Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Finland
The 254 best Food and Agriculture companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tornator.
Finland's Food and Agriculture startup map is exactly what this directory captures: 254 companies, $664M in disclosed funding, and a sector that's quietly building real scale without a single unicorn on the board. Onego Bio leads the field at $71M raised, and Fiberwood sits second at $12M, a gap that tells you something about how concentrated early capital really is here. The broader market is growing at around 5.5% CAGR, driven by soil monitoring technology, economic shifts, and tightening industry standards that reward founders who can move fast on compliance.
So what does the money actually look like beneath those top lines? Median raises across the directory are modest, which means most of these 254 companies are operating lean and competing on fundamentals, not headline rounds. I'd point you to key practices for food and agriculture investing as useful context for how capital allocators are thinking about this space right now. App-side momentum reinforces the picture: median install growth is running at roughly 20% year-over-year across 504 food and agtech apps globally. Backers like Tesi, EIC Fund, and Business Finland are the repeat names here, which shapes the funding culture considerably.
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Our analysis of 653 Food and Agriculture companies
$71.7b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Finland
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AB A. Kastén Provider of processed meat. The company offers frozen and processed meat products to hotels, restaurants… | — | — | 18 | 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ab Korv-Görans Kebab Producer of frozen meat products based in Jakobstad, Finland. | — | — | 65 | 1988 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | aBerry Brand of alcoholic beverages | — | — | 4 | 2014 | — | — | 3 patents Formulation of oat-based beverage and drinkable porridge for dairy‑free food products. | — |
| 4 | Acoustic Extra Freezing Provider of a patented method for preserving food products through acoustic freezing, enabling longer shelf… | — | — | — | 2019 | Andrey Pechurin Managing Director | — | 8 patents Controlled crystal growth technologies for food freezing and ice cream production | — |
| 5 | acoustic extra freezing FoodTech, AgriTech, Software, Electronics, Freezing Equipment | — | — | 5 | 2019 | — | — | 8 patents Controlled ice crystal growth for improved texture in frozen food processing | — |
| 6 | Active People Provider of restaurant labor hiring and catering services. | — | — | 1 | 1997 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Akvila Manufacturer of wood fibre cutlery | — | — | — | 1920 | Johan Von Koskull Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 8 | Alfa'n'Delight Manufactures low sugar protein and energy bar products | — | — | 9 | 2015 | Kai Karttunen Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Finland
#1
Seed · Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia · founded 2016$2.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of plant-based alternatives to cheese made from oat ingredients. The company offers alternatives to traditional cheese, including mozzarella, gouda, and cream cheese. It also provides a plant-based alternative to Greek cheese. The products are available in select stores.
- Jan 2026Seed$2.8M
#2
Series A · Jarvenpaa, Uusimaa · founded 2019$11.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of fossil-free insulation and packaging materials from forestry by-products. It develops building products and packaging materials from forestry by-products and other natural fibers. The company's insulation and packaging materials are breathable, recyclable, and compostable, offering ecological alternatives to mineral wool and foam-based products. It focuses on creating opportunities for fossil-free construction and plastic-free packaging by utilizing forestry by-products and manufacturing valuable products efficiently.
- Jun 2025Grant (prize money)$3.6M
- May 2024Series A$8.3M
- Feb 2023Seed$3.2M
#3
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2021$4Mraised▾
Industrial partner for food production company offering solutions. The company's food processing technology transforms devalued bones and hard tissues from fish and poultry into sustainable goods.
- Sep 2025Seed$1.3M
- Mar 2025Seed$2.7M
#4
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2022 · 2 employees$70.8Mraised▾
Platform offering animal-free egg protein. The company develops animal-free egg protein produced using a fermentation process that creates an identical egg with protein without the need for animals.
- Jul 2024Series A$15.2M
- Apr 2024Grant (prize money)$10.2M
- Apr 2024Series A$29.1M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$4.5M
#5
Series A · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2023$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of lipid-technology that transforms liquid oils into solid fats. It uses material physics to give liquid oils the solid structure and conventional solid fats.
- Sep 2025Series A$2.9M
- Mar 2024Seed$1.1M
#6
Seed · Karkkila, Uusimaa · founded 2021 · 5 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of cell-based fish alternatives. The company offers alternative fish recipes and substitute meats for tuna and chicken. It also provides food nutrition information.
- Jun 2025Seed$2M
#7
Series B · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2019$28.3Mraised▾
Sustainable mycoprotein ingredients for food, aquafeed, and pet food applications. This biotech company upcycles agri-food byproducts into planet-friendly mycoprotein using fungal fermentation. They offer PEKILO® products, a versatile and nutritious protein source with neutral taste and color, ideal as a drop-in ingredient. Their products include PEKILO® for food, PEKILO®Aqua for sustainable aquaculture, and PEKILO®Pet for planet-friendly pet food. The company focuses on sustainability, reducing GHG emissions, and minimizing water and land use. They are committed to making planet-friendly protein accessible throughout the food chain, offering a sustainable alternative to animal and soy protein. They are open for partnerships and discussions with investors and media.
- May 2024Series B$16.3M
- May 2024Conventional Debt$9.8M
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$13.1M
- Apr 2023Series A$12.1M
#8
Early Stage · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 1952 · 45 employees$25Mraised▾
Brand of liqueur
#9
Funding Raised · Imatra, South Karelia · founded 2002$412.1Mraised▾
Provider of real estate brokerage services
- Oct 2020Conventional Debt$412.1M
#10
Late Stage · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2018 · 25 employees$28.2Mraised▾
Brand of vegan foods. The company offer a growing range of plant-based products, including oat drinks, plant-based cheese shreds, gurts, desserts, and cream.
- Dec 2021PE$28.2M
#11
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2015 · 31 employees$13.7Mraised▾
Distributors of plant-based products intended to accelerate the shift toward plant-based eating. The company offers chia-based snack products, and alternative cooking and baking products with the same great taste, texture, and consistency as the originals and is passionate about the power of plants, enabling food companies to innovate and develop tasty, commercially viable alternatives to consumer favorites like dairy and sports nutrition.
#12
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2011$44.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of multi category snacks
- Nov 2019Conventional Debt$44.1M
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$129.7K
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 Finland
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 13 Finland-affiliated papers.
- University of Helsinki3
- University of Turku2
- University of Oulu2
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology1
- European Forest Institute1
- Agriculture2
- Intrusion detection system1
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1
- Intrusion prevention system1
- Computer security1
- Agriculture5
- Production (economics)2
- Food security1
- Livelihood1
- Household income1
- Agriculture4
- Sustainability2
- Information and Communications Technology1
- Interdependence1
- Context (archaeology)1
Common questions
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