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Best Crop Tech Companies in Toronto, Canada

The 45 best Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Supreme Pharma.

45companies tracked
$247.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
17have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CROP TECH × TORONTO

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 Toronto

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Supreme Pharma
Provider of property restoration and renovation services for emergencies
$146M94 mo agoAcquired—2014———
2Elevate Farm
Producer of leafy vegetables using AI and blockchain-based automated vertical farm
22Funding top 30%Talent top 38%Moat top 39%News bottom 37%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 30%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Newsbottom 37%
Globalbottom 36%
Techbottom 35%
Marketbottom 26%
Funding: Raised $34.1M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$34M5 mo agoSeries APer Lysaa
Co-Founder & CTO
2018ExpressionEnginePHPCodeIgniter+9—1 award
3Fieldless
Operators of indoor automated vertical farming systems
29Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Funding top 43%Growth top 45%
All 7 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Fundingtop 43%
Growthtop 45%
Globalbottom 36%
Techbottom 35%
Marketbottom 28%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100
$18M25 mo agoAcquiredPaul Gardner
Co-Founder
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+16—4 expansions
4PharmaCielo
Provider of pharmaceutical quality cannabis flower and extracts for medicinal applications
$16M69 mo agoPublicMarc Lustig
CEO
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+25——
5Flower One
Provider of cannabis cultivation production and brand fulfillment services
$8M58 mo agoPublic—2003———
6Ukko Agro
Provider of an analytic platform for the agriculture industry
$6M56 mo agoSeedAvi Bhargava
Co-Founder & CTO
2017———
7Deveron UAS
Provider of drone data ag‑tech services
$6M67 mo agoPublicDavid MacMillan
Co-Founder & CEO
2011———
8Vivid Machines
Platform offering smart technology to help fruit and vegetable farmers optimize quality and yield
$4M41 mo agoSeedJenny Lemieux
Co-Founder & CEO
2020WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23——
9Braingrid
Provider of AI agents that transform ideas into engineering-grade software tasks
$2M83 mo agoPublic—2012———
10TellSpec
Handheld sensor for measuring food contents
$2M82 mo agoFunding RaisedIsabel Hoffmann
Founder & CEO
2013—7 patents
Spectroscopic analysis and ingredient identification with personalized data correlation
—
11Susterre
Manufacturer and supplier of row crop planting and seeding systems
$2M54 mo agoSeed—2020———
12100km Foods
Online platform to order locally grown food products
$1M137 mo agoSeedGrace Mandarano
Co-Founder
2008Cart FunctionalityWindows ServerKendo UI+16——
13Agri-Neo
Provider of organic food pasteurization technology
$541K108 mo agoSeed—2009WordPressMySQLPHP+1646 patents
Seed sanitization and pathogen control treatments for legumes, grains, and edible seeds
—
14Susglobal Energy
Provider of organic bio-fertilizer and organic waste management services
$393K105 mo agoSeedMarc Hazout
Co-Founder
2016———

Top 12 Crop Tech companies in Toronto

#1
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 11 employees
$34.1Mraised
▾

Producer of leafy vegetables using AI and blockchain-based automated vertical farms. It uses algorithms and data-driven lighting systems with specific plat protocols to assist growing conditions. Its vertical farming system consists of LED light technology, photobiology, and robotic automation. It also offers traceability solutions through blockchain technology.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 30%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
News
bottom 37%
Global
bottom 36%
Tech
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $34.1M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$5M
  • Jul 2024Series A$2.5M
  • Oct 2022Series A$18.8M
  • Feb 2021Series A$1M
Founders & team
Per LysaaCo-Founder & CTOAmin JadavjiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Brightspark Ventures, Northview LifeSciences, Northstaragriculture, Orange Ridge Capital, Strategic Swiss Partners, Mosaic Capital Partners
Tech stack
CodeigniterExpressionengineGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGsapJquery
#2
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$17.5Mraised
▾

Operators of indoor automated vertical farming systems. It uses environmentally controlled farming systems that are capable of growing pesticide-free produce year-round. The product offering includes lettuce and kale.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Funding
top 43%
Growth
top 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Tech
bottom 35%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding: Raised $17.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Venture Debt (Jul 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Venture Debt—
  • Jul 2022Conventional Debt—
  • Jul 2022Series A$17.5M
Founders & team
Paul GardnerCo-FounderJon LomowCo-Founder & President
Investors
Forage Capital, FCC, BDC, SOFII
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHammer.JsHttp/3
#3
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 400 employees
$146.1Mraised
▾

Provider of property restoration and renovation services for emergencies. It engages in indoor cultivation of cannabis using modern agriculture techniques involving cultivation under LED lights in a climate-controlled environment and also traditional greenhouse cultivation. Its entity 7Acres operates modular greenhouses cultivating hybrid strains of cannabis. The company focuses on B2B model supplying the product to other licensed producers.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Post IPO$100M
  • Nov 2017Post IPO$40.2M
  • Mar 2017Post IPO$369.7K
  • Jun 2016Post IPO$2.8M
Investors
Herbal Capital, Sutton Ventures
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlMariadbPhpVarnishGravity Forms
#4
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 268 employees
$16.4Mraised
▾

