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Best Crop Tech Companies in Finland

The 40 best Crop Tech companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kuva Space.

40companies tracked
$39.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
Sources & further reading
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CROP TECH × FINLAND

Our analysis of 100 Crop Tech companies

$8.2b in tracked funding; 87% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

100companies analysed
87%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Crop Tech companies in Finland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Kuva Space
Provider of hyperspectral imaging and AI-based farm monitoring solutions
$24M34 mo agoSeries ATuomas Tikka
Founder
2016SanityNode.jsPanda CSS+19——
2Ductor
Sustainable biogas and fertilizer solutions from organic waste, promoting circular economy
$6M39 mo agoSeries CBernard Fenner
CEO
2009WordPressMySQLPHP+1757 patents
Ammonia and nutrient recovery technologies for anaerobic biogas digestion systems.
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3iFarm
Provides smart technologies for growing fresh vegetables, berries and greens
$5M72 mo agoSeries AMax Chizhov
CEO
2017TildaBitrix24core-js+13——
4Grainsense
Device for protein content analysis in crops
$2M94 mo agoSeed—2014Cart FunctionalityShopifySvelte+1344 patents
Precision agriculture sensing and calibration of optical/infrared crop analysis devices
1 partnership
5Quanturi
Wireless temperature monitoring and data analysis solutions
$2M103 mo agoSeedNadine Pesonen
Founder
2016Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+316 patents
Precision livestock feed control, agricultural product monitoring sensors, fermentation process automation
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6Sharetribe
P2P SaaS platform to create a marketplace
$1M141 mo agoSeedJuho Makkonen
Co-Founder & CEO
2010SharetribeRubyGoogle Maps+20—1 launch
7EKOGRID
Developer of soil and groundwater remediation solutions
$604K59 mo agoFunding RaisedTero Halmari
Chief Executive Officer
2009———
8Manna Insect
Provider of solutions to convert bio waste into proteins and bio oils
—38 mo agoSeedYkä Marjanen
CEO and founder
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+287 patents
Mass-rearing systems and incubators for large‑scale insect/larvae production
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Top 12 Crop Tech companies in Finland

#1
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2016 · 22 employees
$23.8Mraised
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Provider of hyperspectral imaging and AI-based farm monitoring solutions. It uses nanosatellites equipped with hyperspectral camera technology to collect field data and deliver insights through a SaaS-based platform using AI algorithms. It helps farmers in analyzing yield, carbon sequestration, forecasting risks, and making financial decisions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 28.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Series A$17.5M
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$251.7K
  • Oct 2021Seed$4.9M
Founders & team
Tuomas TikkaFounderJanne KuhnoCo-FounderJarkko AntilaCEO
Investors
Voima Ventures, Nordic FoodTech VC, Earth Venture Capital, Businessfinland, Springvest, ESA
Tech stack
Animate.CssBunnyCookiebotFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#2
Series C · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2009 · 70 employees
$6.3Mraised
▾

Sustainable biogas and fertilizer solutions from organic waste, promoting circular economy. The company provides solutions addressing environmental challenges in energy and agriculture, transforming waste into sustainable organic fertilizers and renewable biogas energy. They build, own, and operate facilities, repurposing organic resources for carbon-reduced fertilizers and renewable energy. The company focuses on sustainability, offering products and services in the energy and fertilizer sectors. They are dedicated to a circular future, promoting fairness, honesty, integrity, identification, and cooperativeness. They are always looking for new talents to join the family. They are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 10.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Project Procurement And Contract Manager
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series C—
  • Oct 2020Series B—
  • Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$1.7M
  • Dec 2017Series A—
Founders & team
Bernard FennerCEO
Investors
Lifeline Ventures, BW Group, Europa, TotalEnergies, EIC Fund, Springvest
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBorlabs CookieCore-JsElementorElementor Header & Footer BuilderFont Awesome
#3
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2017 · 40 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Provides smart technologies for growing fresh vegetables, berries and greens. The company develops solutions for modern urban farming. It offers several automated technologies, including iFarm Growtune — SaaS-platform to manage a vertical farm, Vertical farms for growing a variety of plants, Vertical farms for growing strawberries, and iFarm Cropper — a standalone module for growing greens.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2020Series A$4M
  • Feb 2019Seed$1M
Founders & team
Max ChizhovCEO
Investors
IMI.VC, Taver Capital, Z47, Angelsdeck
#4
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2009
$603.8Kraised
▾

