Best Crop Tech Companies in Michigan, United States
The 60 best Crop Tech companies in Michigan, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vestaron.
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 Michigan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vestaron Revolutionizing crop protection with peptide technology for sustainable agriculture 62Funding top 17%Product top 18%Patents top 19%Innovation top 26% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Producttop 18% Patentstop 19% Innovationtop 26% Moattop 26% Techtop 35% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 41% Newsbottom 24% Funding: Raised $204M across 18 rounds · 18 rounds over 19 yrs (0.9/yr) Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series F rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $204M | 17 mo ago | Series F | Juan Estupinan CEO and President | 2001 | WordPressBugHerdMySQL+37 | — |
| 2 | FarmLogs Farm management software for operational, financial insights, and streamlined payments | $38M | 113 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+33 | — |
| 3 | Bloomscape Delivering healthy, ready-to-go plants directly to your door | $24M | 69 mo ago | Series B | — | 2017 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress Block Editor+48 | — |
| 4 | Emerald BioAgriculture Optimizing nature's gifts for safe, sustainable life science solutions | $6M | 281 mo ago | Series B | Frank Owen CEO & President | 1994 | — | — |
| 5 | Wholechain Provider of blockchain-based traceability solution for agriculture and aquaculture | $3M | 31 mo ago | Seed | Jayson Berryhill Co-founder / Partner | 2011 | — | — |
| 6 | Native Traits Corporation Developer of hybrid corn varieties using ancestral strains for resilience | $3M | 36 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 7 | Gantec Plant-based agricultural products transforming global food production with bioadaptive ingredients | $777K | 169 mo ago | Seed | Ric Olson CEO & President | 2005 | — | — |
| 8 | GreenSenseFarms Online platform providing diverse sports betting options with competitive odds | $650K | 141 mo ago | Funding Raised | Robert Colangelo Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 9 | Green Spirit Farms Integrated business for vertical indoor farming and supply of produce | $300K | 159 mo ago | Deadpooled | Milan Kluko Founder & President | 2011 | — | — |
| 10 | Full Circle Microbes Provider of solutions to convert waste into fertilizer | $225K | 73 mo ago | Funding Raised | Victoria Holden Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 11 | Smart Living Studios SaaS tool to track and manage growth of organic vegetables | $128K | 162 mo ago | Deadpooled | Kristee Rosendahl Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
Top 12 Crop Tech companies in Michigan
#1
Series F · Kalamazoo, Michigan · founded 2001 · 54 employees$203.7Mraised▾
Revolutionizing crop protection with peptide technology for sustainable agriculture. The company is focused on developing novel insecticides using peptide technology derived from natural sources like spider venom. These products offer new modes of action for pest control, effectively targeting pests on high-value crops while ensuring environmental safety. The insecticides are designed to manage resistance, protect crop yield and quality, and promote sustainability across the agriculture and food industries. The company's approach emphasizes biotechnology to enhance the sustainability value of agricultural land, reduce reliance on synthetic chemical pesticides, and support beneficial insect populations. The company is committed to bringing safe, novel modes of action to the market quickly, providing growers with effective and environmentally friendly solutions for crop protection.
- Jan 2025Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2025Series F$82.9M
- Aug 2022Series E$10M
- May 2022Series E$82M
#2
Seed · Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · founded 2011 · 10 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain-based traceability solution for agriculture and aquaculture. It offers both open source and permission blockchain options for the users to use the technology. It uses a cryptographic hash algorithm for data protection. It features digital twins products, allowing the user and their customers to track each movement along the supply chain. Its QR codes allow users to retrieve and validate records using the Wholechain mobile app. The company also features supply chain mapping. The mobile app is available on the Android & iOS platforms based on private release.
- Nov 2023Seed$3M
#3
Series A · Kalamazoo, Michigan · founded 2013 · 2 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Developer of hybrid corn varieties using ancestral strains for resilience. These varieties are developed to withstand drought, temperature extremes, diseases, insects, and weeds. The hybrids offer an alternative to genetically modified varieties that require herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Commercial production and marketing is underway with seed company partners.
- Jun 2023Series A$407.3K
- May 2020Series A$1.4M
- Dec 2018Conventional Debt—
- Dec 2018Seed$100K
#4
Acquired · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2011 · 5 employees$37.9Mraised▾
Farm management software for operational, financial insights, and streamlined payments. This platform empowers farmers with ground-level and big-picture views of their farm's performance. Designed to save time and reduce effort, it enables farmers to make informed marketing decisions and manage resources efficiently. It streamlines farm operations and payments with an integrated platform. Users can track expenses, income, and activities to view profit and loss at a crop, field, or overall level. It offers a business account to earn interest in a secure deposit account and link existing bank accounts for easy money management. The platform generates insights for better decision-making, reduces manual entry, and boosts marketing confidence. It helps understand field-level profitability, provides rainfall notifications, and offers real-time updates on price changes. It integrates with top platforms, automatically syncs grain contracts, and calculates cost of production. This is a SaaS, software solution.
