Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Nova Scotia, Canada
The 44 best Food and Agriculture companies in Nova Scotia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Outcast Foods.
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.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Nova Scotia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outcast Foods Limited information available | $12M | 65 mo ago | Series A | T Galiardi Co-Founder & CMO | 2017 | — | 3 patents On-site bioconversion of plant-based food waste into value-added ingredients | — |
| 2 | Cove Drinks Brand of soda and fresh juices 19Talent top 38%Funding top 43%Global bottom 29%Market bottom 19% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 43% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 19% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $3.9M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $4M | 17 mo ago | Series A | Ryan Maclellan Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Freshr Provider of product life cycle management solutions for meat processors 8Funding bottom 49%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 37%Tech bottom 27% All 5 signals ▾Fundingbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 27% Marketbottom 18% Funding: Raised $3.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 8/100 | $3M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Mina Mekhail Founder & CEO | 2017 | BootstrapAzureGoogle Font API+4 | — | — |
| 4 | Eden Valley Poultry Provider of poultry products processing services | $2M | 35 mo ago | Funding Raised | Werner Barnard President & Chief Executive Officer | 2008 | Apache HTTP ServerjQueryGoogle Analytics | — | — |
| 5 | VIVEAU Brand of sparkling mineral water | $2M | 52 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Katchi Technologies Provider of fish harvesting services | $500K | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | Marc DEntremont Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Benjamin Bridge Distributors of alcoholic beverages | $338K | 141 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2007 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+32 | — | — |
| 8 | Reazent Developer of organic alternatives to agrochemicals for sustainable agriculture practices | $250K | 46 mo ago | Seed | Sumit Verma Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Nova Scotia
#1
Series A · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2016 · 10 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Brand of soda and fresh juices
- Mar 2025Series A$339.1K
- Oct 2024Series A$2.3M
- Sep 2021Series A$3.6M
- Sep 2021Conventional Debt—
#2
Seed · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · founded 2017 · 7 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of product life cycle management solutions for meat processors. The platform develops sustainable packaging solutions to manage the shelf life of meat products. It provides solutions for fish and beef processing businesses.
- May 2025Seed—
- Feb 2025Seed$3.4M
#3
Funding Raised · Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia · founded 2008 · 8 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Provider of poultry products processing services. It produces chicken and turkey products including air chilled and fresh.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$2.2M
#4
Series A · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2017 · 20 employees$12Mraised▾
Operator of a food upcycling technology company intended to create sustainable nutrition products. The company's technology can extend the shelf life of each plant by processing them into powders while simultaneously retaining their nutritional value, enabling people to have access to nutritious food which improves health, performance, and the environment.
- Feb 2021Series A$8M
- Jan 2020Seed$3M
- Feb 2019Angel$1M
#5
Funding Raised · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · founded 2019$500Kraised▾
Provider of fish harvesting services
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$500K
#6
Deadpooled · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 18 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of beverages intended to develop a balanced sparkling beverage that contained both fresh-pressed fruit and mineral water. The company's products are flavoured by fresh, Canadian fruits, and do not contain any added sugars, flavours, colours or preservatives, fruits are picked at peak ripeness, making the drinks rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, enabling customers to enjoy the flavour along with the mineral water loaded with calcium, manganese, magnesium and bicarbonate.
- Apr 2022Conventional Debt$1.6M
#7
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 4 employees$250Kraised▾
Developer of organic alternatives to agrochemicals for sustainable agriculture practices. The company focuses on biological solutions that enable plants to enhance their natural symbiotic relationships with microorganisms. This approach aims to help growers improve crop health, increase yields, and protect crops from diseases. The company's products are designed to replace synthetic agrochemicals with safer alternatives.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$437.6K
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Jun 2020Seed$250K
#8
Funding Raised · Wolfville, Nova Scotia · founded 2007$338.1Kraised▾
Distributors of alcoholic beverages
- Oct 2014Conventional Debt$338.1K
#9
Funding Raised · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2017—raised▾
Oberland Agriscience is a life science company that specializes in sustainable black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) farming, producing premium, nutrient-rich protein for inclusion in aquafeed, pet food, and agriculture. The company aims to close the food loop and contribute to a resilient, food-secure future. With a focus on innovation, AI, robotics, and sustainability, Oberland Agriscience is committed to advancing animal and soil nutrition.
- Nov 2024Conventional Debt—
#10
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2019 · 12 employees—raised▾
Sperri is a plant-based meal replacement company offering complete certified organic products for optimal healing and nutrition. They provide flavors like Vanilla Maple and products made with natural ingredients to help individuals live well and stay well. Sperri's offerings include ready-to-drink options like Chocolate protein shakes in addition to their other plant-based meal replacement solutions.
- Sep 2024Seed—
#11
Funding Raised · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 9 employees—raised▾
Developer of algae biofilter and hatchery systems for aquaculture industry. The company designs biofilters for cleaning water and producing valuable byproducts. It also develops hatcheries to help oyster farmers grow oyster spat. The company supports farmers in adopting sustainable practices for aquaculture.
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)—
#12
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2019 · 4 employees—raised▾
Producer of plant-based protein shakes and superfood products intended to provide plant-based food contained in zero-waste packaging. The company's platform is a Canadian health food provider, enabling consumers with earth-friendly products which have ecological benefits afforded by sustainably-grown hemp.
- Feb 2023Seed—
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 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.
- University of Guelph13
- University of Saskatchewan8
- University of British Columbia8
- University of Alberta8
- University of Prince Edward Island8
- Agriculture6
- Robot3
- Internet of Things2
- Real-time computing2
- Big data1
- Agriculture22
- Internet of Things5
- Greenhouse gas4
- Agricultural science4
- Ecology3
- Agriculture4→14
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.
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.
- Intel3
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.