Radar · Food and Agriculture in Netherlands
Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Netherlands
The 1001 best Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ahold Delhaize.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
1001companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
67have raised
Tracking the best Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands by disclosed equity funding, this directory cuts through 1,001 tracked companies to show you exactly where capital is concentrating. Total disclosed funding lands at $1.3B across the sector, with no unicorns yet but a clear tier of frontrunners: Organto leads at $33M raised, The Protein Brewery close behind at $30M, and revyve at $9M. Wakuli, Time Travelling Milkman, and Cano-ela round out the top names. Investors like Rabo Investments, Triodos Investment Management, and Oost NL are the repeat backers worth watching.
So what's the actual momentum signal here? Across 504 food, foodtech, and agriculture apps, median install growth is running at roughly +20% year-on-year, which tells you digital engagement with the sector isn't slowing. The hot themes right now are agricultural extension outreach, agribusiness education, and youth agriculture programs, a shift toward building the sector's human infrastructure rather than just its supply chains. I'd flag that as meaningful: when knowledge-transfer themes heat up alongside capital deployment, the pipeline tends to broaden. As key practices for food and agriculture investing makes clear, patient capital and sector literacy tend to travel together. Coverage is flat, but the underlying activity isn't.
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FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × NETHERLANDS
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™
801kcombined LinkedIn audience
67%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahold Delhaize Food retailer 62Tech top 23%News top 25%Funding top 28%Product top 35% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 23% Newstop 25% Fundingtop 28% Producttop 35% Growthtop 38% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 47% Markettop 49% Innovationbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Moatbottom 38% Tech: 65 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Akamai, Azure News: 54 BI events in 12 mo (of 351 tracked, 14 types) · +170% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $684M | 55 mo ago | Public | 102 | Frans Muller President & Chief Executive Officer | 54 signals ▲170% Announcements · Leadership · Earnings | — | 1 award |
| 2 | Strauss Coffee Brand of coffee 55Global top 25%Market top 31%Funding top 34%Moat top 38% All 10 signals ▾Globaltop 25% Markettop 31% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 38% Growthtop 45% Techtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 38% Innovationbottom 25% Newsbottom 22% Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Patents filed in 3 jurisdictions Market: 7,500 employees (top 4% of Food and Agriculture) · Top-50,000,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $293M | 217 mo ago | Late Stage | 7,500 | Zion Balas CEO | — | 6 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 3 | IMCD Group Distributors of speciality chemicals and food ingredients 67Funding top 33%Fin. health top 37%Market top 40%Growth top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Fin. healthtop 37% Markettop 40% Growthtop 42% Newstop 42% Talentbottom 48% Globalbottom 46% Techbottom 44% Funding: Raised $94.9M · 2 rounds over 11 yrs (0.2/yr) Fin. health: Revenue ~$27.0M (FY2022) · Net margin 14.6% rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $95M | 69 mo ago | Public | 4,549 | Piet Slikke CEO | 5 signals ▼29% M&A · Leadership | — | 1 launch · 2 expansions |
| 4 | Organto Brand of fruits & vegetables 48Funding top 20%Partners top 35%News top 36%Talent top 36% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Partnerstop 35% Newstop 36% Talenttop 36% Growthtop 40% Marketbottom 36% Techbottom 34% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $33.1M across 23 rounds · 23 rounds over 17 yrs (1.4/yr) Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo) · 2 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $33M | 10 mo ago | Public | 40 | Peter L Gianulis CFO | 51 signals Earnings · Leadership · Funding | — | — |
| 5 | The Protein Brewery Beer processing company 78Innovation top 17%Patents top 20%Funding top 26%Growth top 30% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 17% Patentstop 20% Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 30% Talenttop 38% Moattop 45% Newstop 50% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 38% Innovation: 50 patents (top 24% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 Patents: 50 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $30M | 8 mo ago | Series B | 38 | Wim Laat Founder & CEO | 3 signals ▲50% Funding | 50 patents Efficient production and granulation of fungal protein for sustainable food ingredients | — |
| 6 | Tony's Chocolonely Brand of chocolates 57Tech top 30%Funding top 38%Growth top 45%Market top 46% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 30% Fundingtop 38% Growthtop 45% Markettop 46% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Tech: 38 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $21.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 6 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $22M | 26 mo ago | Series B | 252 | Henk Beltman CEO | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 7 | GreenPro International Distributor of plant based food products 16Funding bottom 49%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36%Market bottom 24% All 4 signals ▾Fundingbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 24% Funding: Raised $12.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 8 yrs (0.1/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $12M | 95 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Dirk Holzapfel Chief Executive Officer I Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 8 | Phycom Producer of algae-based sustainable ingredients for animal and human consumption 42Growth top 30%Funding top 42%Innovation top 43%Product top 46% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Fundingtop 42% Innovationtop 43% Producttop 46% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 30% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Funding: Raised $11.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $12M | 28 mo ago | Series A | 21 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | revyve Provider of food processing services 53Growth top 20%News top 26%Talent top 28%Funding top 33% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Newstop 26% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 33% Techbottom 38% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 21% 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 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $9M | 8 mo ago | Series B | 12 | Corjan Berg Co-Founder | 6 signals Funding · Capital raise | — | — |
