graphics, reports, dashboards and alerts in order to enable highly effective customer operations. Our products are currently installed at a number of major produce companies in California and Mexico.
Invaio is striving for nature-positive agriculture. The company solves performance and delivery challenges in crop health, enabling farmers to use more natural and effective crop health solutions that care for the whole crop system. Invaio is addressing consumer demands and unlocking radical benefits for farmers and the environment, leaving every acre better today and for generations to come.
Only iTradeNetwork is built for the food supply chain, enabling the visibility, control and insights built on the largest end-to-end food-centric supply network in the industry. Through an extensive trading partner network and a comprehensive data foundation, iTradeNetwork’s products allow distributors, manufacturers, operators, retailers, suppliers and wholesalers to easily communicate and collaborate on orders, logistics and distribution. Solutions offered by iTradeNetwork reduce cost, grow revenue and strengthen trading partner relationships.
Kula Bio champions sustainable, biological solutions for modern agriculture, and produces a next generation nitrogen biofertilizer. Our energized, non-GMO, nitrogen-fixing microbes help farmers maintain yield, improve soil quality and significantly reduce carbon emissions and other environmental impacts associated with traditional, synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. By rewiring the energy flow from sun to soil, we're disrupting synthetic fertilizer to eliminate the division between affordable practices and stewardship of our land, sea and air.
Skyx.Solutions is an agricultural-robotics technology company enabling a modular fleet of autonomous drones for spraying. The innovative solution enables variable-rate application at spots or uniform coverage of entire farmland. SkyX serves growers and applicators that require new standards for their cost, accuracy, availability, and safety.
MagrowTec is a revolutionary spray technology that maximizes the efficacy of your crop protection products protecting your yield potential and improving your bottom line. We use magnetic fields to enhance spray profiles by improving droplet dynamics, increasing coverage and decreasing drift. Our BoomKit consists of 8 manifolds installed to condition your spray solution like fluid through a radiator. As your solution passes through the manifolds, we affect over forty different physical properties such as surface tension. There are no moving parts, no wires, and no monitors to hook up.
Nexus Robotics has designed and built a robot that accurately extracts the root of weeds near the crop. The robot uses three arms and a computer vision system to differentiate between crops and weeds before pulling the weeds out of the ground. Soon the robot will also have the capability to inform the farmer of info such as crop health, soil moisture and yield estimates.
Founded in 2012, Novihum Technologies GmbH is a global provider of soil enhancement solutions to increase agricultural yields, improve plant resilience and make soils more fertile. Novihum Technologies manufactures its proprietary and patent protected lignite-based products at its 1,000 ton/year demonstration facility in Dortmund, Germany. The Company’s team of 30 employees aims to impact 1 million hectares of land by 2030.
Pago is creating a smarter food supply, one app at a time. Pago offers web and mobile tools for growers, labor, packing house, cold storage, sales to assess the quality of fruits of vegetables. Creating innovative software for food and agriculture, Pago serves farmers, fresh produce packers and shippers, juice makers, food manufacturers, and others working hard to feed the world.
PickTrace is an end to end labor and harvest management solution for growers & FLCs. The cloud-based platform allows users to digitally hire, track, and pay their workforce from a single application. PickTrace was named labor management solution of the year by AgTech Breakthrough, and is deployed widely across large scale growers & FLCs.
Probelte is a pioneering company in biotechnology applied to agriculture, serving growers in more than 50 countries worldwide. For more than 20 years it has developed a leading biological portfolio including biofertilizers, biostimulants, and biocontrol. It is now compounding its value proposition with Agtech digital solutions and AI-driven predictive data modeling. Probelte looks out for both the farmers' interests and people's health right from the source.
The Bird Dog App™ is an extension of RJO’s highly acclaimed Bird Dog Inspection Program and is able to instantly track crop quality in the field. It allows RJO Bird Dog inspectors to photograph, collect, and instantly classify the quality of any fresh produce they are inspecting. The system allows the Bird Dog™ to input a broad range of quality characteristics for each commodity and variety; from size, color and solidity to brix and overall appearance.
Savormetrics’s FoodSafe Analyzers provide a fully integrated, real-time food quality analysis tool. The integration of cutting-edge hardware and software technology allows for non-destructive quantitative and qualitative measurements of fresh food products. Savormetric’s team of food scientists and engineers will train the algorithms to help achieve the business outcomes you desire.
We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
Solare is in the Industrial produces and food business. Solare is currently working on additional IP and developing various products for the marketplace. Solare has several use cases to expand the use of our OECD listed Certified Hemp seed in addition to traditional uses. They will be announcing more as we make progress and get our new products to the marketplace. Stay Tuned!
SWAN Systems is the world's most advanced water management software. Our software and our expert team of agronomists help farmers, water managers, and commercial irrigators make the most out of every drop of water. Our configurable, hardware-independent water and nutrient management software helps growers make data-driven decisions about how much and when to irrigate, enabling you to precisely apply what is needed for optimal plant growth.
Hyperlocal frost risk assessment with unparalleled technology to inform due diligence processes, site selection and frost protection investments and optimization. Climate intelligence for a changing climate risk in speciality crops. +150.000 acres assessed in the United States, Mexico and Europe.
TRIC Robotics is an agricultural technology company helping farmers control pests and disease using ultraviolet light as an alternative for chemical pesticides. We provide farmers with a pest control service that uses our automated treatment platform to achieve healthier plants with less chemicals.
Verdant Robotics was founded to provide the best autonomous farming services in the world. Their unique technology transforms grower profits by digitally mapping the entire farm across time and space, automatically tracking and treating every part of every plant — at a massive scale.
