Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Malaysia
The 248 best Food and Agriculture companies in Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ZUS Coffee.
The 248 Food and Agriculture companies tracked in Malaysia here are ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, giving you a clear view of where capital is actually moving in this sector. Total disclosed funding across the directory sits at $116M, which sounds substantial until you clock how concentrated it is: ZUS Coffee alone accounts for $57M of that pool, more than 49% of everything tracked. The rest of the field is working with far thinner rounds. Koppiku raised $2M, GoodMorning $4M, and several names are operating on sub-$1M tickets.
Malaysia's food and agriculture market is expanding at a CAGR of roughly 5.5%, driven by economic development tailwinds and growing demand for precision inputs that monitor soil conditions. Median app install growth across 504 food and agtech platforms is running at about 20% year-on-year, which tells you digital adoption inside the sector is real even if headline funding coverage has flattened. Hot themes right now are food waste composting, food rescue, and agricultural extension outreach, and as food and agriculture investing practices show, patient capital in these areas tends to reward operators with defensible local supply chains. I'd watch GoodMorning and Koppiku closely as the mid-tier bets worth tracking. No unicorns yet. So the upside story, if there is one, is still being written.
- prnewswire.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 Malaysia
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 899 Groups Provider of agricultural solutions and farming practices | — | — | — | Siew William Founder | — | — | — |
| 2 | A&W Operator of a franchised restaurant chain serving American-style food | — | — | — | Roy Allen Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 1M | — |
| 3 | Accom Click Provider of web-based hospitality management solutions | — | — | 5 | Hazlina Hamid Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 4 | Acumen Scientific Provider of analytical testing and consultancy services intended for the environment, chemistry, microbiology… | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | advanced packaging technology Advanced Packaging Technology is a flexible packaging materials manufacturing and distributing company. | — | — | 96 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 50M | 2 job openings |
| 6 | Agricore Distributor of essential and functional food ingredients | — | — | — | Oon Boon Khong Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 10M | — |
| 7 | AHMART Internet first brand of frozen foods | — | — | — | Rohan Rahman CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | AIC Ingredients Manufacturer of customized food ingredients with flexible production capabilities and Halal certification | — | — | — | Yc Choong Founder & Managing Director | Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETIIS+4 | Top 50M | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Malaysia
#1
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2019$57.3Mraised▾
Provider of specialty coffee via a tech-driven platform. It offers high-quality coffee at affordable prices, emphasizing control over the entire process from bean to cup. The company utilizes a mobile application for ordering and delivery, streamlining the customer experience with pickup and delivery options. The focus is on convenient access to specialty coffee, removing traditional overhead costs to maintain affordability.
- Sep 2024Series A$57.3M
- Mar 2023Seed—
#2
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017 · 24 employees$753Kraised▾
Chain of ice-cream parlors
- May 2025Series A—
- Jan 2021Seed$753K
#3
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2024$1Mraised▾
Provider of fresh, fruit and vegetable-based juices. The company sources ingredients from local farmers and handcrafts its juices daily. Products are designed to be nutritious and provide essential vitamins. The business operates through multiple retail locations and offers an app for ordering and rewards.
- Jan 2025Seed$1M
#4
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2023$2.5Mraised▾
Internet first brand of ready to drink coffee
- Mar 2024Seed$2.5M
- Aug 2023Seed—
#5
Series A · Shah Alam, Selangor · founded 2008$4.4Mraised▾
GoodMorning Global is a nutrition drink brand. Their products include astro go, vhalia, vmeal, vrains, vgold, vplus in different flavors such as ginger, sweet potato, blueberry, lutein etc. The brands are sold through their online platform, independent grocers and organized retailers in Malaysia
- Jul 2023Series A$4.4M
#6
Seed · Simpang Ampat, Penang · founded 2018$567.8Kraised▾
Provider of compostable items from agricultural waste. It provides compostable food packaging alternatives including chopsticks, scoop, cutleries, plate, rice straw, meal packagings, cups, and more.
- Feb 2024Seed$567.8K
#7
Late Stage · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 1997 · 415 employees$30.7Mraised▾
Operator of a chain of restaurants based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The company offers a wide range of cakes and pastries, fusion food and dining services for all meals, enabling customers to get quality gourmet food items..
#8
Late Stage · Shah Alam, Selangor · founded 1987 · 50 employees$13.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer and retailer of baking ingredients, premixes, accessories, and tools
#9
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2008$436Kraised▾
Provider of wood plantation, research, development, and other services
#10
Deadpooled · Pasir Gudang, Johor · founded 1981$3.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer and brand of extruded snacks
#11
Deadpooled · Seri Kembangan, Selangor · founded 2016$1.5Mraised▾
Fruiti King is a brand of ice cream. They claim that there is no colouring, no preservative, no fragrance in their products and their products are 100% real fruit pulp. Their ice cream products include bars, scoops and cups. They sell their products through online stores.
- Oct 2016Seed$1.2M
- 2016Seed$357.2K
#12
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2023—raised▾
Seafood Watch is a global leader in the sustainable seafood movement, providing science-based seafood recommendations to businesses, chefs, and consumers.
- Feb 2024Seed—
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 Malaysia
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 130 Malaysia-affiliated papers.
- Universiti Putra Malaysia19
- National University of Malaysia13
- Multimedia University13
- Universiti Teknologi MARA13
- University of Technology Malaysia10
- Agriculture7
- Agricultural engineering3
- Artificial neural network2
- Particle swarm optimization1
- Path loss1
- Agriculture44
- Internet of Things16
- Field (mathematics)11
- Robot11
- Agricultural engineering10
- Agriculture2→15
Where agritech is researched across Malaysia
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
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