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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Mississauga, Canada

The 70 best Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SOPerior Fertilizer.

70companies tracked
$19.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × MISSISSAUGA

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.

50companies analysed
81%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2015median founding year
48median Fliar Index™
107kcombined LinkedIn audience
68%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1SOPerior Fertilizer
Near-term SOP fertilizer, alumina, and sulphuric acid producer
$18M72 mo agoPublicAndrew Squires
CEO & President
2011
2AWAKE
Brand of chocolate
50Tech top 28%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding bottom 46%
All 6 signals ▾
Techtop 28%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingbottom 46%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 26%
Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$1M11 mo agoSeries AMatt Schnarr
Founder & Chief Customer Officer (B2B Sales)
2012Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+411 launch
3Furlani Foods
Brand of breads
37 mo agoLate StageJames Kawaja
Co-Owner
1984WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+25
4Coco Bakery
Restaurant serving pastries
58 mo agoSeed2012Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+11
5Essences Bonnie & Don Flavours
Fruits & vegetable processing company
66 mo agoDeadpooledDon Poole
CEO & President
1998
6Second Cup
Chain of coffee cafes
106 mo agoAcquiredFrank O'Dea
Co-Founder
1975Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+30
7Reko Pizzelle
Provider of waffle cookies products
113 mo agoLate Stage1985WordPressMySQLPHP+25
8ACE Bakery
Bakery serving cakes & pastries
Acquired1993WordPressMySQLPHP+22

Top 7 Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga

#1
Series A · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2012 · 14 employees
$1.4Mraised

Brand of chocolate

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 28%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
bottom 46%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 26%
Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A$5.8M
  • Aug 2012Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Matt SchnarrFounder & Chief Customer Officer (B2B Sales)Adam DeremoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Btomorrow Ventures, BDC, BrandProject
Tech stack
AosApple PayCart FunctionalityCivicthemeCloudflareCore-Js
#2
Public · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2011 · 4 employees
$18.3Mraised

Near-term SOP fertilizer, alumina, and sulphuric acid producer, focused on surface mining and processing alunite to yield alumina, SOP, and sulphuric acid. The company aims to be a low-cost producer by extracting three valuable commodities from a single ore stream. The project site benefits from excellent rail access to key markets. They are pursuing a Joint Venture to finance and construct a first-phase production facility. The company utilizes primary production methods to directly extract SOP from mineral ores, potentially yielding by-products for additional revenue. This approach contrasts with the more common and expensive Mannheim Process. The company operates in a mining-friendly jurisdiction with established infrastructure, focusing on low-risk surface mining with a known permitting process.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Post IPO
  • Jun 2018Post IPO$598.2K
  • Nov 2017Post IPO$2.3M
  • Oct 2017Post IPO$1.4M
Founders & team
Andrew SquiresCEO & President
Investors
Flow Capital, Pinetree Capital, Western Potash, Sprott Asset Management
#3
Late Stage · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 1984 · 259 employees
raised

Brand of breads

Funding rounds
  • May 2023PE
Founders & team
James KawajaCo-Owner
Investors
e2p
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCore-JsFacebook PixelGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#4
Seed · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2012 · 26 employees
raised

Restaurant serving pastries

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Financial Controller
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed
Investors
Bond Bakery Brands
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsHstsModernizrOpen Graph
#5
Deadpooled · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 1998
raised

Fruits & vegetable processing company

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020PE
Founders & team
Don PooleCEO & President
Investors
Riverside
#6
Acquired · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 1975 · 1153 employees
raised

Chain of coffee cafes

Founders & team
Frank O'DeaCo-FounderTom CulliganCo-FounderSteven PeltonCEO
Investors
Serruya Private Equity, Stifel
Tech stack
AngularApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailApple Sign-InBootstrapCart Functionality
#7
Late Stage · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 1985 · 26 employees
raised

Reko Pizzelle is an authentic Italian style waffle cookie company that offers a variety of flavors, including pumpkin spice and lemon. Their delicious waffle cookies are baked in a peanut-free environment and are perfect for indulging without regrets. Celebrate every moment with Reko Pizzelle waffle cookie recipes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017PE
Investors
Riverside
Tech stack
Animate.CssAosAudioeyeBackbone.JsBootstrapBunny

Funding & investor landscape

$19.7Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Riverside2 rounds
Argosy Partners1 rounds
BDC1 rounds
Birch Hill Equity Partners1 rounds
Bond Bakery Brands1 rounds
BrandProject1 rounds
Btomorrow Ventures1 rounds
Colfax Creek1 rounds
Flow Capital1 rounds
IVEST1 rounds

Notable founders

Matt Schnarr
Founder & Chief Customer Officer (B2B Sales) · AWAKE
Adam Deremo
Co-Founder & CEO · AWAKE
Andrew Squires
CEO & President · SOPerior Fertilizer
James Kawaja
Co-Owner · Furlani Foods
Don Poole
CEO & President · Essences Bonnie & Don Flavours
Frank O'Dea
Co-Founder · Second Cup
Tom Culligan
Co-Founder · Second Cup
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 283,921 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 · Canada

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.

research sentiment over time
201820232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 47% → 40% across 2018–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Guelph13
  • University of Saskatchewan8
  • University of British Columbia8
  • University of Alberta8
  • University of Prince Edward Island8
leading researchers
Alben Cardenas · Aisha Syed · W. Sean Kennedy · German Monsalve · Jeffrey D. Michler · Emilia Tjernström · Simone Verkaart · Kai Mausch
Breakthroughs11 · 10%
▲ 0%→12% share
7 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→12% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture6
  • Robot3
  • Internet of Things2
  • Real-time computing2
  • Big data1
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→5
Landmark Data Management and Integration of Low Power Consumption Embedded Devices IoT for Transforming Smart Agriculture into Ac · 58 cites
Advancements36 · 34%
▲ 0%→37% share
3 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→37% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture22
  • Internet of Things5
  • Greenhouse gas4
  • Agricultural science4
  • Ecology3
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→19 · Internet of Things 0→5
Landmark Energy Efficiency Optimization in SWIPT Enabled WSNs for Smart Agriculture · 85 cites
Concerns36 · 34%
▲ 0%→32% share
6 median citations67% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→32% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture4→14
Landmark Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Requirements, and Challenges · 577 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

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.

Edmonton/Calgary10 · -0.06
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Diversity (politics)
Vancouver8 · +0.16
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Embedded system
Ottawa/Kingston8 · +0.57
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Reinforcement learning
Montreal7 · +0.14
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Agricultural economics
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

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.

3 filings1 assigneespeak 2/yr2020–2022
filing momentum (YoY 2020–2022)
top patent filers
  • Intel3

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Mississauga, Canada?
Radar tracks 70 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Mississauga, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada on this list have raised a combined $19.7M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Mississauga, Canada?
SOPerior Fertilizer is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Mississauga, Canada, with $18.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada are funded?
2 of the 70 Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Mississauga, Canada?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Mississauga, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Mississauga, Canada Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Mississauga, Canada Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Riverside, Argosy Partners, BDC, Birch Hill Equity Partners, Bond Bakery Brands.
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