Best Crop Tech Companies in Lagos, Nigeria
The 34 best Crop Tech companies in Lagos, Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Babban Gona.
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.
Ranked: Best Crop Tech companies in Lagos
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babban Gona Provides customized farming services | $20M | 13 mo ago | Early Stage | Kola Masha CEO & MD | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 2 | Agricorp Provider of finance services for crop sector | $18M | 61 mo ago | Series A | Wale Omotimirin Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | Foodstock Farmers Market Online marketplace for connecting farmers with customers | $9M | 118 mo ago | Deadpooled | Omotayo Omolere Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 4 | Thrive Agric Online platform for investors to invest in farming projects | $9M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Uka Eje Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | Node.jsYouTubeTailwind CSS+14 | — |
| 5 | Winichfarms Provider of sponsorship for farmers | $3M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Chichebem Jibunoh Co-Founder & CTO | 2019 | PHPAnimate.cssBootstrap+12 | — |
| 6 | FarmCrowdy Online platform that allows individuals to invest in small-scale agricultural projects through crowdfunding | $2M | 91 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | BootstrapAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+4 | — |
| 7 | VetsArk App-based lending marketplace for agriculture financing | $250K | 41 mo ago | Seed | Blessing Mene Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+8 | — |
| 8 | Farmz2U Provider of a SaaS-based farming management platform for farmers | $200K | 45 mo ago | Seed | Aisha Bolarinwa Founder | 2019 | ZohoTailwind CSSAmazon Web Services+6 | — |
Top 9 Crop Tech companies in Lagos
#1
Early Stage · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2012 · 349 employees$20Mraised▾
Babban Gona provides customized farming services. The company offers farm inputs, credit, marketing, and training services to the franchised farmer groups. The company claims to train the farmers to enhance their yields and increase their net incomes 2.8 to 3.5 times greater than the average farmer with a 99.9% loan repayment rate. The company is operational in Lagos.
- Sep 2025Conventional Debt$7.5M
- Nov 2022Conventional Debt$5.2M
- Aug 2021Conventional Debt$5M
- Feb 2017PE$20M
#2
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 13 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of sponsorship for farmers
- Jun 2025Seed—
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt$590K
- Oct 2024Seed$2.5M
- Jul 2022Seed$790K
#3
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 251 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Online platform for investors to invest in farming projects. The company provides cultivation and works with farmers who performs the farming operations in that land. The company deals in sesame, maize, and pepper.
- Mar 2022Conventional Debt$56.5M
- Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$1.8M
- 2020Series A$9M
- 2019Seed$150K
#4
Series A · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2018$17.5Mraised▾
Provider of finance services for crop sector
- Sep 2021Series A$17.5M
#5
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016$9.5Mraised▾
FoodStock is an online marketplace for connecting farmers and food producers with consumers and wholesale buyers. Products sold on the platform include fresh farm produce, Sea Food , Frozen Food , Household and Industrial Food Ingredients, and Groceries. Orders can also be placed through telephones, emails, facebook, and messenger groups. The company delivers orders placed around Lagos within 3 days of ordering.
- Dec 2016Series A$9.5M
#6
Seed · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2016 · 21 employees$2Mraised▾
Online platform that allows individuals to invest in small-scale agricultural projects through crowdfunding. It also provides structured finance services, which involve offering financial products and services tailored to the specific needs of farmers and agricultural projects. It also facilitates the aggregation and sales of agricultural produce by connecting farmers with buyers. By connecting farmers with buyers. It provides farmers with valuable insights and information through the use of data analytics, remote sensing, and other technological tools.
- Mar 2019Seed$1M
- Mar 2019Conventional Debt$500K
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$325K
- Dec 2017Seed$1M
#7
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018 · 8 employees$250Kraised▾
App-based lending marketplace for agriculture financing. It offers solutions for loan origination, credit scoring, loan application, and loan monitoring. It also offers white-label solutions for banks to offer products. Its app is available for Android users.
- May 2023Seed—
- 2018Grant (prize money)$250K
#8
Seed · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2019 · 8 employees$200Kraised▾
Provider of a SaaS-based farming management platform for farmers. It offers end-to-end farming solutions with digital extension and market access. It offers advice on farming for each farmer, a marketplace with sourcing traceability, and facilitates direct sales of products to buyers. It also provides farmers with farm loans with the partnership of financial institutions.
- Jan 2023Seed$200K
#9
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017 · 11 employees$25Kraised▾
Tradebuza offers a cloud-based platform for purchase order financing. It offers financing solutions to commodities aggregators, exporters, and agricultural processors. It provides tools for tracking out-grower schemes, data management, and aggregators activities from pre-production to harvest.
- Mar 2018Seed$25K
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- The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti19
- Federal University of Technology16
- Federal College of Education, Kano12
- Ahmadu Bello University11
- Federal University of Technology Minna10
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- Agricultural productivity6→9
- Yield (engineering)4→6
- Sustainability2→8
- Context (archaeology)2→5
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