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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Gelderland, Netherlands

The 91 best Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: revyve.

91companies tracked
$27.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × GELDERLAND

Our analysis of 50 Food and Agriculture companies

$1.3b in tracked funding; 58% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

50companies analysed
58%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
2016median founding year
30median Fliar Index™
375kcombined LinkedIn audience
50%of audience held by top 3
10companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Amigos International
Provider of consulting, support, planning services to forestry sector
——Acquired—2005Jeroen Kruft
Founder
——
2Asian Cuisine Holding
Distributor of food products
——Acquired—1962Remko Tiecken
CEO
——
3Bakeplus
Manufacturer of baking flours
——Funding Raised682003———
4Bakker Bart
Chain of bakery cafes
——Funding Raised1,0011977Herbert Schalkwijk
CEO
—2 internships · 1 expansion
5Bakkerij Fuite
Bakery cafe serving bread and pastries
——Funding Raised701928———
6banken champignons
Banken Champignons provides the production, trading, and mushroom products.
——Acquired1601956——1 launch · 2 expansions
7barenbrug holland
Barenbrug Holland is a grass expert that focuses on developing breeding and growing grass seeds.
——Private9001904——1 job opening
8Bierbrouwerij Wentersch
Beer brand
——Unfunded—2016Michiel van der Vaart
Founder
——

Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland

#1
Series B · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2019 · 12 employees
$9.3Mraised
▾

Provider of food processing services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 20%
News
top 26%
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 33%
Tech
bottom 38%
Global
bottom 36%
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 2 types) · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series B$28.2M
  • May 2023Series A$8.8M
  • Feb 2020Seed$552.5K
Founders & team
Corjan BergCo-FounderEdgar GarciaCo-FounderCedric VerstraetenCEO
Investors
Cosun, Oost NL, Innovation Industries, SHIFT Invest, Invest-NL, Grey Silo Ventures
Tech stack
DreamhostGoogle AnalyticsGsapHstsJqueryLenis
#2
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 7 employees
$1.6Mraised
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Provider of food processing services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Patents
top 41%
News
top 44%
Innovation
top 47%
Funding
top 47%
Moat
bottom 49%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Patents: 7 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 7 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 3 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$2.4M
  • Mar 2024Seed$916.7K
  • Jul 2021Seed$658.4K
Founders & team
Dimitris KarefyllakisCo-FounderCostas NikiforidisCo-FounderDimitris KarefyllakisCEO
Investors
Alianza Team, Oost NL, SHIFT Invest, Oterap B.V., Sparkalis, Evercurious VC
Tech stack
Animate.CssContact Form 7Google AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGsapHttp/3
#3
Seed · Ede, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 5 employees
$1.8Mraised
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Provider of plant-based food ingredients. The company claims that its process allows to extraction of ingredients out of seeds that enable food companies to create the next generation of plant-based foods, which are natural and sustainable.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 6how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 49%
Global
bottom 29%
Market
bottom 19%
Funding: Raised $1.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2025)
Global: Single-market focus (Netherlands)
Market: 5 employees
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Upscaling Process Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Seed$1.7M
  • Mar 2022Seed$82.6K
Investors
Oost NL, Valuefactory, Econseeds
#4
Funding Raised · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2011 · 80 employees
$8.7Mraised
▾

Provider of wildlife and forest management services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 39%
Growth
top 45%
Funding
bottom 46%
Market
bottom 43%
Global
bottom 36%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management
Audience (LinkedIn): 93k LinkedIn followers — 24.9% of this cohort's audience · 53 engagements/post (1.5× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$709.7K
  • Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$5M
  • Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$143.9K
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$447K
Founders & team
Neil BirnieCo-FounderStaffan WidstrandCo-Founder
Investors
Europa, Arcadia Fund
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianz
#5
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020
$369.6Kraised
▾

Provider of geospatial intelligence soil generation services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 38%
Global
bottom 29%
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding: Raised $370k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Nov 2024)
Global: Single-market focus (Netherlands)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Seed$369.6K
Founders & team
Niels JanssensCo-Founder
Investors
UNIIQ
#6
Seed · Ede, Gelderland · founded 2021 · 8 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Internet-first brand offering substitutes for coffee. Its product offering includes coffee filter blends, coffee capsules, dark roast coffee, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 38%
Tech
top 41%
Patents
top 43%
Innovation
top 44%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 29%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 8 patents
Tech: 26 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Sentry
Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Bas FranseCo-Founder
#7
Funding Raised · Hattem, Gelderland · founded 2013
$4.2Mraised
▾

Provider of temperature-controlled supply chain services intended to solve the problem of transporting fresh milk over long distances. The company offers to incorporate into an aseptic chilled maritime supply chain for liquid foods in dairy, enabling large dairy companies to efficiently transport fresh milk to parts of the world where milk cannot be sustainably produced.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 45%
Funding
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 36%
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Funding: Raised $4.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 11 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Feb 2018)
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Netherlands
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$3.1M
  • Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$1.1M
Founders & team
Diederik BrasserFounder
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Oost NL
#8
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2019 · 7 employees
$490.1Kraised
▾

Food ingredients processing company

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 40%
Innovation
top 42%
Moat
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 36%
Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Innovation: 8 patents (top 64% of patent-holders) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 1/10 · IP moat: 8 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Donau Soja Organisation) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$490.1K
Founders & team
Carlos CabreraCo-Founder
Investors
Brightlands Venture Partners, BeStart, Plug and Play Tech Center
#9
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$110.7Kraised
▾