Developer of soil and groundwater remediation solutions. It uses an electro-kinetic oxidation solution for enhancing, bioremediation, and break down of organic pollutants in soil, groundwater, and sediments. It generates chemical radicals on soil particle surfaces and uses electrokinetic and electro-osmotic phenomena to increase the availability of organic contaminants for bioremediation, chemical degradation, or mechanical removal.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 479 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$182.5K
  • Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$361.2K
  • Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$60.1K
Founders & team
Tero HalmariChief Executive Officer
Investors
Europa
#5
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2016 · 15 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

Wireless temperature monitoring and data analysis solutions. It offers an integrated hardware and software solution for haystack monitoring that monitors hay, compost, grain, and fermentable materials during storage. It leverages sensors to capture the temperature and moisture data that can be viewed by the farm owner through a web interface.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed$1.5M
  • Feb 2016Grant (prize money)$20K
Founders & team
Nadine PesonenFounder
Investors
Runar Backstromin Saatio, Demeter, Voima Ventures, EIC Fund
Tech stack
AosAzureCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#6
Seed · Oulu, North Ostrobothnia · founded 2014 · 12 employees
$1.6Mraised
▾

GrainSense has developed handheld protein content analysis devices for crop scouters. The device can measure protein, moisture, oil and carbohydrate content of cereals and other crops. The device can also be used in the harvester combine, dryer or upstream processing line.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. BoMill) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Grant (prize money)—
  • Feb 2016Seed$1.6M
Investors
Berner, Voima Ventures, Europa
Tech stack
AosApple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFlickity
#7
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2010 · 29 employees
$1Mraised
▾

Sharetribe is a Helsinki-based peer-to-peer SaaS platform that provides a setup for businesses to sell online. Publishers select their own domains, and Sharetribe handles the setup process. Marketplace visitors can then sell, rent, swap, or share goods and services with other people in their local communities. They can also filter and sort listings, rate other users, and send messages to each other through the platform. &nbsp. Administrators can take a 10 percent cut of transactions in order to fund their marketplaces.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 8.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2014Seed$1M
Founders & team
Juho MakkonenCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Lifeline Ventures, Reaktor Ventures, Businessfinland, Varidus, Start-Up Chile
Tech stack
AhoyAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageBase UiCdnjs
#8
Seed · Kempele, North Ostrobothnia · founded 2018 · 10 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of solutions to convert bio waste into proteins and bio oils. It uses black soldier fly larvae solutions to convert waste into usable proteins. It provides a mobile setup for waste conversion.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 17.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Ykä MarjanenCEO and founder
Investors
Founders Factory, Gorilla Capital
Tech stack
AddtoanyBackbone.JsBunnyBunny FontsContact Form 7Core-Js
#9
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2021
—raised
▾

Provider of an app-based soil data modeling and crop yield insights for farmers

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Camila ArayaCo-Founder & CEOGaelle ThomasCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Village Capital
#10
Public · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2007 · 33 employees
—raised
▾

Indoor farming solutions provider enabling sustainable food production through advanced technology. The company offers superior indoor farming solutions for the retail and food industry, addressing food security challenges. It specializes in vertical farming technology, enabling the production of high-quality leafy greens, herbs, and other crops. The technology is highly efficient in terms of space, water, energy, and labor, promoting sustainable agriculture. The company delivers turn-key projects for customers worldwide, focusing on comprehensive solutions for vertical farming and faster business scalability. The company is a technology company that is enabling social impact through its business model.

Funding rounds
  • 2021Seed—
Investors
Tesi, Finnvera, Innovestor
#11
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2013 · 12 employees
—raised
▾

Soil Scout has developed wireless soil moisture sensing platform that consists of sensors which can be inserted 13ft (4m) deep into the soil and can wirelessly stream near real time soil moisture data for up to 20 years. The company claims that its solution helps farmers reduce irrigation costs by at least 20% and also helps reduce excessive application of fertilisers. Company also claims that the solution is primarily targeted at the agriculture sector but can be used in multiple industry verticals like landscaping, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Jussi SirkiaCTO
Investors
Husqvarna Group, Startup Sauna, Maria 01
Tech stack
CloudflareCookie ScriptCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#12
Deadpooled · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2012 · 10 employees
—raised
▾

