Best Crop Tech Companies in Indiana, United States
The 58 best Crop Tech companies in Indiana, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Taranis.
Our analysis of 50 Crop Tech companies
$5.7b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Crop Tech companies in Indiana
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taranis Developer of an artificial intelligence platform for agricultural crop monitoring | $100M | 46 mo ago | Series D | Eli Bukchin Co Founder & CTO | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+43 | — | — |
| 2 | Traction Provider of farm data management software solutions 42Funding top 33%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 41% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 41% Producttop 50% Marketbottom 37% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 24% Customersbottom 22% Funding: Raised $17.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $17M | 5 mo ago | Series A | Brian Stark Co-Founder and Product Marketing Director | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 3 | Smart-Apply Precision spraying systems improving efficiency, reducing costs, and promoting environmental health | $3M | 45 mo ago | Acquired | Jerry Johnson President and CEO | 2011 | WixSentryBootstrap+14 | — | — |
| 4 | Heliponix Ag-tech company empowering people to grow fresh produce locally | $1M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Scott Massey Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | 82 patents High‑density indoor rotary aeroponic farming systems with modular seed cartridge technology. | — |
| 5 | JUA Technologies Developer of smart food dehydration solutions | $856K | 45 mo ago | Funding Raised | Reiko Ileleji Co-Founder & CFO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Rogo Provider of robotic soil sampling solutions | $200K | 85 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — |
| 7 | Insignum AgTech Developer of plant signaling technology for optimized crop management decisions | $100K | 9 mo ago | Seed | Kyle Mohler Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | 7 patents Genetically engineered plants for rapid detection of pathogenic diseases in agriculture | — |
| 8 | Anu Ag-Tech company for individuals to grow their fresh produce at home | $100K | 35 mo ago | Seed | Scott Massey Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11 | — | — |
| 9 | Leaftech Ag Provider of integrated handheld digital lab solutions for crop management | $100K | 73 mo ago | Seed | John Mascoe Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | 3 patents Portable plant health sensing devices for field phenotyping and diagnostics | — |
Top 12 Crop Tech companies in Indiana
#1
Series A · Auburn, Indiana · founded 2020 · 28 employees$17Mraised▾
Provider of farm data management software solutions. It has developed cloud-based accounting and payroll software. It also offers data integration, minimizes data entry, helps evaluate farms' profitability for lease negotiations, and helps make year-end tax planning decisions. It enables farmers to understand the actual profit and track net worth.
- Jan 2026Series A$2M
- Apr 2024Series A$11M
- Sep 2023Seed$3.5M
- Sep 2022Seed$3.5M
#2
Series D · Westfield, Indiana · founded 2015 · 171 employees$99.5Mraised▾
Developer of an artificial intelligence platform for agricultural crop monitoring. The platform provides insights regarding crop health, weed detection, insect damage, and nutrient deficiencies. It offers tools for advisors and growers to improve crop management and yields. The platform delivers imagery and data to assist with decision-making.
- Sep 2022Series D$40M
- Jul 2020Series C$30M
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$56.1K
- Nov 2018Series B$20M
#3
Seed · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2019 · 2 employees$100Kraised▾
Developer of plant signaling technology for optimized crop management decisions. It provides genetic modification solutions for crops. It leverages gene editing technology to create crop traits that are bred into seeds, enabling growers to identify specific plant stresses. It facilitates farmers to optimize growth and deal with the issue of early-stage infections.
- Sep 2025Seed$2.4M
- Apr 2025Seed$4.2M
- Dec 2023Conventional Debt$600K
- Mar 2023Seed—
#4
Seed · West Lafayette, Indiana · founded 2016 · 6 employees$1Mraised▾
Ag-tech company empowering people to grow fresh produce locally. It is revolutionizing agriculture by enabling individuals to cultivate their own food using innovative technologies. Specializing in pure produce grown without harmful chemicals, they offer container farms and vertical farming systems that maximize space and minimize water usage. Their rotary aeroponics technology enhances plant yields, while seed pods simplify the growing process. Grow AI leverages advanced IoT, deep learning, and computer vision to optimize growing conditions automatically. Health monitoring through NDVI provides insights into plant vitality. This company is committed to sustainability, community, and empowering people to make healthier choices through accessible, locally-grown produce. This is a B2C and B2B business model.