Producer of innovative quinoa ingredients intended to be a healthy and sustainable alternative in food production. The company's ingredients include essential proteins, dietary fibers, unsaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals, enabling customers to make tasty and healthy food products in a sustainable way.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%
Product
top 46%
Talent
bottom 45%
Funding
bottom 36%
Global
bottom 36%
Tech
bottom 23%
Innovation: 8 product lines
Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Grant (prize money)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$54.7K
  • May 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
Founders & team
Marc ArtsFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund, Oost NL
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpAstraElementorContact Form 7
#10
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2011
$56.7Kraised
▾

Foodcase International BV is an international travel catering company specializing in ambient and plant-based food concepts for airlines and other travel industries. They focus on creating allergen-free recipes and a dedicated free-from environment for production, using technology to extend shelf life and reduce waste.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 7how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 45%
Tech
bottom 43%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding
bottom 19%
Market
bottom 16%
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Tech: 19 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Security: Http/3
Global: Single-market focus (Netherlands)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Operational assistant
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$56.7K
Founders & team
Wilbert LouwFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
BunnyCookiebotGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGsapHttp/3
#11
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2021
—raised
▾

The company is a pioneer in harnessing the potential of microalgae-derived ingredients to revolutionize the food industry. By engineering a paradigm shift in sauces and other food products, they aim to improve food security and reduce the environmental impact of traditional agriculture.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 43%
Talent
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Funding: 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (May 2024) · Backed by 1 investors; strongest: MassChallenge
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Netherlands
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Ewoud De VoogdProtein Farmer & CEO/Founder
Investors
MassChallenge
#12
Funding Raised · Ede, Gelderland · founded 1911 · 97 employees
—raised
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Provider of animal nutrition products including compound feed, premixes, and concentrates. The company offers nutritional strategies and advice on farm management. It supplies nutritional products for livestock and aquaculture customers. The company focuses on supporting farmers and driving optimal production. It also provides technical training in animal care and health.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 55k LinkedIn followers — 14.7% of this cohort's audience · 79 engagements/post (2.3× cohort median)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. De Heus Partner Hub) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Hendrik Antonie de HeusFounderKoen Heus theCEO
Investors
Gov.cz
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAzureAzure MonitorBootstrap

Funding & investor landscape

$27.8Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
26disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa10 rounds
Oost NL10 rounds
Brightlands Venture Partners2 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
Gilde2 rounds
H2 Equity Partners2 rounds
SHIFT Invest2 rounds
Starthubs2 rounds
Abn Amro1 rounds
Alianza Team1 rounds

Notable founders

Corjan Berg
Co-Founder · revyve
Edgar Garcia
Co-Founder · revyve
Dimitris Karefyllakis
Co-Founder · Time Travelling Milkman
Costas Nikiforidis
Co-Founder · Time Travelling Milkman
Neil Birnie
Co-Founder · Rewilding Europe
Staffan Widstrand
Co-Founder · Rewilding Europe
Niels Janssens
Co-Founder · Spatiali
Bas Franse
Co-Founder · Northern Wonder
Diederik Brasser
Founder · Milkways
Carlos Cabrera
Co-Founder · Greencovery
Marc Arts
Founder & CEO · GreenFood50
Wilbert Louw
Founder & CEO · Foodcase international
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 127,563 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 · Netherlands

How research on Agritech is moving in the Netherlands

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 107 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201920222024
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 35% → 41% across 2019–2024.
top research entities
  • Wageningen University & Research84
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam5
  • Eindhoven University of Technology4
  • Utrecht University4
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam3
leading researchers
Marilena Gemtou · Søren Marcus Pedersen · Ayalew Kassahun · George Papachristos · C.J. Wattel · Spyros Fountas · Bedir Teki̇nerdoğan · Jeffrey D. Michler
▲ Breakthroughs9 · 8%
▲ 0%→4% share
18 median citations56% since 2021mostly methods-led
Agricultural engineering breakthroughs are newly emerging — field-share rose from 0% to 4% across 107 Dutch papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture4
  • Sustainability3
  • Agricultural engineering2
  • Soil carbon2
  • Climate change2
Landmark Application of machine learning to improve dairy farm management: A systematic literature review · 77 cites
◆ Advancements34 · 32%
▲ 0%→44% share
2 median citations76% since 2021mostly empirical
Agriculture advancements intensifying rapidly — papers surged from 1 to 20, driving field-share to 44%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture1→20
  • Food security1→4
Landmark Adoption of climate‐smart agriculture among smallholder farmers: Does farmer entrepreneurship matter? · 155 cites
▼ Concerns45 · 42%
▲ 0%→32% share
9 median citations42% since 2021mostly empirical
Agriculture concerns doubled (8→16 papers) alongside climate change rising 4→7, signaling mounting Dutch agritech risk research.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture8→16
  • Climate change4→7
  • Natural resource economics1→4
  • Environmental resource management1→4
  • Food security3→4
Landmark Building knowledge systems for sustainable agriculture: supporting private advisors to adequately address sustainable fa · 131 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where agritech is researched across Netherlands

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.

Wageningen84 · +0.13
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · SustainabilityOpportunity · Adaptation (eye)Concern · Environmental resource management
Groningen8 · -0.04
Hot · Agriculture
Amsterdam7 · -0.10
Hot · Climate changeOpportunity · Extreme weatherConcern · Environmental resource management

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Gelderland, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 91 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Gelderland, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $27.8M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Gelderland, Netherlands?
revyve is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Gelderland, Netherlands, with $9.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands are funded?
10 of the 91 Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Gelderland, Netherlands?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Gelderland, Netherlands Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Gelderland, Netherlands Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Europa, Oost NL, Brightlands Venture Partners, EIC Fund, Gilde.
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