Plantui provides a range of automated micro farming systems for household hydroponic cultivation of fresh micro green salad and herbs. The product portfolio has 3 systems: Plantui 6, Plantui 3, and Plantui Moomin Garden 3. All 3 systems are fully automated, are equipped with LED lights in the canopy, and uses a 4 week harvest cycle. Plantui Moomin Garden 3 is a premium version of Plantui 3 and the company claims that it has been made using premium material and has a top design like moomin.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 985 LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Series C—
Investors
Vana Ventures VV Capital, Innovestor
Tech stack
WordpressCart FunctionalityMysqlPhpAstraZurb Foundation

Funding & investor landscape

$39.8Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
16disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa4 rounds
Innovestor3 rounds
Voima Ventures3 rounds
Businessfinland2 rounds
ClimateLaunchpad2 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
Lifeline Ventures2 rounds
Springvest2 rounds
Angelsdeck1 rounds
BW Group1 rounds

Notable founders

Tuomas Tikka
Founder · Kuva Space
Janne Kuhno
Co-Founder · Kuva Space
Bernard Fenner
CEO · Ductor
Max Chizhov
CEO · iFarm
Tero Halmari
Chief Executive Officer · EKOGRID
Nadine Pesonen
Founder · Quanturi
Juho Makkonen
Co-Founder & CEO · Sharetribe
Ykä Marjanen
CEO and founder · Manna Insect
Camila Araya
Co-Founder & CEO · Binkiapp
Gaelle Thomas
Co-Founder & CTO · Binkiapp
Jussi Sirkia
CTO · Soil Scout
Prism market signals · Finland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 229,507 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Crop Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Finland

How research on Precision Agriculture is moving in Finland

A read on the academic research around Precision Agriculture — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 79 Finland-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202320242025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 56% → 56% across 2023–2025.
top research entities
  • Natural Resources Institute Finland17
  • University of Helsinki16
  • Finnish Geospatial Research Institute14
  • Aalto University8
  • Agrifood Research Finland8
leading researchers
Jere Kaivosoja · Roope Näsi · Heikki Saari · Liisa Pesonen · Antti Lajunen · Raquel Alves de Oliveira · Mikael Änäkkälä · Eija Honkavaara
▲ Breakthroughs17 · 22%
▲ 0%→26% share
4 median citations65% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→26% of field), led by Remote sensing.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Remote sensing6
  • Hyperspectral imaging4
  • Energy consumption3
  • Automation3
  • Agricultural engineering3
Landmark Soil sampling with drones and augmented reality in precision agriculture · 236 cites
◆ Advancements37 · 47%
▲ 0%→42% share
1 median citations70% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→42% of field), led by Multispectral image.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Multispectral image3→5
Newly emergingField (mathematics) 0→5
Landmark Processing and Assessment of Spectrometric, Stereoscopic Imagery Collected Using a Lightweight UAV Spectral Camera for P · 496 cites
▼ Concerns10 · 13%
▲ 0%→9% share
0 median citations90% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→9% of field), led by Food systems.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food systems3
  • Remote sensing2
  • Food security2
  • Food supply2
  • Food processing2
Landmark Reference Measurements in Developing UAV Systems for Detecting Pests, Weeds, and Diseases · 46 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Finland

Where precision agriculture is researched across Finland

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Helsinki37 · +0.29
Hot · Multispectral imageAdvancing · Biomass (ecology)Opportunity · Crop
Espoo27 · +0.52
Hot · Remote sensingAdvancing · Hyperspectral imagingOpportunity · Production (economics)
Jyväskylä6 · +0.70
Hot · Remote sensingAdvancing · Hyperspectral imaging
Oulu5 · +0.62
Opportunity · Energy consumption

Common questions

How many Crop Tech companies are there in Finland?
Radar tracks 40 indexable Crop Tech companies headquartered in Finland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Crop Tech companies in Finland?
The Crop Tech companies in Finland on this list have raised a combined $39.8M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Finland?
Kuva Space is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Finland, with $23.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Crop Tech companies in Finland are funded?
7 of the 40 Crop Tech companies in Finland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Crop Tech unicorns are there in Finland?
None of the Crop Tech companies in Finland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Finland Crop Tech companies?
The most active investors in Finland Crop Tech companies on this list include Europa, Innovestor, Voima Ventures, Businessfinland, ClimateLaunchpad.
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