Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Occitanie, France
The 55 best Food and Agriculture companies in Occitanie, France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Agronutris.
Our analysis of 50 Food and Agriculture companies
$4.7b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Occitanie
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agronutris Sustainable bioconversion of insects into protein for animal feed and soil 24Moat top 22%Funding top 34%News top 36%Growth top 38% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 34% Newstop 36% Growthtop 38% Marketbottom 34% Globalbottom 29% Techbottom 16% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $58.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $58M | 57 mo ago | Series C | — | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+7 | — | — |
| 2 | Alpha MOS Manufacturer of electronic noses, tongues, and visual analyzers for sensory analysis 16Funding top 41%Global top 49%Moat bottom 49%Market bottom 43% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 41% Globaltop 49% Moatbottom 49% Marketbottom 43% Innovationbottom 41% Patentsbottom 40% Techbottom 39% Fin. healthbottom 27% Newsbottom 21% Growthbottom 19% Funding: Raised $13.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 10 yrs (0.3/yr) Global: Serving 4 countries incl. United States, China, Japan · Investors from 1 country beyond France rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $13M | 56 mo ago | Public | — | 1992 | PHPBootstrapApache HTTP Server+9 | 9 patents Multi-layer chemoresistive gas sensors for detecting volatile organic compounds | 1 award |
| 3 | Natais Popcorn Popcorn company | $2M | 65 mo ago | Early Stage | Michael Ehmann President and Founder | 1994 | WordPressPleskMySQL+24 | — | — |
| 4 | Matahi Internet first brand of multi category food ingredients | $2M | 117 mo ago | Seed | Raphael Girardin Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 5 | Il Etait Un Fruit Fruit based snack brand | $1M | 115 mo ago | Seed | Laure Vidal Founder | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+8 | — | — |
| 6 | Woodland Garden Designer and manufacturer of food dispensers | $1M | 42 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ecocert Provider of environmental challenges and climate change services | $863 | 94 mo ago | Funding Raised | William Vidal Co-Founder & CEO | 1991 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+19 | — | — |
| 8 | Lapanetiere Chains providing baked goods, pastries, and bread through retail locations | — | 25 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 1985 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Occitanie
#1
Series C · Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, Occitanie · founded 2019 · 42 employees$58.2Mraised▾
Sustainable bioconversion of insects into protein for animal feed and soil, a biotech company specializing in insect rearing and bioconversion. They focus on transforming black soldier flies into sustainable protein sources for animal feed and soil fertilization, addressing the challenges of population growth and environmental impact. The company uses biotechnology and entomology expertise to develop high-quality, sustainable products. Committed to environmental and social responsibility, they operate with a shared governance model, prioritizing people and sustainable partnerships. Their mission includes fostering an innovative agri-food sector, building a fair and lasting business model, and implementing a circular economy. They are dedicated to sustainable agriculture, waste recycling, and providing alternatives to traditional proteins.
- Sep 2021Conventional Debt$46.6M
- Sep 2021Series C$58.2M
#2
Public · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 1992 · 66 employees$13.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electronic noses, tongues, and visual analyzers for sensory analysis. These instruments are used to objectively assess the smell, taste, and visual aspects of products across various industries. The company also provides sensory analysis services, utilizing its expertise and equipment to help clients ensure product quality and meet consumer expectations. This includes support and leasing options for its solutions. A subsidiary focuses on developing non-invasive medical diagnostic devices based on breath analysis.
- Oct 2021Post IPO$3.5M
- Jun 2018Post IPO$6.2M
- Nov 2016Post IPO$3.8M
#3
Seed · Beaucaire, Occitanie · founded 2021 · 7 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Manufacturer of wooden dispenser system intended for food safety. The company's patented eco-responsible bulk distributor facilitates bulk food sales in specialized organic stores and allows the manufacturer's bag to be inserted directly, avoiding the handling of products, plastic containers, and their maintenance and guaranteeing the consumer the origin of the product, and the brand its visibility, enabling supermarkets to have bulk food dispenser in their store.
- Jan 2023Seed$1.1M
#4
Early Stage · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 1994 · 140 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Natais Popcorn is a company of popcorn. Their products include popcorn of various flavors of popcorn such as salt, cheese, butter, caramel, classic butterfly, organic butterfly, mushroom, kettle corn and more. Their brands include Magic Pop and Yum Yum. The company sells the majority of their products in France.
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$974K
- Sep 2015Unattributed$1.1M
#5
Seed · Montferrier sur Lez, Occitanie · founded 2009 · 8 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Internet first brand of multi category food ingredients
- Oct 2016Seed$1.6M
#6
Seed · Lunel, Occitanie · founded 2014 · 15 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Il Etait Un Fruit is a brand of fruit-based snack. They claim that there is no addition of sugar and additives in their products and are 100% fruit based. The products have many flavours such as apple, pear, strawberry, apricot. They sell their products online and through independent grocers.
- Dec 2016Seed$1.1M
#7
Late Stage · Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Occitanie · founded 1985 · 1300 employees—raised▾
Chains providing baked goods, pastries, and bread through retail locations. The company offers a variety of products, including regional specialties. It also provides opportunities to join the group as a franchisee or employee. The company focuses on commercial service and development of its products.
- 2024PE—
#8
Funding Raised · L Isle Jourdain, Occitanie · founded 1991 · 48 employees$863raised▾
Provider of environmental challenges and climate change services
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$863
#9
Seed · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 2019—raised▾
Food process of grape varieties and bio-polymers
- Aug 2022Seed—
#10
Acquired · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 1955 · 800 employees—raised▾
Brand of frozen pastries
#11
Seed · Deyme, Occitanie · founded 2017 · 32 employees—raised▾
Internet first brand offering organic sports nutrition
- May 2022Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Rodez, Occitanie · founded 1919—raised▾
Produces and supplies grains and seeds and breeding applications
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 France
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 132 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement24
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement16
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique15
- Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement7
- Ministry of Agriculture6
- Agriculture5
- Wireless sensor network4
- Context (archaeology)4
- Computer network3
- Robotics3
- Agriculture7→15
- Agriculture5→13
- Climate change3→5
Where agritech is researched across France
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 France
France agritech patent filing is accelerating — 43 filings from 6 assignees (2021–2025), led by KUHN SAS, NAIO TECH, Sylvabot; annual filings 1→10.
- KUHN SAS27
- NAIO TECH10
- Sylvabot4
- Agreenculture4
- MIAL TECH1
- Association NAT DES Producteurs 1
Common questions
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