Provider of pharmaceutical quality cannabis flower and extracts for medicinal applications. The company focuses on consistent, safe, and reliable production meeting high standards. It utilizes tissue culture labs for preserving proprietary varieties. The company produces consistent, high-quality extracts, both psychoactive and non-psychoactive. It offers CBD isolate refined to remove THC and impurities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 32.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Post IPO$10M
  • Apr 2020Post IPO$5.6M
  • Feb 2019Post IPO$6.3M
  • Dec 2017Series A$2M
Founders & team
Marc LustigCEO
Investors
Echelon, Cormark Securities, Stifel
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnime.JsBootstrapContact Form 7Core-JsFont Awesome
#5
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2003 · 58 employees
$7.9Mraised
▾

Provider of cannabis cultivation production and brand fulfillment services. It provides white-label production and packaging for leading cannabis brands. The company delivers end-to-end supply chain solutions from grow to distribution.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Post IPO$5M
  • Feb 2021Post IPO$1.2M
  • Sep 2020Post IPO$1.8M
  • Jul 2020Post IPO$5.5M
Investors
Canadian Securities Exchange, Flowing Ventures
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 19 employees
$4.3Mraised
▾

Platform offering smart technology to help fruit and vegetable farmers optimize quality and yield. The platform leverages vision sensors and machine learning to provide fruit and vegetable farmers with plant-specific insights, capturing previously unobserved and invisible features to improve yield and product quality.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 9.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$4.3M
  • Apr 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Jenny LemieuxCo-Founder & CEOJonathan BinasCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
BDC, StandUp Ventures, Algoma Orchards, Tall Grass Ventures, Entrepreneur First, BoxOne Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#7
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 18 employees
$6.5Mraised
▾

Provider of an analytic platform for the agriculture industry. The platform provides weather, soil, and crop data from fields for crop input applications. The offering of the product includes crop growth, irrigation, disease risk for plants, and also a few upcoming offerings include nutrient deficiency, yield forecasting, and insect detection.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. METOS) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Seed$4M
Founders & team
Avi BhargavaCo-Founder & CTOKetan KaushishCo-Founder
Investors
Emmertech, Ag Capital Canada, Telus, Whitecap Venture Partners, PIC Investment Group, FoodBytes
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWpmu Dev SmushElementorApache Http Server
#8
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2011 · 103 employees
$6.3Mraised
▾

Provider of drone data ag‑tech services. It is a platform that provides drone‑based data acquisition and analytics services to farmers and agribusinesses. It operates a network of pilots, sensors and software tools to deliver agricultural insights.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Post IPO$4.6M
  • Apr 2020Post IPO$700K
  • Apr 2020Post IPO$655K
  • Mar 2018Post IPO$406.6K
Founders & team
David MacMillanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Bill Linton
#9
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 4 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Manufacturer and supplier of row crop planting and seeding systems. It uses ultra-high pressure fluid jet technology to improve no-till farming. It is a technique for growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage, reducing soil erosion, and carbon preservation.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$2M
Investors
Ag Ventures Alliance, JAZ Capital Partners, Cultivator
#10
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012 · 3 employees
$2.5Mraised
▾

Provider of AI agents that transform ideas into engineering-grade software tasks. It automates code generation from natural language prompts for developers.​ It breaks complex projects into actionable tasks with precise specifications.​ Teams deploy AI-driven workflows to accelerate software development cycles.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Post IPO$850K
  • Feb 2018Series A$2.5M
Investors
Quinsam Capital
#11
Funding Raised · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2013 · 12 employees
$2.2Mraised
▾

Tellspec is a handheld device which use NIR spectroscopy, bioinformatics techniques, and learning algorithms to analyze consumer foods at the molecular levels to identify calories, macronutrients, allergens, fiber, sugars, and also provide relevant nutritional information such as the glycemic index calories. The System consists of three part a pocket-sized sensor, a cloud-based analysis engine and a mobile app. The Product manages to raise over $380K of a $100K goal on Indiegogo.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$2M
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$104.4K
  • Mar 2016Conventional Debt$25K
Founders & team
Isabel HoffmannFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, Vesna Investment, JLABS, TMI Holding
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityWordpressMysqlPhpApache Http ServerLightbox
#12
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2008 · 10 employees
$1Mraised
▾

100km Foods is a company offering an online platform to order locally grown food products to the consumers of Ontario, Canada. The company claims that it sources all its products from local farms. Its product portfolio includes fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and eggs, cheese, dry products, meat and seafood. The comapny has its own distribution channel for the delivery of the products.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Seed$1M
Founders & team
Grace MandaranoCo-FounderPaul SawtellCo-Founder & President
Investors
InvestEco
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFont AwesomeGodaddy

