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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Arizona, United States

The 214 best Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sprouts Farmers Market.

214companies tracked
$828.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
38have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × ARIZONA

Our analysis of 175 Food and Agriculture companies

$22.9b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

175companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year
60kcombined LinkedIn audience
66%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Sprouts Farmers Market
Supermarket chain of organic food products
$237M98 mo ago30,000Jack Sinclair
Chief Executive Officer
WordPressMySQLPHP+31Top 100k—
2RiceBran Technologies
Develops chemical and nutritional products from rice bran
$146M87 mo ago94————
3Restoration Forest Products
Sustainable forestry and wood products manufacturing company
$95M28 mo ago—Tony Flagor
CEO
WixSentryEnvoy+12Top 10M—
4Copperstate Farms
Premium sungrown cannabis producer committed to quality, integrity, and sustainability
$71M85 mo ago350Fife Symington
Founder
WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+13Top 10M3 awards
5MyLand
Soil health company improving soil with native microalgae for sustainable agriculture
$67M16 mo ago55Robert Thompson
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+33Top 50M—
6Oats Overnight
Brand of oats
62Funding top 20%Tech top 26%Product top 40%Market top 45%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
Techtop 26%
Producttop 40%
Markettop 45%
Moattop 45%
Talentbottom 49%
Growthbottom 47%
Customersbottom 35%
Globalbottom 32%
Newsbottom 21%
Funding: Raised $57.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr)
Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$57M4 mo ago105Brian Tate
Co-Founder & CEO
ShopifySentryTailwind CSS+31Top 500k3 job openings · 1 award
7Alkaline Water Company
Brand of value-added water and functional beverages, offering the cleanest alkaline water on the market
$33M41 mo ago31—GoDaddy Website BuilderReactRequireJS+5Top 50M—
84Front Ventures
Premium cannabis operator focused on quality, innovation, and community impact
$23M66 mo ago641—WordPressMySQLPHP+21Top 10M—
9Hash Kitchen
Restaurant serving multiple dishes
$20M55 mo ago37—Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+43Top 5M—
10Terram Lab
Provider of food packaging solutions
$15M23 mo ago—Eric Johnson
Co-Founder & CFO
WordPressMySQLPHP+12Top 50M1 job opening
11Grimaldi's
Provider of coal-fired brick oven pizza and pasta sauces
$15M117 mo ago729
729 → 981 (+35%)
Joseph Ciollo
CEO
SkolengoApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28Top 500k—
12Sauce Pizza and Wine
Chain of casual dining restaurants offering food and liquor
$10M137 mo ago111Scott Kilpatrick
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23Top 5M—
13Pat's Backcountry Beverages
Brand of carbonated beer and soda
$6M100 mo ago—Patrick Tatera
CEO
———
14Glukos
Manufacturer of all-natural energy gels and ready-to-drink products
$6M109 mo ago4—Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+35Top 50M—
15truenopal
Original cactus water brand offering hydration with natural electrolytes and antioxidants
$5M108 mo ago—Tom Zummo
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+21Top 50M—
16Yerbae
Provider of sparkling water processing services
$5M20 mo ago23Karrie Gibson
Co-Founder & Co-Owner-Operator of Yerbaé Consumer Brands
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+28Top 5M—
17Kona Grill
American grill offering steak, seafood, sushi, and craft cocktails
$5M97 mo ago45—Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+27Top 500k—
18Whiskey Del Bac
Brand of single malt whiskies
$3M34 mo ago11Amanda Paul
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+39Top 10M—
19Magic Cactus
Company that produces and sells low-dose THC drinks and other beverages
$2M14 mo ago—Jonny Locarni
Founder
ShopifyVisaMastercard+31Top 5M—
20Becky
Brand of hard seltzer
$2M56 mo ago3Patrick Nies
Co-Founder
———
21Tucson Foods
Restaurant serving multiple dishes
$2M82 mo ago—Todd Martin
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+28Top 10M1 expansion
22Royal Caridea
Operator of shrimp farms
$1M45 mo ago6Maurice Kemp
Co-Founder
———
23Michael Waltrip Brewing
Brand of beer
$500K6 mo ago4Bryan Sperber
Co-Founder & President & CEO
Shopifyanime.jsAmazon Web Services+16Top 10M3 partnerships · 2 expansions
24Next Gen Ice
Manufacturer of ice making machinery for food-service industry
$475K70 mo ago55Gary Emineth
Founder & CEO
———
25Prep & Pastry
Arizona breakfast and brunch destination with scratch-made dishes and vibrant atmosphere
$350K88 mo ago40—Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+22Top 5M—
26White Lion Tea
Produces and supplies tea
$250K101 mo ago31Kathryn Petty
Founder & President
Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+26Top 5M—
27Mother Road Brewing
Brand of beer
$105K37 mo ago—Alissa Marquess
Owner
Cart FunctionalityShopifyFacebook Login+17Top 5M1 job opening

Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona

#1
Series C · Tempe, Arizona · founded 2017 · 105 employees
$57Mraised
▾

Brand of oats

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%
Tech
top 26%
Product
top 40%
Market
top 45%
Moat
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $57.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series C (Jan 2026)
Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Sentry
Product: 1 published app (11.9k installs) · Company stage: Series C
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers — 17.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 5 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +1 · hiring: Quality Assurance Manager, Food Scientist
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Ast Consumer Partners) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series C$45M
  • Jul 2024Series B$35M
  • Mar 2023Series A$20M
  • Feb 2021Seed$2M
Founders & team
Brian TateCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Sonoma Brands Capital, Impatient, Singh Capital Partners, Morrison Seger, BFG
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#2
Series B · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2019 · 55 employees
$66.7Mraised
▾

Soil health company improving soil with native microalgae for sustainable agriculture. They empower growers to rapidly improve soil health using live, native microalgae, unlocking the land's natural potential. The company partners with growers to rebuild sustainable soil, increase crop yields with higher nutritional values, and reduce chemical inputs. Their Soil as a Service technology helps reverse degradation from over-farming, restore soil to capture carbon, and reduce climate change. They harness the land’s native ecosystem to drive new value, ensuring microalgae is adapted to local growing conditions. The company delivers microalgae in living form, providing an expanding source of rich nutrients that rapidly improves organic content and overall soil health. This approach increases productivity, economic security, and profitability through healthier soil, promoting regenerative practices and higher crop values. They are focused on sustainable agriculture, soil health service, and environmental impact.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 7.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series B$23M
  • Oct 2024Conventional Debt$20M
  • Sep 2023Series B$23M
  • Dec 2020Seed$190K
Founders & team
Robert ThompsonCo-FounderDane HagueCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Climate Innovation Capital, PaceZero, Proterra Investment Partners, the Borden Family Trust, HOTventures
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBeaver Builder
#3
Series A · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2018 · 4 employees
$500Kraised
▾

Brand of beer

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 5 partnerships · 2 expansions (incl. Signature Bar) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series A$5M
  • Apr 2024Seed$200K
  • Dec 2020Seed$300K
Founders & team
Bryan SperberCo-Founder & President & CEOMichael WaltripCo-Founder
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnime.JsAosApple PayAxios
#4
Series C · Mesa, Arizona · founded 2017
$95Mraised
▾

Restoration Forest Products is a leading sustainable forestry and wood products manufacturing company based in Arizona. They use innovative techniques to create high-quality lumber from lower quality sources.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 938 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series C$95M
  • Mar 2022Conventional Debt$200M
Founders & team
Tony FlagorCEO
Investors
Invesco, Arizonaida
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsapHotjarHsts
#5
Series B · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2023
$15.1Mraised
▾

Terram Lab is focused on creating a waste-free world by eliminating plastic and harmful chemicals from packaging. Their solutions are uniquely tailored to provide composting and recycling-friendly alternatives for consumer packaged goods (CPG).

