Best Crop Tech Companies in Nigeria
The 82 best Crop Tech companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Babban Gona.
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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 Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babban Gona Provides customized farming services | $20M | 9 mo ago | Early Stage | Kola Masha CEO & MD | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 2 | Agricorp Provider of finance services for crop sector | $18M | 57 mo ago | Series A | Wale Omotimirin Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | Foodstock Farmers Market Online marketplace for connecting farmers with customers | $9M | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | Omotayo Omolere Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 4 | Thrive Agric Online platform for investors to invest in farming projects | $9M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Uka Eje Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | Node.jsYouTubeTailwind CSS+14 | — |
| 5 | Releaf Provider of industrializing food processing platform for crop farming | $6M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Uzoma Bailey Ayogu Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 6 | Hello Tractor Provider of renting service and data analytics for farm machinery | $4M | 30 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | DokanCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+30 | 1 partnership |
| 7 | Winichfarms Provider of sponsorship for farmers | $3M | 12 mo ago | Seed | Chichebem Jibunoh Co-Founder & CTO | 2019 | PHPAnimate.cssBootstrap+12 | — |
| 8 | FarmCrowdy Online platform that allows individuals to invest in small-scale agricultural projects through crowdfunding | $2M | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | BootstrapAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+4 | — |
| 9 | Farmsponsor Agricultural technology business focused on promoting food security | $1M | 30 mo ago | Deadpooled | Akpa Chike Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 10 | Agriarche Online B2B platform for diversified agricultural services | $500K | 16 mo ago | Funding Raised | Deina S Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | SanityNginxAstro+10 | 2 job openings |
| 11 | VetsArk App-based lending marketplace for agriculture financing | $250K | 37 mo ago | Seed | Blessing Mene Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+8 | — |
| 12 | Farmz2U Provider of a SaaS-based farming management platform for farmers | $200K | 41 mo ago | Seed | Aisha Bolarinwa Founder | 2019 | ZohoTailwind CSSAmazon Web Services+6 | 1 job opening |
Top 12 Crop Tech companies in Nigeria
#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
Funding Raised · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2020$500Kraised▾
Online B2B platform for diversified agricultural services. It provides farmers with a marketplace platform, offers technology to create visibility and transparency in agriculture, and also provides financial solutions.
- Feb 2025Conventional Debt$500K
#4
Series A · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2014 · 50 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Provider of renting service and data analytics for farm machinery. It allows farmers to rent services for their farmland as pay per the usage. Equipped with various attachments, owners can tailor its use for a variety of crops and stages of the production cycle, allowing them to serve their customers throughout the year. The GPS antenna allows users to track its usage and gather data on location, and market trends. The platform allows these farmers to connect with the owners of these "Smart Tractors" through their booking system rs to conveniently request and schedule tractor services, from nearby Smart Tractor owners, through SMS messaging.
- Dec 2023Series A$3M
- Aug 2022Seed—
- May 2022Conventional Debt$1M
- Dec 2014Seed$600K
#5
Seed · Uyo, Akwa Ibom · founded 2017 · 94 employees$6.4Mraised▾
Provider of industrializing food processing platform for crop farming. Its uses pre-processing technology to increase the quality of inputs supplied to food factories. It offers raw material logistics solutions for farmers to food factories.
- Feb 2023Seed$250K
- Jan 2023Seed$3.3M
- Sep 2021Seed$2.7M
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$1.5M
#6
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
#7
Series A · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2018$17.5Mraised▾
Provider of finance services for crop sector
- Sep 2021Series A$17.5M
#8
Deadpooled · Port Harcourt, Rivers State · founded 2018$1.3Mraised▾
Agricultural technology business focused on promoting food security. It offers a platform that allows individuals the opportunity to sponsor local farmers.
- Dec 2023Conventional Debt$1.3M
#9
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
#10
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
#11
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
#12
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
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- Federal University of Technology16
- Federal College of Education, Kano12
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