Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Calgary, Canada
The 90 best Food and Agriculture companies in Calgary, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Partake Brewing.
Our analysis of 50 Food and Agriculture companies
$6.4b in tracked funding; 81% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Calgary
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partake Brewing Beer brand 62Product top 30%Funding top 31%Tech top 34%Growth top 35% All 7 signals ▾Producttop 30% Fundingtop 31% Techtop 34% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 36% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B Funding: Raised $20.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $20M | 17 mo ago | Series B | — | 2017 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+35 | — |
| 2 | Big Rock Brewery Beer brand 48Funding top 39%Tech top 40%Talent bottom 48%Growth bottom 47% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 39% Techtop 40% Talentbottom 48% Growthbottom 47% Marketbottom 46% Newsbottom 43% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $14.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 25 yrs (0.1/yr) Tech: 35 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Fastly rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $15M | 17 mo ago | Public | Wayne Arsenault CEO & President | 1985 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+29 | 2 job openings |
| 3 | Gabriella's Kitchen Multi-brand group manufacturing cannabis-infused convenience foods & wellness products | $6M | 80 mo ago | Public | Margot Micallef Founder & CEO | 2007 | — | — |
| 4 | Botaneco Manufacturer of plant-based and aquaculture feed ingredients | $4M | 176 mo ago | Series A | James Szarko President & CEO | 2007 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+15 | — |
| 5 | Phytokana Ingredients Phytokana | The Sustainable Fuel of Life 22Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 41%Tech bottom 36%Global bottom 25% All 4 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 41% Techbottom 36% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $812k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $812K | 14 mo ago | Seed | Chris Theal Cfa Icd Founder | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 6 | Bodega Brands Brand of soda | $240K | 67 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 7 | Choklat Private label manufacturer of chocolate | $228K | 80 mo ago | Seed | Brad Churchill CEO | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+7 | — |
| 8 | Borderland Food Brand of bone broth powder | $150K | 84 mo ago | Deadpooled | Whitney Turcato Founder & President | 2017 | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Calgary
#1
Series B · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2017 · 27 employees$20.5Mraised▾
Beer brand
- Dec 2024Series B$3M
- Mar 2022Series B$16.5M
- Sep 2020Series A$4M
#2
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1985 · 111 employees$14.6Mraised▾
Beer brand
- Jan 2025Post IPO$12.1M
- Jun 2001Post IPO$644.5K
- Feb 2001Post IPO$1.8M
#3
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2021$811.9Kraised▾
Phytokana is an independent Alberta-based innovator, processor, developer and distributor of sustainable, plant-based protein isolate sourced from yellow peas for the food and beverage industry.
- Mar 2025Seed$811.9K
- Jan 2025Seed—
#4
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2007 · 16 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Multi-brand group manufacturing cannabis-infused convenience foods & wellness products
- Sep 2019Post IPO$106.4K
- Jun 2019Post IPO$15.1M
- May 2019Post IPO—
- Jun 2018Series A$6.2M
#5
Series A · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2007 · 1 employees$4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of plant-based and aquaculture feed ingredients. It extracts oleosomes and proteins from oilseeds, creating novel ingredients for use in aquaculture feed, plant-based foods, and personal care products. The company utilizes a water-based processing technology to produce high-value co-products. Its offerings include high-protein isolates for plant-based foods and sustainable feed solutions for aquaculture, addressing growing market demands for healthier and more sustainable options. It also provides innovative functional natural ingredients for personal care applications.
- Oct 2011Post IPO$3.5M
- Apr 2011Venture Debt$1.4M
- May 2009Conventional Debt$3.6M
- Jun 2008Series A$4M
#6
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2018 · 10 employees$240.3Kraised▾
Brand of soda
- Oct 2020Seed$191.9K
- Jun 2020Seed$48.4K
#7
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2008$227.8Kraised▾
Private label manufacturer of chocolate
- Oct 2019Seed$227.8K
#8
Deadpooled · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2017$150Kraised▾
Operator of a platform intended to offer bone broth products. The company provides chicken, beef, bison and turkey bone broths which are rich in amino acids, collagen, gelatin, glucosamine, electrolytes, calcium, and other minerals and nutrients, enabling people to get nutrition rich food.
- Jun 2019Seed$150K
#9
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2015 · 5 employees$98.1Kraised▾
Drizzle Honey is a honey brand. Its products include turmeric gold raw honey, ginger raw honey, cacao luxe raw honey, white raw honey, and more. The company sells its products online as well as through retailers. The company sells the majority of products in Canada.
- Jun 2018Seed$98.1K
#10
Funding Raised · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1991$34.4Kraised▾
Provider of fine dining experiences and locally-sourced picnic options. It offers lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch services, emphasizing high-quality seasonal ingredients from local purveyors, farmers, and fishermen. The establishment also provides customized picnic baskets featuring delectable, locally sourced, and handmade items. A commitment to sustainability is evident in its operational practices, including waste reduction initiatives and the use of green energy. The restaurant cultivates an on-site edible garden, further enhancing the freshness and quality of its offerings.
- Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$34.4K
#11
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2020 · 5 employees—raised▾
Developer of a biotechnology designed for the development of plant traits to address crop production challenges. The company's technology improves protein content in plant tissues, a major step towards producing quality protein yields, enabling clients to have a technology that improves protein content in plant tissues using genomics and molecular plant breeding techniques including gene-editing.
- Feb 2023Seed—
#12
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2000 · 6 employees—raised▾
Calgary-based agri-business for vertically integrated lupin. The company grows sweet white lupin and sweet blue lupin. It is a vertically integrated lupin ingredient and food producer, controlling the production process including seed and final product.
- Sep 2022Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Agritech is moving in Canada
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 106 Canada-affiliated papers.
- University of Guelph13
- University of Saskatchewan8
- University of British Columbia8
- University of Alberta8
- University of Prince Edward Island8
- Agriculture6
- Robot3
- Internet of Things2
- Real-time computing2
- Big data1
- Agriculture22
- Internet of Things5
- Greenhouse gas4
- Agricultural science4
- Ecology3
- Agriculture4→14
Where agritech 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.
Who's filing agritech patents in Canada
Canada agritech patent filing is cooling — 3 filings from 1 assignees (2020–2022), led by Intel; annual filings 2→1.
- Intel3
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.