Funding & investor landscape

$247.8Mtotal disclosed funding
16companies funded
60disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
BDC2 rounds
Brightspark Ventures2 rounds
Conexus Venture Capital2 rounds
Cultivator2 rounds
Entrepreneur First2 rounds
MaRS Discovery District2 rounds
Ag Capital Canada1 rounds
Ag Ventures Alliance1 rounds
Algoma Orchards1 rounds
Berkeley SkyDeck1 rounds

Notable founders

Per Lysaa
Co-Founder & CTO · Elevate Farm
Amin Jadavji
Co-Founder & CEO · Elevate Farm
Paul Gardner
Co-Founder · Fieldless
Jon Lomow
Co-Founder & President · Fieldless
Marc Lustig
CEO · PharmaCielo
Jenny Lemieux
Co-Founder & CEO · Vivid Machines
Jonathan Binas
Co-Founder & CTO · Vivid Machines
Avi Bhargava
Co-Founder & CTO · Ukko Agro
Ketan Kaushish
Co-Founder · Ukko Agro
David MacMillan
Co-Founder & CEO · Deveron UAS
Isabel Hoffmann
Founder & CEO · TellSpec
Grace Mandarano
Co-Founder · 100km Foods
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,596,495 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 · Canada

How research on Precision Agriculture is moving in Canada

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 358 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 76% → 78% across 2014–2026.
top research entities
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada44
  • University of Guelph37
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine28
  • McGill University22
  • Ministry of Agriculture19
leading researchers
Aitazaz A. Farooque · Jiali Shang · Viacheslav I. Adamchuk · Karem Chokmani · Travis J. Esau · Athyna N. Cambouris · Abdellah Chehri · Jinfei Wang
▲ Breakthroughs94 · 26%
▲ 18%→30% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations84% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (18%→30% of field), led by Field (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Field (mathematics)1→14
  • Internet of Things2→7
  • Software deployment1→5
  • Context (archaeology)1→4
  • Sustainability1→4
Newly emergingScalability 0→10 · Convolutional neural network 0→9 · Artificial neural network 0→7
Landmark AgriSegNet: Deep Aerial Semantic Segmentation Framework for IoT-Assisted Precision Agriculture · 147 cites
◆ Advancements185 · 52%
▼ 61%→49% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations69% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (61%→49% of field), led by Agricultural engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agricultural engineering2→22
  • Multispectral image3→14
  • Crop4→12
  • Productivity1→8
  • Water content1→7
Newly emergingSustainability 0→11 · Convolutional neural network 0→9 · Field (mathematics) 0→8
Landmark Remote Estimation of Crop Chlorophyll Content Using Spectral Indices Derived From Hyperspectral Data · 315 cites
▼ Concerns48 · 13%
▲ 9%→12% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations67% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (9%→12% of field), led by Agricultural engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agricultural engineering6
  • Multispectral image5
  • Key (lock)5
  • Field (mathematics)4
  • Sustainability4
Landmark Recent Advances of Hyperspectral Imaging Technology and Applications in Agriculture · 1,103 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where precision agriculture is researched across Canada

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.

Montreal28 · +0.49
Hot · Remote sensingAdvancing · Hyperspectral imagingOpportunity · Soil water
Edmonton/Calgary20 · +0.42
Opportunity · Productivity
Vancouver16 · +0.22
Opportunity · Production (economics)
Ottawa/Kingston10 · +0.59
Opportunity · Internet of Things
Toronto7 · +0.19
Opportunity · Agricultural engineering
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing precision agriculture patents in Canada

Canada precision agriculture patent filing is accelerating — 18 filings from 8 assignees (2019–2025), led by Ecoation Innovative Solutions, CROP Sentry, AIRM Consulting; annual filings 1→2.

18 filings8 assigneespeak 7/yr2019–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2019–2025)
top patent filers
  • Ecoation Innovative Solutions8
  • CROP Sentry3
  • AIRM Consulting3
  • CNH IND Canada1
  • Ladybug Robotics1
  • CNH IND Belgium1
  • Paige Growth TECH1
  • AGRI Technovation PTY1

Common questions

How many Crop Tech companies are there in Toronto, Canada?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Crop Tech companies headquartered in Toronto, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada?
The Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have raised a combined $247.8M in disclosed equity funding across 16 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Toronto, Canada?
Supreme Pharma is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in Toronto, Canada, with $146.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada are funded?
16 of the 45 Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Crop Tech unicorns are there in Toronto, Canada?
None of the Crop Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Toronto, Canada Crop Tech companies?
The most active investors in Toronto, Canada Crop Tech companies on this list include BDC, Brightspark Ventures, Conexus Venture Capital, Cultivator, Entrepreneur First.
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