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$175K
- Mar 2021Seed$515K
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$256K
- Apr 2020Seed$415K
#5
Acquired · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2011 · 11 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Precision spraying systems improving efficiency, reducing costs, and promoting environmental health. They offer intelligent spray control systems for high-value crops, optimizing chemical application through precision spraying and data collection. Their technology reduces overspray, waste, and environmental impact, cutting chemical costs and runoff. The system uses LiDAR to create a digital blueprint of the canopy, ensuring targeted application. They provide solutions for orchards, vineyards, and nurseries, offering retrofittable kits for various sprayer types. Their focus is on sustainability, helping growers reduce dependence on chemicals and water while achieving healthy harvests. They are committed to customer success, offering support and resources through a network of dealers. Their technology is grounded in research and field testing, providing advanced precision spraying and data collection solutions.
- Oct 2022Seed$1.8M
- May 2022Seed$1.3M
#6
Funding Raised · West Lafayette, Indiana · founded 2016 · 1 employees$856.5Kraised▾
JUA Technologies is a developer of smart food dehydration solutions.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$600K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$150K
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$106.5K
- Jun 2018PE—
#7
Seed · Evansville, Indiana · founded 2016 · 6 employees$100Kraised▾
Ag-Tech company for individuals to grow their fresh produce at home. It develops a aeroponic appliance that automates the farming process. It produces yields through its mechanical design coupled with a novel control algorithm facilitated through proprietary cloud software.
- Aug 2023Grant (prize money)$200K
- Feb 2021Seed$50K
- Feb 2021Grant (prize money)$256K
- May 2020Seed$608.3K
#8
Series A · Lafayette, Indiana · founded 2015 · 4 employees$50Kraised▾
Provider of management software for vineyards. It offers a digital platform that uses satellite / aerial imagery and on-field sensing for vital data collection and analytics and provides variable rate and crop health prescriptions. The software first has to be fed with a satellite, aerial map of the field using which it determines positions where sensors need to be deployed. The platform also provides IoT gateway through which it harnesses the sensor data to generate soil maps, vegetation index, and prescriptions for fertigation and irrigation.
- Mar 2024Series A—
- Jan 2020Seed$50K
- Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$910.1K
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$252.1K
#9
Seed · West Lafayette, Indiana · founded 2014 · 19 employees$200Kraised▾
Provider of robotic soil sampling solutions. It enables farmers to create fertility management plans through its precision soil sampling solutions. It leverages Smartcore technology and knowledge of farming practices and uses its autonomous robot to offer fertilizer planning services to farmers.
- May 2019Seed$200K
#10
Seed · Greenfield, Indiana · founded 2020 · 3 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of integrated handheld digital lab solutions for crop management. The solution analyzes a plant’s leaf for nutrient and chemical composition and applies the correct inputs, in the right amounts, at the optimal time and location, resulting in improved crop performance.
- May 2020Seed$100K
#11
Seed · South Bend, Indiana · founded 2019 · 24 employees—raised▾
Growers and distributors of organic leafy greens using hydroponic techniques. They grow their vegetables in environmentally controlled greenhouses. The product offering includes baby green leaf, baby spring mix, baby red & green leaf, baby romaine, and baby green.
- Aug 2021Seed—
#12
Seed · Fishers, Indiana · founded 2016 · 6 employees—raised▾
Developer of indoor growing systems. It offers micro dendritic pods that enable the user to grow plants using its patent-pending method using coconut coir as a growing medium. Claims to be suitable to grow leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers, berries, snap peas, eggplant, etc. It offers its products across the world by distributors.
- Aug 2017Seed—
- Aug 2017Conventional Debt—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Precision Agriculture is moving in the United States
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 2,521 United States-affiliated papers.
- Purdue University West Lafayette142
- Agricultural Research Service104
- National Research Council85
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln68
- Texas A&M University62
- Field (mathematics)3→61
- Scalability4→52
- Convolutional neural network1→46
- Identification (biology)1→44
- Crop1→34
- Sustainability1→56
- Sustainable agriculture2→53
- Irrigation12→61
- Agricultural engineering32→80
- Field (mathematics)21→67
- Sustainability4→41
- Food security1→22
- Field (mathematics)8→22
- Productivity2→16
- Sustainable agriculture3→14
Where precision agriculture is researched across United States
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.
Who's filing precision agriculture patents in the United States
United States precision agriculture patent filing is accelerating — 212 filings from 42 assignees (2016–2025), led by Stout Industrial TECH, American Science & ENG, BLUE River TECH; annual filings 7→16.
- Stout Industrial TECH28
- American Science & ENG24
- BLUE River TECH21
- Cohen Harris LEE18
- Agjunction17
- Valmont Industries15
- Stout Industrial Technology11
- AGCO9
Common questions
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