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 715 LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series B$15.1M
Founders & team
Eric JohnsonCo-Founder & CFOTroy SwopeCo-Founder
#6
Acquired · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2017 · 23 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Provider of sparkling water processing services

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Post IPO$75K
  • Nov 2023Post IPO$250K
  • Sep 2023Post IPO—
  • Jul 2023Post IPO$3.2M
Founders & team
Karrie GibsonCo-Founder & Co-Owner-Operator of Yerbaé Consumer BrandsTodd GibsonCo-Founder
Investors
Vistar, Zenfinity Capital, Oxfordcommercialfinance, LivWell, Bluestein Ventures, Brookstone Venture Capital
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon PayAmerican ExpressApple PayBootstrap
#7
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2023
$1.8Mraised
▾

Company that produces and sells low-dose THC drinks and other beverages

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Conventional Debt$1.5M
  • Sep 2024Seed$275K
Founders & team
Jonny LocarniFounder
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmerican ExpressApple PayBabelBugsnagCloudflare
#8
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2018
$55Kraised
▾

Koibito Poke is a Hawaiian poke bowl restaurant located in Phoenix, AZ. They offer a customized dining experience where guests can build their own bowls with fresh ingredients. They also have signature bowls available on their menu.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 45%
Tech
top 46%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 42%
Product
bottom 40%
Customers
bottom 37%
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Http/3
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 230 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Koibito) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$125K
  • Oct 2023Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Todd StottlemyreCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementor
#9
Public · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2011 · 31 employees
$33.1Mraised
▾

Brand of value-added water and functional beverages, offering the cleanest alkaline water on the market. They have developed the first sports drink that delivers Elite Hydration™ and performance-enhancing functionality.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Post IPO$40K
  • Jul 2021Post IPO$5M
  • Sep 2020Post IPO$131.6K
  • Aug 2020Post IPO$155K
Tech stack
GodaddyGodaddy Website BuilderHstsLodashOpen GraphPwa
#10
Public · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2002 · 30000 employees
$237Mraised
▾

Supermarket chain of organic food products. The company offers a variety of healthy and organic food, supplements, vitamins, meat, sprouts, dairy, and bakery products.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Conventional Debt$700M
  • Apr 2011PE$200M
  • Jul 2010Series B$26.2M
  • Dec 2009Series A$10.8M
Founders & team
Jack SinclairChief Executive Officer
Investors
LSQ, Apollo Global Management, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, BMO Harris Bank, Rabobank
Tech stack
Accessible360AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAhoyAlpine.JsAmazon Cloudfront
#11
Deadpooled · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2005 · 94 employees
$146.5Mraised
▾

Ricebran Technologies has proprietary technologies to process rice bran to achieve bran stability and derive various chemicals with applications in nutraceuticals, food ingredients, pharma, cosmetics, etc. industries. The company claims that its products are gluten free and non-GMO. The company's end products are stabilized rice bran powder and its derivative products marketed under the brand name RiBran. It also manufactures and markets edible rice bran oil.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2019Post IPO$12.1M
  • Sep 2017Post IPO$2.9M
  • Feb 2017Post IPO$8M
  • May 2015Conventional Debt$8M
Investors
Full Circle Capital, Daoge Capital Management, Dillon Hill Capital, Continental Grain Company
Tech stack
WebflowJqueryGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Font Api
#12
Series C · Snowflake, Arizona · founded 2016 · 350 employees
$71.3Mraised
▾

Premium sungrown cannabis producer committed to quality, integrity, and sustainability. They cultivate premium sungrown cannabis, focusing on quality and consistency. They utilize greenhouse cultivation, harnessing the Arizona sun to produce potent flower with rich aroma and flavor. Their practices emphasize responsible cultivation, true craftsmanship, and respect for the plant and land. They offer an extensive range of cannabis products, from flower to solventless extracts, always testing for patient safety. They are committed to bringing best practices from agriculture, consumer packaged goods, and pharmaceutical industries to the cannabis industry. They aim to provide a better kind of cannabis experience, rooted in integrity and powered by nature. They are focused on sustainability, using fewer resources than indoor grows and reducing environmental impact.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Series C$8.5M
  • Oct 2017Series C$35.7M
  • Dec 2016Series B$27.1M
Founders & team
Fife SymingtonFounder
Investors
Aphria, Poseidon Asset Management, MavenHill Capital, DeltaCap
Tech stack
AccessibeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementConstant ContactGodaddyGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$828.7Mtotal disclosed funding
30companies funded
106disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute3 rounds
Cave Creek Capital2 rounds
Gladstone Capital2 rounds
JPMorgan Chase2 rounds
Moonshot2 rounds
Access Capital1 rounds
AlleyCorp1 rounds
Aphria1 rounds
Apollo Global Management1 rounds
Arizonaida1 rounds

