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Best Crop Tech Companies in United Arab Emirates

The 39 best Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pure Harvest.

39companies tracked
$693.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
Sources & further reading
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CROP TECH × UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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 United Arab Emirates

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Pure Harvest
Locally grown, sustainable hydroponic produce for fresh, flavorful, and healthy eating
$387M50 mo agoSeries DRobert Kupstas
Co-Founder
2016DrupalPHPAnimate.css+141 award
2Advanta
Developer of high-nutrition crops for sustainable agriculture
$300M21 mo agoPublicBhupen Dubey
CEO
1989EnvoyBootstrapHandlebars+191 launch · 1 expansion
3Right Farm
Provider of a B2B marketplace for fruits and vegetables
$3M52 mo agoSeedMohammad Ajamieh
Co-Founder
2021——
4CRYSP Farms
Provider of vertical farming solutions
$2M31 mo agoSeedMaan Said
Founder & CEO
2019WordPressMySQLPHP+25—
5Fruitful Day
Online subscription-based fruit ordering and doorstep delivery service
$817K69 mo agoSeedLyla AlRawi
Founder & Director
2015Cart FunctionalityBootstrapTailwind CSS+24—
6Plantshop
Online retailer of plants and gardening supplies
$150K73 mo agoEarly Stage—2015Cart FunctionalityPHPFacebook Login+23—
7Greener Crop
Provider of hydroponic farm management services to farmers
$100K50 mo agoSeed—2020——
8BadiaFarms
Provider of vertically farmed produce, including micro-greens, herbs, and leafy greens
—40 mo agoSeedOmar Al Jundi
CEO
2016WordPressMySQLPHP+25—

Top 10 Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates

#1
Public · Dubai, Dubai · founded 1989 · 667 employees
$300Mraised
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Developer of high-nutrition crops for sustainable agriculture. It is a seed innovator focused on developing germplasm tailored for climate-smart and high-nutrition crops. It emphasizes innovation and value addition through natural solutions, disease, pest, and herbicide resistance, along with drought and salinity tolerance. It offers a wide portfolio of high-performing grain and forage sorghum hybrids and superior hybrids and inbred varieties in staple crops like maize, rice, sunflower, canola, soybeans, vegetables, and forage. It promotes sustainable agriculture, food security, and sustainable lifestyles through its seed technology and innovation centers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 161k LinkedIn followers — 68.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Bhupen DubeyCEO
Investors
KKR, Department of Biotechnology, Alpha Wave Global, United States Department of Agriculture, Paine Schwartz Partners, Fox Paine
Tech stack
AxiosBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#2
Series D · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2016
$387.1Mraised
▾

Locally grown, sustainable hydroponic produce for fresh, flavorful, and healthy eating. This company specializes in providing fresh, locally grown produce through advanced hydroponic farming techniques. They offer a variety of products including greens, tomatoes, berries, sauces, and preserves, all cultivated with a focus on sustainability and reducing environmental impact. Their commitment extends to minimizing food waste and shortening the distribution chain, ensuring produce is fresher and more flavorful. They use beneficial insects instead of pesticides, guaranteeing pesticide-residue-free and safe products. They aim to provide tasty, top-quality produce at competitive prices, making healthy eating accessible. They also focus on community investment and encourage individuals who value quality and nature's best to join their mission. They have a subscription model for newsletters.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 51k LinkedIn followers — 21.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series D$181M
  • Oct 2021Series C$64.5M
  • 2021Series B—
  • Mar 2021Venture Debt—
Founders & team
Robert KupstasCo-FounderMahmoud AdiCo-Founder & Board MemberSky KurtzFounder & CEO
Investors
Shorooq Partners, MBRIF, Metric Capital, IMM Investment, The Olayan Group, SHUAA
Tech stack
AddtoanyAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjs
#3
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019 · 17 employees
$2.2Mraised
▾

Provider of vertical farming solutions. It provides hydroponics-based farming solutions. In addition it also provides farm management solutions.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Maan SaidFounder & CEO
Investors
Gate Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#4
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 32 employees
$2.8Mraised
▾

Provider of a B2B marketplace for fruits and vegetables. It connects farmers and buyers such as hotels, restaurants, caterers, cloud kitchens, or cooking schools. Users can place orders on desired date and time via the online website and get doorstep deliveries. The mobile application is available on iOS and Android platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed$2.8M
Founders & team
Mohammad AjamiehCo-Founder
Investors
DisruptAD, ADQ, Enhance, Further
#5
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2015 · 18 employees
$817Kraised
▾

Online subscription-based fruit ordering and doorstep delivery service. It enables users to order mangoes on a subscription basis. It enables users to order mango of multiple sizes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed$817K
Founders & team
Lyla AlRawiFounder & Director
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#6
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2020 · 8 employees
$100Kraised
▾

Provider of hydroponic farm management services to farmers. It offers services such as customised farm planning and setup and plant growth management solutions via sensor-connected dashboards to monitor and adjust the temperature, humidity, lighting, nutrition levels, and more. It assists farmers in selling their produce to restaurants, hotels, grocers, and supermarket chains. It also offers procurement solutions to farmers.

