Best Crop Tech Companies in New Jersey, United States
The 39 best Crop Tech companies in New Jersey, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Oishii.
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 New Jersey
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oishii Indoor vertical farming company specializing in premium berries and tomatoes 67Funding top 16%Growth top 37%Tech top 37%Market top 46% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Growthtop 37% Techtop 37% Markettop 46% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Partnersbottom 35% Newsbottom 33% Funding: Raised $184M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Headcount 70 → 125 (+79%) across vintages · 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $184M | 3 mo ago | Series C | — | 1999 | ShopifyYouTubeShop Pay+29 | — | — |
| 2 | Systech Provider of serialization, traceability, and authentication solutions for various industries | $8M | 165 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1985 | WordPressMySQLRedis+31 | 85 patents Secure IoT gateway hardware and automated Wi‑Fi device provisioning for M2M communications | — |
| 3 | Tingo Group Online platform offering financial technology and agri fintech services | $7M | 85 mo ago | Public | Dozy Mmobuosi CEO | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Qredible AI and a cloud-based cannabis regulatory technology platform | $2M | 34 mo ago | Seed | Rick Mcdonald Founder | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 5 | Scout Pro Software applications for crop scouting and identification of weed and pests | $1M | 127 mo ago | Deadpooled | Dan Noe Founder | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Horse Sense Shoes Device for monitoring equines | $660K | 128 mo ago | Deadpooled | Michael P McHugh CEO | 2011 | — | 17 patents Precision livestock monitoring and RFID-based animal health and location tracking systems | — |
| 7 | Alfrea Market linkages for renting or finding garden space to rent and marketplace to buy homegrown food | $143K | 108 mo ago | Seed | David Wagstaff Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Phenegra Developer of reactive graphene technology and plant growth solutions | $100K | 10 mo ago | Seed | Jessie Pitsillides Co-Founder | 2023 | — | — | — |
| 9 | MicroBiometer Affordable soil microbial biomass testing kits and equipment for soil health | $100K | 111 mo ago | Seed | Brady Trexler Co-Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | — | — |
Top 10 Crop Tech companies in New Jersey
#1
Series C · Jersey City, New Jersey · founded 1999 · 125 employees$184Mraised▾
Indoor vertical farming company specializing in premium berries and tomatoes. They focus on pesticide-free, nutrient-rich produce grown in perfectly designed indoor environments. Their offerings include a variety of berries and tomatoes, all Non-GMO Project Verified and always in season. They emphasize sustainability and reducing food waste, partnering to offer "perfectly imperfect" produce. They use innovative farming techniques to deliver hyper-local, perfectly ripe fruits and vegetables. They are committed to transparency and quality, aiming to bring the farm of the future to consumers today. They offer recipes and partnerships, and their products are available in select stores. They are focused on social impact by reducing food waste and promoting sustainable agriculture.
- May 2026Series C$150M
- Nov 2024Series B$16M
- Feb 2024Series B$134M
- Mar 2021Series A$50M
#2
Seed · Summit, New Jersey · founded 2023$100Kraised▾
Developer of reactive graphene technology and plant growth solutions. The company focuses on reactive graphene applications, differing from the use of isolated graphene as an additive. Its technology transforms asphalt, reverses water pollution, and revolutionizes plastics recycling. The company also developed a plant growth solution using liquid and biodegradable pods to boost plant growth.
- Oct 2025Seed$100K
#3
Seed · Cherry Hill, New Jersey · founded 2019 · 11 employees$1.6Mraised▾
AI and a cloud-based cannabis regulatory technology platform. The company's software systems like 'Q-Trust which is a digital registry of compliance data, Registry' which is an integrated white-label e-commerce solution 'Q-Vault' and ' Qredible' assists with different business management and workflow management processes. It also provides services in commerce and the transaction of cannabis-based industries. It also helps the user to check the quality of a hemp farmer and/or hemp / CBD company and its products.
- Oct 2023Seed$1M
- Oct 2022Seed$450K
- Jan 2021Seed$100K
#4
Public · Montvale, New Jersey · founded 2001 · 4 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online platform offering financial technology and agri fintech services. It is a global agri fintech company operating in africa with a mission to provide financial inclusion and upliftment to rural farming communities. They offer app based services to millions of farmers worldwide.
- Jul 2019Post IPO$7.2M
#5
Acquired · Princeton, New Jersey · founded 1985 · 121 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Provider of serialization, traceability, and authentication solutions for various industries. The company delivers solutions for vision inspection systems and regulatory compliance. It offers products for serialization, traceability, and authentication. The company also provides technical support, maintenance, and professional services.
- Nov 2012PE$7.5M
#6
Deadpooled · Pleasantville, New Jersey · founded 2011 · 2 employees$1Mraised▾
ScoutPro provides software tools for scouting data collection and identification of weeds, insects, diseases, and disorders in the farm fields. The software comes in two versions: ScoutPro - Grower intended for farmers for scouting themselves and ScouotPro - Consultants intended for agronomic service providers. Weeds, diseases, and disorders are kept in the database as per the crop and crop stage.
- Jan 2016Seed$750K
- Oct 2014Seed$250K
#7
Deadpooled · Trenton, New Jersey · founded 2011$660Kraised▾
Horse Sense Shoes has developed a non-invasive sensor which can be embedded into a horseshoe to transmit performance indicators like pressure and heat. The company has also developed software - Pegasus which records and graphs the temperature & position of a horse. Any abnormality in behavior triggers an alert for the manager.
- Dec 2015Conventional Debt$100K
- Mar 2014Seed$505K
- Sep 2012Conventional Debt$125K
- Apr 2012Seed$15K
#8
Seed · Atlantic City, New Jersey · founded 2016 · 2 employees$143Kraised▾
Alfrea has developed an online platform for renting unused garden or urban farm spaces for rent to develop gardens for growing organic food. Through the platform, users can either rent the unused spaces in their gardens & urban farms or can find the available spaces for starting an urban garden or small farm. The platform also has a marketplace for selling and buying the produce developed from those farms. Furthermore, users can avail on-demand agronomic advisory services for the farming in their garden or urban farms.
- Aug 2017Seed$108K
- Jul 2016Seed$35K
#9
Seed · Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · founded 2015 · 4 employees$100Kraised▾
Affordable soil microbial biomass testing kits and equipment for soil health. They provide tools for farmers and soil stewards to quickly and affordably assess soil health using microbial biomass testing. Their products include starter kits, refill kits, and classroom kits, enabling real-time soil testing and tracking of management effectiveness. The company's solutions support regenerative agriculture by monitoring changes in soil biology and promoting sustainable farming practices. They offer a cloud portal for data sharing, project management, and analysis. Their tests empower users to improve soil health, increase outputs, and reduce inputs, making soil testing accessible and cost-effective. They are focused on soil health, microbial analysis, and sustainable agriculture.
- May 2017Seed$100K
#10
Seed · Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · founded 2009 · 3 employees—raised▾
Remote monitoring and communication solutions provider using satellite connectivity. The company delivers unique technology solutions for diverse market applications, enabling customers to monitor, track, control, and communicate with remote assets globally without grid power. It operates in markets needing monitoring and machine-to-machine communications beyond standard infrastructure reach. The solution uses satellite connectivity and power management technology, offering a reliable off-grid alternative. Services include full-service engineering and systems integration, taking ideas from concept to market. The company addresses challenges like dependable communication, reliable power, and interfacing with disparate equipment, providing efficient solutions for highly reliable systems. This is a B2B tech company.
- Aug 2012Seed—
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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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