| 10 | Rewilding Europe Provider of wildlife and forest management services 53Talent top 38%Tech top 39%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 46% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 46% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $9M | 29 mo ago | Funding Raised | 80 | Neil Birnie Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 11 | Natur Cold pressed juice brand 29Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 46%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $7.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 7 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $7M | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Tabe Ydo Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 12 | Timberhub Provider of timber business services 22Funding top 45%Tech top 47%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 38% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 45% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 21% Funding: Raised $7.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 22 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $7M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Dimitris Pagkratis Co-Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | Marqt Manufacturer & distributors of food & breweries to stores & restaurants 50Growth top 30%Market top 47%Funding bottom 48%Tech bottom 41% All 5 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Markettop 47% Fundingbottom 48% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Market: 700 employees (top 17% of Food and Agriculture) · Top-10,000,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $6M | 109 mo ago | Series B | 700 | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Wakuli Internet-first brand offering coffee 64Tech top 23%Funding top 35%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 23% Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Newstop 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $5.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $6M | 6 mo ago | Series A | 36 | Lukas Grosfeld Co-Founder | 3 signals Funding | — | — |
| 15 | GADCO Producer and supplier of cereals and protein foods 27Global bottom 48%Funding bottom 36% All 2 signals ▾Globalbottom 48% Fundingbottom 36% Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond Netherlands Funding: Raised $5.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 14 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $5M | 169 mo ago | Deadpooled | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Milkways Milk processing company 27Talent bottom 45%Funding bottom 41%Global bottom 36% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 1 named leader on record Funding: Raised $4.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 11 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $4M | 99 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Diederik Brasser Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | AHC Producer and supplier of animal feed and nutritional products 7Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 36%Tech bottom 32%Global bottom 29% All 5 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 36% Techbottom 32% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 16% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $3.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $4M | 50 mo ago | Series A | — | Martijn Adorf CEO / shareholder | — | — | — |
| 18 | Smith & Sinclair Brand of alcoholic cocktail gummies and confectionery 42Tech top 37%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 45% All 5 signals ▾Techtop 37% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Fundingbottom 34% Tech: 40 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $3M | 92 mo ago | Series A | — | Leontine Wegewijs Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 19 | Johnny Cashew Brand of cashew nuts 27Growth top 45%Talent bottom 45%Funding bottom 36%Tech bottom 27% All 5 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 36% Techbottom 27% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $2M | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Roel Van De Weijer Co-founder | — | — | 2 launchs · 2 expansions |
| 20 | Karma Kebab Chain of limited service restaurant 27Talent top 38%Tech top 40%Funding bottom 36%Growth bottom 35% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Techtop 40% Fundingbottom 36% Growthbottom 35% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 30% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 35 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $2M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 21 | Hidde Stolwijk Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 21 | Willicroft Brand of cheese sauces 8Global bottom 38%Funding bottom 31%Market bottom 28%News bottom 22% All 4 signals ▾Globalbottom 38% Fundingbottom 31% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 22% Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond Netherlands Funding: Raised $2.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 8/100 | $2M | 49 mo ago | Seed | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Africa Juice Producer and exporter of tropical fruit juices 62Market top 29%Talent bottom 45%Funding bottom 40%Global bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Markettop 29% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Market: 2,000 employees (top 10% of Food and Agriculture) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $2M | 152 mo ago | Late Stage | 2,000 | Harry Van Neer CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | Next Generation Sensors Provider of food safety & testing services 9Talent top 45%Funding bottom 44%Global bottom 36%Tech bottom 22% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 45% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 22% Marketbottom 18% Talent: 2 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $1.9M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 9/100 | $2M | 50 mo ago | Funding Raised | 9 | Sarfaraz Syed Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Cano-ela Provider of plant-based food ingredients 6Funding top 49%Global bottom 29%Market bottom 19% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 19% Funding: Raised $1.