Notable founders

Brian Tate
Co-Founder & CEO · Oats Overnight
Robert Thompson
Co-Founder · MyLand
Dane Hague
Co-Founder & CEO · MyLand
Bryan Sperber
Co-Founder & President & CEO · Michael Waltrip Brewing
Michael Waltrip
Co-Founder · Michael Waltrip Brewing
Tony Flagor
CEO · Restoration Forest Products
Eric Johnson
Co-Founder & CFO · Terram Lab
Troy Swope
Co-Founder · Terram Lab
Karrie Gibson
Co-Founder & Co-Owner-Operator of Yerbaé Consumer Brands · Yerbae
Todd Gibson
Co-Founder · Yerbae
Jonny Locarni
Founder · Magic Cactus
Todd Stottlemyre
Co-Founder & CEO · Koibito Pok
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,042,753 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Agritech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 652 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 24% → 62% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
  • International Food Policy Research Institute25
  • University of California, Davis22
  • Cornell University22
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign17
  • Agricultural & Applied Economics Association17
leading researchers
Saraju P. Mohanty · Bouali Et-taibi · Mohamed Riduan Abid · H.S. Jat · Andrea Cattaneo · Leslie Lipper · El‐Mahjoub Boufounas · Driss Benhaddou
▲ Breakthroughs103 · 16%
▲ 2%→22% share
▲11.0× share momentum2 median citations92% since 2021mostly methods-led
Robot research surged 1→19 papers, driving Breakthroughs' field-share from 2% to 22% in US agritech.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Robot1→19
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→51 · Precision agriculture 0→17 · Cloud computing 0→11
Landmark The Robotanist: A ground-based agricultural robot for high-throughput crop phenotyping · 151 cites
◆ Advancements253 · 39%
▲ 32%→42% share
▲1.3× share momentum3 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements intensifying — Agriculture papers rose 24→127 and IoT newly emerged at 18 papers, lifting field-share to 42%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture24→127
  • Robot4→21
  • Climate change2→17
  • Agroforestry3→15
  • Productivity2→13
Newly emergingInternet of Things 0→18 · Agricultural engineering 0→15 · Precision agriculture 0→13
Landmark Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis · 470 cites
▼ Concerns186 · 29%
▼ 39%→25% share
▼0.6× share momentum6 median citations57% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns cooling in share (39%→25%) despite Food Security papers tripling 7→25, signaling shifting research priorities.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture35→83
  • Food security7→25
  • Productivity2→10
  • Agricultural economics2→10
  • Internet of Things1→8
Newly emergingAgroforestry 0→10 · Sustainability 0→9 · Agricultural science 0→7
Landmark Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for? · 334 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where agritech 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.

New York23 · +0.10
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Robot
SF Bay Area15 · +0.03
Hot · Natural resource economicsOpportunity · AgronomyConcern · Agriculture
Ann Arbor7 · +0.01
Opportunity · Cover crop
Boston6 · +0.60
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Agricultural engineering
Atlanta6 · +0.75
Opportunity · Internet of Things
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing agritech patents in the United States

United States agritech patent filing is accelerating — 24 filings from 35 assignees (2016–2025), led by Microsoft, Vision Robotics, Koselka Harvey; annual filings 1→5.

24 filings35 assigneespeak 5/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Microsoft7
  • Vision Robotics5
  • Koselka Harvey5
  • Wallach BRET5
  • IBM4
  • X DEV3
  • Gerrish Steven R3
  • CROP One Holdings2

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Arizona, United States?
Radar tracks 214 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Arizona, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States on this list have raised a combined $828.7M in disclosed equity funding across 30 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Arizona, United States?
Sprouts Farmers Market is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Arizona, United States, with $237M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States are funded?
30 of the 214 Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Arizona, United States?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Arizona, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Arizona, United States Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Arizona, United States Food and Agriculture companies on this list include J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, Cave Creek Capital, Gladstone Capital, JPMorgan Chase, Moonshot.
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