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Best Crop Tech Companies in Malaysia

The 42 best Crop Tech companies in Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Yolek.

42companies tracked
$20.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
Sources & further reading
  • MarketsandMarkets
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CROP TECH × MALAYSIA

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 Malaysia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Yolek
B2B online platform distributing farm produce and fresh fruits and vegetables
$13M105 mo agoAcqui-HiredJustin Qi
CEO
—AlgoliaZohoReact+28—
2Fefifo
Online platform offering farming and consulting services
$3M58 mo agoSeries AKelveen Soh
Co-Founder & CEO
2019Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceWistia+8—
3PLANT CARTRIDGE
Vertically integrated company focused on providing tech enabled solutions
$3M53 mo agoSeedMichael Mak
Co-Founder / Chief Operating Officer
2015——
4Qarbotech
Agritech company that develops biocompatible solutions to enhance the photosynthesis rate of plants and…
$700K25 mo agoSeedSyazwan Rahman
Co-Founder
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+26—
5Premiumlogy Plantation
Provider of digital agricultural solutions for durian plantation
$631K34 mo agoSeedEmLinda
CEO
2011——
6SupplyBunny
B2B marketplace for wholesale grocery delivery
$300K120 mo agoSeedOgnjen Regoje
Co-Founder
2016Cart FunctionalityRubyGoogle Maps+29—
7BoomGrow
Online platform offering organic farm products using vertical indoor farming
—34 mo agoSeed—2013Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+27—
8Real Farm
Provider of farm management solutions
—86 mo agoSeedTern Zhi Guang
Managing Director
———

Top 8 Crop Tech companies in Malaysia

#1
Seed · Puchong, Selangor · founded 2018 · 6 employees
$700Kraised
▾

Agritech company that develops biocompatible solutions to enhance the photosynthesis rate of plants and increase crop yield. The technology can increase plant growth and reduces crop yield. It offers innovative solutions for sustainable agriculture and horticulture.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$1.5M
  • Feb 2024Seed$700K
Founders & team
Syazwan RahmanCo-FounderChor HoeCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Epic Angels, EQT, 500 Global, Better Bite Ventures, ID Capital, Village Capital
Tech stack
All In One SeoAstraCore-JsElementorFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#2
Seed · Puchong, Selangor · founded 2011
$630.7Kraised
▾

Provider of digital agricultural solutions for durian plantation. They focuse on durian fruit cultivation employing a proactive approach to promote healthier tree growth and superior fruit quality. They offer services such as data irrigation system,data analysis and drones and remove sensing technology for monitoring.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$630.7K
Founders & team
EmLindaCEO
#3
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2015 · 29 employees
$3Mraised
▾

It provides tech enabled solutions to farmers. Its solutions span across different stages of agriculture

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed$3M
Founders & team
Michael MakCo-Founder / Chief Operating OfficerChanning LiangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
500 Global, 500 Durians
#4
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019 · 16 employees
$3.2Mraised
▾

Fefifo is an online platform offering farming and consulting services. The company claims to offer services like providers of greenhouse land spaces, providing infrastructures to farmers, providers of data & R&D services, consulting services, etc. The company claims to transform B40 small farmers into Agropreneurs.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. KL Foodie) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A$3.1M
  • Mar 2021Seed$61.8K
Founders & team
Kelveen SohCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
ScaleUp Malaysia, Quest Ventures, EcoImpact Capital, Penjana Kapital, KB Investment, RHL Ventures
#5
Acqui-Hired · Malaysia
$13Mraised
▾

B2B online platform distributing farm produce and fresh fruits and vegetables. The platform connects farmers, suppliers, and businesses, facilitating bulk purchases and streamlined logistics. It supports order management, product tracking, and efficient distribution across multiple locations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 448k LinkedIn followers — 97.8% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Justin QiCEO
Investors
Walden International, East Ventures, Eduardo Saverin, Hanwha Investment & Securities, Elaine Saverin, Simile Venture Partners
#6
Seed · Petaling Jaya, Selangor · founded 2016 · 13 employees
$300Kraised
▾

SupplyBunny is an online B2B marketplace of grocery and supplies for restaurants and retailers. The platform enables restaurant and cafes owners to source and order supplies from verified suppliers. Users can browse and find products/ingredients from different categories, add them to cart, and check-out by requesting a quotation. The suppliers sell at wholesale pricing, each order has a minimum order quantity for delivery.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Seed$300K
Founders & team
Ognjen RegojeCo-Founder
Investors
Gobi Partners, Mavcap
Tech stack
AxiosBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#7
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2013 · 29 employees
—raised
▾

Online platform offering organic farm products using vertical indoor farming. It offers organic vegetable bundles. The product offering includes kale, chard, romaine, Basil, mint, upland cress, spinach, Rosso, Bionda, butterhead, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed—
Investors
Gobi Partners, MaGIC, Big Sky Capital
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7Core-JsElementor
#8
Seed · Malaysia
—raised
▾