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Global: Single-market focus (Netherlands) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 6/100 | $2M | 15 mo ago | Seed | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Nedspice Fruits & vegetable processing company 53Product top 18%Innovation top 20%Growth top 45%Fin. health bottom 48% All 9 signals ▾Producttop 18% Innovationtop 20% Growthtop 45% Fin. healthbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 39% Techbottom 36% Globalbottom 29% Product: 7 distinct product lines Innovation: 7 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $2M | 147 mo ago | Late Stage | 143 143 → 239 (+67%) | Gulshan John Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 26 | Time Travelling Milkman Provider of food processing services 27Talent top 28%Patents top 41%News top 44%Innovation top 47% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Patentstop 41% Newstop 44% Innovationtop 47% Fundingtop 47% Moatbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Techbottom 37% Marketbottom 13% 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 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Dimitris Karefyllakis Co-Founder | — | 7 patents Sunflower oleosome-based plant dairy ingredients and drying processes | — |
| 27 | Pure Goat Company Internet first brand of goat milk 21Tech top 44%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 33% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 44% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 33% Fundingbottom 27% Marketbottom 17% Tech: 35 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $1M | 52 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Frank Dekker CEO & Founder | — | — | — |
| 28 | Mama's Maaltijden Restaurant serving multiple topics 19Talent top 28%Growth bottom 48%Funding bottom 36%Tech bottom 29% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthbottom 48% Fundingbottom 36% Techbottom 29% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 18% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $1M | 36 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Rick Hageman Co-Founder | — | — | 1 internship |
| 29 | Northern Wonder Internet-first brand offering substitutes for coffee 19Moat top 38%Tech top 41%Patents top 43%Innovation top 44% All 9 signals ▾Moattop 38% Techtop 41% Patentstop 43% Innovationtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 29% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 17% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 8 patents Tech: 26 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $1M | 41 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Bas Franse Co-Founder | — | 8 patents Formulating dry coffee substitute powders and bean analogues for beverage applications. | — |
| 30 | Original Beans Internet-first brand offering coffee 37Tech top 42%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 25% All 5 signals ▾Techtop 42% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 25% Fundingbottom 20% Tech: 42 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $1M | 206 mo ago | Seed | — | Philipp Kauffmann Founder & Chairman | — | — | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 31 | IJsbaart Brand of ice cream 27Talent top 39%Funding bottom 32%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 39% Fundingbottom 32% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $812k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $812K | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | Stefan Wijdenes Co-Founder & Co-Owner | — | — | 2 expansions |
| 32 | Watson Brand of plant-based cheese 11Talent top 38%Market bottom 26%Global bottom 25%Funding bottom 24% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 26% Globalbottom 25% Fundingbottom 24% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Market: 16 employees rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $796K | 53 mo ago | Seed | 16 | Aleid Koopal Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 33 | Van Iperen International Producer of fertilizers and biostimulants offering a wide range of products for fertigation and foliar… 45Innovation top 20%Tech top 43%Growth top 45%Product top 46% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Techtop 43% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Globalbottom 30% Marketbottom 28% Fundingbottom 24% Innovation: 7 product lines Tech: 37 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $767K | 83 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Mabel Empowering women's wellbeing through functional mushrooms and microdosing 50Growth top 35%Tech top 49%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 22 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $625K | 17 mo ago | Seed | — | Pernille Brostrup Founder | — | — | — |
| 35 | Lazy Vegan Brand of healthy snacks 27Innovation top 20%Product top 43%Tech bottom 45%Talent bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Producttop 43% Techbottom 45% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 29% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 14% Innovation: 4 product lines Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Seed rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $532K | 41 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Bas Dijkstra Co-Founder & Chief Growth | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 36 | Greencovery Food ingredients processing company 21Patents top 40%Innovation top 42%Moat bottom 49%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Patentstop 40% Innovationtop 42% Moatbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 14% Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Innovation: 8 patents (top 64% of patent-holders) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $490K | 43 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Carlos Cabrera Co-Founder | — | 8 patents Solid-phase extraction and acid recovery technologies for bio‑chemical production | — |