- Jan 2017Series C$22M
- Jan 2016Series B$825K
- Dec 2014Series B$10M
- Jan 2014Series A$4M
#5
Series B · Detroit, Michigan · founded 2017 · 33 employees$24Mraised▾
Delivering healthy, ready-to-go plants directly to your door. We are dedicated to strengthening the relationship between people and plants. We simplify the plant buying experience by delivering healthy plants directly from the greenhouse. We provide the tips and tricks needed to help plants thrive. We offer a wide variety of indoor plants, including best sellers, low-maintenance options, pet-friendly choices, and air-purifying varieties. We also provide care tools, pots, nutrients, and accessories. We offer gifts for various occasions, including holidays, birthdays, and housewarmings. Our platform provides care guides, plant care tips, and inspiration for green living. We focus on direct-to-consumer sales, ensuring plants arrive healthy and thriving. We provide expert support through email, chat, and social media. We are committed to making plant care easy and accessible for everyone. Our website offers account login/sign-up, search functionality, help + FAQs, and a shopping cart. We use cookies to enhance user experience and offer options to manage cookie preferences.
- Sep 2020Series B$15M
- Aug 2019Series A$7.5M
- Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$75K
#6
Series B · Meridian charter Township, Michigan · founded 1994 · 20 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Optimizing nature's gifts for safe, sustainable life science solutions. The company is dedicated to creating biology-based life science solutions that are safe, sustainable, and scalable. They enhance, improve, and protect human, animal, and plant life, contributing to the success of partners and customers. Their work involves advanced life sciences research, discovery, process development, fermentation, bioreactions, and biomanufacturing. They operate with an innovative and pioneering spirit, focusing on optimizing nature's gifts to meet the needs of a growing global society. The company is committed to a safe and sustainable future through its diversified team and mission-driven approach.
- Jan 2003Series B$6.2M
#7
Seed · Farmington Hills, Michigan · founded 2014 · 30 employees$80Kraised▾
Provider of web-based traceability solutions for farmers. It uses blockchain technology to digitally link the agriculture supply chain from farm to retail. It enables farmers and agribusinesses to do supply chain management. It also offers a real-time marketplace platform for farmers.
- Mar 2023Seed$80K
#8
Seed · Midland, Michigan · founded 2005$777.3Kraised▾
Plant-based agricultural products transforming global food production with bioadaptive ingredients. They create plant-based solutions from extremophilic plants, enhancing crop resilience, yields, and quality. Their offerings include fertilizers, micronutrients, concentrates, and biopesticides. They focus on environmental sustainability, economic opportunity, continuous improvement, and scientific innovation. Their products are validated by growers, universities, and independent researchers across agricultural sectors. They utilize renewable resources and strive to promote earth-friendly practices. They aim to deliver value for customers, partners, and suppliers through innovative and effective plant-based agricultural solutions.
- May 2012Seed$777.3K
#9
Funding Raised · Portage, Michigan · founded 2011 · 18 employees$650Kraised▾
Online platform providing diverse sports betting options with competitive odds. It offers a comprehensive online experience for sports enthusiasts and entertainment seekers. The platform provides a wide array of betting options, from popular sports like soccer and basketball to esports. It emphasizes user experience with a friendly website design, easy navigation, registration, login, and secure transactions. Prioritizing user safety, it employs advanced security measures to protect personal data and financial transactions. Customer support is available to assist users. The platform aims to deliver an enjoyable and reliable betting environment with diverse options and competitive odds. It also provides news and updates related to casino and sports.
- Oct 2014Conventional Debt$650K
#10
Funding Raised · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2019$224.9Kraised▾
Provider of solutions to convert waste into fertilizer. Its inoculant breaks down the plant matter efficiently and transforming wasted stalks into bioavailable fertilizer.
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$224.9K
#11
Deadpooled · New Buffalo, Michigan · founded 2011$300Kraised▾
Green Spirit Farms is an integrated business that has developed two vertical farms:One in New Buffalo and one in Detroit. It uses hydroponic farming in its farms. It produces green vegetables in these farms and supplies the same to local markets and restaurants. It has also formed a partnership in the United Kingdom to develop the vertical hydroponic farms.
- Apr 2013Seed$300K
#12
Funding Raised · East Lansing, Michigan · founded 2011$40Kraised▾
Provider of agribusiness solutions, incubated with ICRISAT and registered as MSME. The company was initially supported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and the National Horticulture Mission. It is a Private Limited Company incorporated under the Indian Company’s Act and has received Startup recognition from the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Govt of India.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$40K
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How research on Precision Agriculture in Michigan is moving
A read on the academic research around Precision Agriculture in Michigan — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 44 papers.
Michigan State University and University of Michigan lead precision-agriculture research focused on AI-driven smart agriculture and remote sensing, with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.48) skewed toward breakthroughs and advancements.
- Michigan State University34
- University of Michigan5
- Central Michigan University2
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor1
- Michigan Medicine1
- Scalability5
- Sprayer2
- Real-time computing2
- Weed2
- Convolutional neural network2
- Remote sensing4
- Agricultural engineering3
- Multispectral image3
- Crop3
- Yield (engineering)3
- Production (economics)2
- Emerging technologies2
- Stakeholder2
- Sustainability2
- Agricultural productivity1
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