Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Kenya
The 76 best Food and Agriculture companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Victory Farms.
- prnewswire.com
- openpr.com
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 Kenya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victory Farms Producer of fresh tilapia sold through owned branches and other outlets | $40M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Joseph Rehmann Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — |
| 2 | Grain Bulk Handlers Bulk shipment logistics for grains in African continent | $15M | 232 mo ago | Series B | — | 2000 | — | — |
| 3 | Farm Works Provider of crop research and training services | $6M | 14 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 4 | Western Seed Company Breeding technology research and supply of hybrid maize seeds | $5M | 161 mo ago | Early Stage | Saleem Esmail CEO | 1986 | Cart FunctionalityZohoGoogle Maps+11 | — |
| 5 | Sidai Manufactures and markets livestock feed and crop inputs products | $5M | 86 mo ago | Seed | Christie Peacock Founder & Chairman | 2011 | JoomlaPHPHelix Ultimate+9 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 6 | Big Square Limited service restaurants | $4M | 100 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 7 | African Originals Internet first brand offering alcoholic beverages | $2M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Alex Schneider Founder | 2017 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+40 | — |
| 8 | Stable Foods Provider of climate-smart smallholder food production systems | $600K | 43 mo ago | Seed | Andrew Massaro Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | — | — |
| 9 | African Coffee Roasters Provides coffee roasting facilities | $540K | 132 mo ago | Seed | Jeroen T CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 10 | Shamba Records Provider of agricultural solutions | $135K | 27 mo ago | Seed | George Maina Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | Node.jsGoogle MapsReact+10 | 1 award |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Kenya
#1
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015 · 600 employees$40Mraised▾
Producer of fresh tilapia sold through owned branches and other outlets. The company is a vertically integrated tilapia producer, selling to market vendors. These vendors prepare the fish for consumers. The company is committed to sustainable practices. It supports local communities through landowner programs and donations. The company also provides employment opportunities.
#2
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 39 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Provider of crop research and training services
#3
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 55 employees$2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of beverage products intended to make authentic craft beverages. The company's platform produces drinks made from real fruits, vegetables, and teas, along with providing a range of alcoholic ciders and non-alcoholic iced teas whose flavors are inspired by local ingredients, enabling consumers to get a range of drinkables that are healthier alternatives to confectionery and crisps.
#4
Series B · Mombasa, Mombasa County · founded 2000$15Mraised▾
Bulk shipment logistics for grains in African continent
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 120 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Operator of a vertically-integrated company intended to supply livestock and crop inputs and training to farmers and pastoralists across Kenya. The company operates through a network of branded, professionally-staffed, company-managed, and franchised retail outlets, stockists, and field staff, enabling small-scale farmers and pastoralists to produce food in a predictable and profitable way
#6
Early Stage · Kitale, Trans Nzoia County · founded 1986 · 58 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Producer of hybrid maize seeds and bean seeds intended to offer end-to-end seed maize research, breeding, and distribution program. The company's seed technology addresses the problem of low yields by producing high-quality seeds like hybrid maize, sunflower, and beans to improve productivity, enabling farmers to successfully grow their agribusiness.
#7
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 500 employees$4Mraised▾
Limited service restaurants
#8
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021$600Kraised▾
Provider of climate-smart smallholder food production systems
#9
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 5 employees$135Kraised▾
Provider of agricultural solutions. They offer wide range of services such as farmer medical insurance,farmer management platform,geo mapping,remote extension services and much more.
- Mar 2024Seed$135K
#10
Seed · Machakos, Machakos County · founded 2015 · 38 employees$539.8Kraised▾
Supplier and wholesaler of coffee products intended to export roasted African coffee products. The company offers whole beans, grounded, and capsule coffee through a white label or private label, and also provides retail coffee products, enabling businesses to buy shelf-ready coffee products.
#11
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 1972—raised▾
Vertically integrated company focused on macadamia & cashew nuts
#12
Funding Raised · Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County · founded 2002—raised▾
Supplier of crop products
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 Kenya
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 224 Kenya-affiliated papers.
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture40
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center25
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics24
- University of Nairobi21
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture19
- Agriculture3
- Environmental resource management3
- Context (archaeology)2
- Environmental planning2
- Climate change2
- Agriculture20→45
- Climate change2→17
- Livelihood1→11
- Food security7→10
- Tanzania1→4
- Agriculture14→39
- Climate change2→10
- Food security6→10
- Natural resource economics1→4
- Agroforestry1→4
Where agritech is researched across Kenya
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.
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.