| 37 | The Ketchup Project Internet first brand offering sauces 11Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 32%Global bottom 29% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 32% Globalbottom 29% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $475k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $475K | 47 mo ago | Seed | — | Anne Janssens Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 38 | Spatiali Provider of geospatial intelligence soil generation services 24Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 38%Global bottom 29% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 38% Globalbottom 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) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $370K | 18 mo ago | Seed | — | Niels Janssens Co-Founder | — | — | 2 launchs |
| 39 | Aquaculture Stewardship Council Provider of seafood farming and promoting sustainable practices in aquaculture 32Tech top 37%Innovation top 40%Growth top 45%Product bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 37% Innovationtop 40% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 41% Fin. healthbottom 38% Marketbottom 23% Fundingbottom 20% Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Devops: Nginx Innovation: 3 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $265K | 123 mo ago | Funding Raised | 19 | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 40 | HortiQ Fruits & vegetables processing company 14Global bottom 36%Funding bottom 34% All 2 signals ▾Globalbottom 36% Fundingbottom 34% Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Netherlands Funding: Raised $194k · 2 rounds over 17 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $194K | 204 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | GreenFood50 Flour processing company 22Innovation top 20%Product top 46%Talent bottom 45%Funding bottom 36% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 23% Marketbottom 12% Innovation: 8 product lines Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Grant (prize money) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $111K | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | 6 | Marc Arts Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 launch |
| 42 | Biota Nutri Manufacturer & supplier of organic fertilizers 37Growth top 30%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 41%Funding bottom 40% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 41% Fundingbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $110K | 74 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Peter Klein Founder & Owner | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands
#1
Public · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2007 · 40 employees$33.1Mraised▾
Public · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2007 · 40 employees
Brand of fruits & vegetables
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%Partners
top 35%News
top 36%Talent
top 36%Growth
top 40%Market
bottom 36%Funding: Raised $33.1M across 23 rounds · 23 rounds over 17 yrs (1.4/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jul 2025)
Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo) · 2 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 2 deals
News: 51 BI events in 12 mo (of 155 tracked, 10 types) · +9% YoY · 12 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Post IPO$5.8M
- Jun 2025Post IPO$735.2K
- Apr 2025Post IPO$3.8M
- Apr 2024Post IPO$417.8K
Founders & team
Tech stack
Core-JsDiviGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGravity FormsJquery
#2
Series B · Breda, North Brabant · founded 2010 · 38 employees$30.3Mraised▾
Series B · Breda, North Brabant · founded 2010 · 38 employees
Beer processing company
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 17%Patents
top 20%Funding
top 26%Growth
top 30%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 45%Innovation: 50 patents (top 24% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21
Patents: 50 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding: Raised $30.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 16k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series B$35.3M
- Nov 2020Series A$25.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Unovis Asset Management, Novo Holdings, Roquette, Invest-NL, BOM, ScaleUpNation
#3
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 36 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 36 employees
Internet-first brand offering coffee
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 23%Funding
top 35%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%News
top 39%Moat
bottom 38%Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Funding: Raised $5.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$5.8M
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt—
- Apr 2024Conventional Debt$802K
- Apr 2024Series A$5.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Rubio impact Ventures, Abn Amro, Rabobank, Icecat, ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund, ECBF
Tech stack
Apple PayBackbone.JsBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#4
Series B · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2019 · 12 employees$9.3Mraised▾
Series B · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2019 · 12 employees
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
Investors
Cosun, Oost NL, Innovation Industries, SHIFT Invest, Invest-NL, Grey Silo Ventures
Tech stack
DreamhostGoogle AnalyticsGsapHstsJqueryLenis
#5
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 7 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 7 employees
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
Investors
Alianza Team, Oost NL, SHIFT Invest, Oterap B.V., Sparkalis, Evercurious VC
Tech stack
Animate.CssContact Form 7Google AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGsapHttp/3
#6
Seed · Ede, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 5 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Seed · Ede, Gelderland · founded 2020 · 5 employees
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
#7
Public · Zaandam, North Holland · founded 2016 · 102 employees$684Mraised▾
Public · Zaandam, North Holland · founded 2016 · 102 employees
Ahold Delhaize is a food retailer. They offer products through a wide range of formats such as supermarkets, convenience stores, online delivery, pick-up points, hypermarkets, specialty stores, and gasoline stations. The company operates in 5 countries such as the United States, Belgium, Netherlands, Central & Southeastern and Europe. It owns brands such as Food Lion, Giant Martins, Hannaford, Stop & Shop, Albert and more. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $91.42B and a net profit of $2.68B.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 23%News
top 25%Funding
top 28%Product
top 35%Growth