Funding rounds
  • 2022Seed$100K
Investors
Gener8tor, Right Side Capital Management, In5
#7
Early Stage · United Arab Emirates · founded 2015 · 10 employees
$150Kraised
▾

Operator of an e-commerce store intended to sell plants and gardening products. The company's range of products includes terrariums, indoor plants, outdoor plants, fruits and vegetables, palms, pots and plants, gardening equipment and other related products, enabling customers to contribute more towards a greener tomorrow.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Unattributed—
  • May 2018Unattributed$150K
Investors
500 Global
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCodeigniter
#8
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2016 · 17 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of vertically farmed produce, including micro-greens, herbs, and leafy greens. The company utilizes hydroponics to cultivate crops without soil. It focuses on supplying gourmet products to chefs and caterers. The company aims to offer fresh, locally grown items year-round.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Omar Al JundiCEO
Investors
Greencorpllc
#9
Funding Raised · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2019
—raised
▾

Farmin is a provider of AI-based farm monitoring solutions. The company claims that it uses images from satellite and provide insights on plant's health, detailed current and future situation of the fields, analyzing each acre and predicting incoming issues, disease detection, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Ziang ZhangCo-FounderAli HammadiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Gitex, MBRIF
#10
Seed · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2019 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of acoustic sensors and AI platform for pest detection. It offers tools for early pest detection and soil health monitoring. The platform provides data and reporting for informed decision-making. It helps stakeholders optimize pest response mechanisms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 987 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Seed—
Investors
BeyondCapital, Kawn Ventures, Kayan Ventures
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCore-JsElementorFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$693.2Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
13disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Franklin Templeton Investments2 rounds
Hub712 rounds
In52 rounds
MBRIF2 rounds
2040 Fund1 rounds
500 Global1 rounds
ADQ1 rounds
Alpha Wave Global1 rounds
Archer Private Investments1 rounds
BIRAC1 rounds

Notable founders

Bhupen Dubey
CEO · Advanta
Robert Kupstas
Co-Founder · Pure Harvest
Mahmoud Adi
Co-Founder & Board Member · Pure Harvest
Maan Said
Founder & CEO · CRYSP Farms
Mohammad Ajamieh
Co-Founder · Right Farm
Lyla AlRawi
Founder & Director · Fruitful Day
Omar Al Jundi
CEO · BadiaFarms
Ziang Zhang
Co-Founder · Farmin
Ali Hammadi
Co-Founder & CEO · Farmin
Prism market signals · United Arab Emirates · country-scoped Prism corpus, 630,269 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 · United Arab Emirates

How research on Precision Agriculture is moving in the United Arab Emirates

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 135 United Arab Emirates-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202220242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 71% → 86% across 2022–2026.
top research entities
  • Amity University45
  • Ministry of Education13
  • Khalifa University of Science and Technology13
  • United Arab Emirates University11
  • Abu Dhabi University10
leading researchers
Irfan Hussain · Amine Saddik · Rachid Latif · Abdelhafid Elouardi · Mohamed Elhoseny · Abdennabi Morchid · Haris M. Khalid · Khaled Obaideen
▲ Breakthroughs44 · 33%
▲ 0%→36% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→36% of field), led by Crop.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Crop10
  • Scalability7
  • Convolutional neural network7
  • Software deployment6
  • Internet of Things6
Newly emergingCrop 0→10 · Scalability 0→7 · Convolutional neural network 0→7
Landmark Smart agriculture technology: An integrated framework of renewable energy resources, IoT-based energy management, and pr · 87 cites
◆ Advancements67 · 50%
▲ 0%→47% share
1 median citations88% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→47% of field), led by Agricultural engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agricultural engineering1→16
  • Remote sensing1→4
Newly emergingConvolutional neural network 0→13 · Internet of Things 0→10 · Artificial neural network 0→10
Landmark An overview of smart irrigation systems using IoT · 372 cites
▼ Concerns11 · 8%
▲ 0%→8% share
0 median citations91% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→8% of field), led by Field (mathematics).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Field (mathematics)5
  • Plant disease3
  • Scalability3
  • Software deployment2
  • Scale (ratio)2
Newly emergingField (mathematics) 0→5
Landmark Unveiling the potential of sustainable agriculture: A comprehensive survey on the advancement of AI and sensory data for · 16 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Arab Emirates

Where precision agriculture is researched across United Arab Emirates

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.

Dubai54 · +0.62
Hot · Agricultural engineeringAdvancing · Yield (engineering)Opportunity · Convolutional neural network
Abu Dhabi38 · +0.46
Hot · GreenhouseAdvancing · IrrigationOpportunity · Internet of Things
Al Ain16 · +0.54
Hot · Sustainable agricultureAdvancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · Internet of Things
Sharjah7 · +0.27
Opportunity · Convolutional neural network
Ajman5 · +0.66
Advancing · Convolutional neural networkOpportunity · Sustainability

Common questions

How many Crop Tech companies are there in United Arab Emirates?
Radar tracks 39 indexable Crop Tech companies headquartered in United Arab Emirates that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates?
The Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates on this list have raised a combined $693.2M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in United Arab Emirates?
Pure Harvest is the highest-funded Crop Tech company in United Arab Emirates, with $387.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates are funded?
7 of the 39 Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Crop Tech unicorns are there in United Arab Emirates?
None of the Crop Tech companies in United Arab Emirates on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United Arab Emirates Crop Tech companies?
The most active investors in United Arab Emirates Crop Tech companies on this list include Franklin Templeton Investments, Hub71, In5, MBRIF, 2040 Fund.
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