Provider of farm management solutions

Founders & team
Tern Zhi GuangManaging Director
Investors
FasterCapital

Funding & investor landscape

$20.8Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Village Capital3 rounds
500 Global2 rounds
Gobi Partners2 rounds
MaGIC2 rounds
1337 Ventures1 rounds
500 Durians1 rounds
Better Bite Ventures1 rounds
Big Sky Capital1 rounds
Brinc1 rounds
Chinarun Venture Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Syazwan Rahman
Co-Founder · Qarbotech
Chor Hoe
Co-Founder & CEO · Qarbotech
EmLinda
CEO · Premiumlogy Plantation
Michael Mak
Co-Founder / Chief Operating Officer · PLANT CARTRIDGE
Channing Liang
Co-Founder & CEO · PLANT CARTRIDGE
Kelveen Soh
Co-Founder & CEO · Fefifo
Justin Qi
CEO · Yolek
Ognjen Regoje
Co-Founder · SupplyBunny
Tern Zhi Guang
Managing Director · Real Farm
Prism market signals · Malaysia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 397,661 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 · Malaysia

How research on Precision Agriculture is moving in Malaysia

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 409 Malaysia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200920212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 59% → 82% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia96
  • Universiti Malaysia Perlis27
  • Multimedia University22
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA22
  • National University of Malaysia22
leading researchers
Redmond R. Shamshiri · Ibrahim A. Hameed · Siva K. Balasundram · Cornelia Weltzien · Nik Norasma Che’Ya · Aimrun Wayayok · Muhammad Mansoor Alam · Rhushalshafira Rosle
▲ Breakthroughs73 · 18%
▲ 0%→22% share
0 median citations92% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→22% of field), led by Field (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Field (mathematics)1→4
Newly emergingConvolutional neural network 0→9 · Scalability 0→9 · Plant disease 0→8
Landmark The IoT and AI in Agriculture: The Time Is Now—A Systematic Review of Smart Sensing Technologies · 89 cites
◆ Advancements245 · 60%
▼ 81%→58% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (81%→58% of field), led by Agricultural engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agricultural engineering5→27
  • Sustainable agriculture1→16
  • Irrigation3→16
  • Multispectral image3→14
  • Productivity2→12
Newly emergingSustainability 0→30 · Internet of Things 0→20 · Convolutional neural network 0→13
Landmark Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision Agriculture: A Review · 641 cites
▼ Concerns54 · 13%
11%→11% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations63% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (11%→11% of field), led by Field (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Field (mathematics)13
  • Context (archaeology)11
  • Sustainability10
  • Production (economics)8
  • Sustainable agriculture8
Newly emergingSustainability 0→9 · Field (mathematics) 0→8 · Context (archaeology) 0→7
Landmark Research and development in agricultural robotics: A perspective of digital farming · 507 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Malaysia

Where precision agriculture is researched across Malaysia

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.

Seri Kembangan96 · +0.38
Hot · Spatial variabilityAdvancing · Palm oilOpportunity · WeedConcern · Task (project management)
Kuala Lumpur45 · +0.54
Hot · AutomationAdvancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · Convolutional neural network
Malacca42 · +0.51
Hot · Internet of ThingsAdvancing · Object detectionOpportunity · Convolutional neural networkConcern · Production (economics)
Shah Alam25 · +0.60
Hot · Yield (engineering)Advancing · CategorizationOpportunity · Sustainability
Petaling Jaya25 · +0.44
Hot · AnalyticsAdvancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · SustainabilityConcern · Global Positioning System
Bangi22 · +0.47
Hot · SustainabilityAdvancing · CategorizationOpportunity · Crop
George Town20 · +0.47
Hot · Feature selectionAdvancing · Cloud computingOpportunity · Palm oil
Johor Bahru19 · +0.50
Hot · Convolutional neural networkAdvancing · CategorizationOpportunity · Food security
Kota Bharu17 · +0.46
Hot · Feature selectionAdvancing · IrrigationOpportunity · Yield (engineering)
Putrajaya10 · +0.47
Hot · Wireless sensor networkOpportunity · Scalability

Common questions

How many Crop Tech companies are there in Malaysia?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Crop Tech companies headquartered in Malaysia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Crop Tech companies in Malaysia?
The Crop Tech companies in Malaysia on this list have raised a combined $20.8M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Malaysia?
Yolek is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Malaysia, with $13M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Crop Tech companies in Malaysia are funded?
6 of the 42 Crop Tech companies in Malaysia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Crop Tech unicorns are there in Malaysia?
None of the Crop Tech companies in Malaysia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Malaysia Crop Tech companies?
The most active investors in Malaysia Crop Tech companies on this list include Village Capital, 500 Global, Gobi Partners, MaGIC, 1337 Ventures.
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