top 38%Talent
top 38%Tech: 65 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Akamai, Azure · Devops: Nginx
News: 54 BI events in 12 mo (of 351 tracked, 14 types) · +170% YoY · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $684M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 7 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Nov 2021)
Audience (LinkedIn): 187k LinkedIn followers — 23.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021Post IPO—
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$684M
Founders & team
Investors
Elliott Management, 27th Street Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAxiosAzureAzure Front DoorBootstrapCloudflare
#8
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2005 · 252 employees$21.9Mraised▾
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2005 · 252 employees
Brand of chocolates. They sell their chocolates in their own stores. The company invests in long-term partnerships with farmer cooperatives and helps them professionalize.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 30%Funding
top 38%Growth
top 45%Market
top 46%Moat
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Tech: 38 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Observability: Sentry
Funding: Raised $21.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 6 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Angel (Apr 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 210k LinkedIn followers — 26.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Apr 2024Angel—
- Jun 2023Series B$21.9M
- Feb 2020PE—
Founders & team
Investors
JamJar Investments, Verlinvest, Rabo Investments
Tech stack
American ExpressApple Icloud MailAudiohookAzureCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#9
Seed · Limmel, Limburg · founded 2023$625.4Kraised▾
Seed · Limmel, Limburg · founded 2023
Empowering women's wellbeing through functional mushrooms and microdosing. This company offers a range of products designed to support mental and physical health. Their offerings include functional mushroom syrups for enhanced energy and sleep, and a mindful microdosing program incorporating psilocybin truffles and a guided app. The program aims to promote calm, clarity, and joy, helping women manage stress, burnout, and other challenges. The company also provides educational resources and expert insights into the benefits of mushrooms for overall wellbeing.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Tech
top 49%Talent
bottom 49%Funding
bottom 37%Global
bottom 25%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 22 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 858 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Dec 2024Seed$625.4K
Founders & team
Tech stack
BunnyBunny FontsCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#10
Series A · Veenendaal, Utrecht · founded 2009 · 21 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Series A · Veenendaal, Utrecht · founded 2009 · 21 employees
Producer of algae-based sustainable ingredients for animal and human consumption. It is convolved in the development of nutritional products that help in the enrichment of human food. It offers algae-based animal feed, that helps in improving the animal immune system.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 30%Funding
top 42%Innovation
top 43%Product
top 46%Tech
bottom 41%Global
bottom 36%Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY
Funding: Raised $11.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2024)
Innovation: 2 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024Series A$1.9M
- Sep 2023Series A$9.7M
Investors
Corbion, phase2.earth, Invest-NL, Invest International, ROM Utrecht Region, Dun & Bradstreet
Tech stack
CookiebotCore-JsElementorFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#11
Funding Raised · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2011 · 80 employees$8.7Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2011 · 80 employees
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 — 11.7% of this cohort's audience
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
Investors
Europa, Arcadia Fund
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianz
#12
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020$369.6Kraised▾
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020
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
Investors
UNIIQ
Funding & investor landscape
$1.3Btotal disclosed funding
44companies funded
86disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Peter L Gianulis
CFO · Organto
Wim Laat
Founder & CEO · The Protein Brewery
Sue Garfitt
Chief Executive Officer · The Protein Brewery
Lukas Grosfeld
Co-Founder · Wakuli
Yorick Bruins
Co-Founder · Wakuli
Corjan Berg
Co-Founder · revyve
Edgar Garcia
Co-Founder · revyve
Dimitris Karefyllakis
Co-Founder · Time Travelling Milkman
Costas Nikiforidis
Co-Founder · Time Travelling Milkman
Frans Muller
President & Chief Executive Officer · Ahold Delhaize
Henk Beltman
CEO · Tony's Chocolonely
Pernille Brostrup
Founder · Mabel
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 2 rising sub-topics.
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
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Advancements34 · 32%
▲ 0%→44% share
2 median citations76% since 2021mostly empirical
Agriculture advancements are intensifying — 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
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Concerns45 · 42%
▲ 0%→32% share
9 median citations42% since 2021mostly empirical
Agriculture concern papers doubled from 8 to 16, with climate change and natural resource economics also rising sharply.
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
Groningen8 · -0.04
Amsterdam7 · -0.10
Common questions
How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Netherlands?
Radar tracks 1001 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $1.3B in disclosed equity funding across 44 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Netherlands?
Ahold Delhaize is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Netherlands, with $684M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands are funded?
44 of the 1001 Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Netherlands?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Netherlands Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Netherlands Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Europa, Oost NL, Rabo Investments, Triodos Investment Management, BOM.
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