Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Russia
The 115 best Food and Agriculture companies in Russia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Protein Technologies Ingredients Group.
Food and Agriculture in Russia is a harder sector to read than the headlines suggest, and this directory cuts through that noise by ranking 115 tracked companies on disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. Total disclosed funding across the cohort sits at $18M, with Protein Technologies Ingredients Group accounting for essentially all of it. That concentration tells you something: most of the ecosystem here is pre-disclosure or bootstrapped, and VkusVill, Acron Group, and Segezha Group carry $0 in reported rounds despite being names worth watching.
So what's actually moving? Across 504 food, foodtech, and agriculture apps, median install growth is running at roughly +20% YoY, which signals real consumer appetite even where venture dollars are thin. The hot editorial themes right now, as food-and-ag investing practitioners are noting, cluster around food waste composting, food rescue donations, and agricultural extension outreach, none of which are big funding categories yet. I'd flag that as a gap worth tracking. The sector's CAGR is projected around 5.5%, demand driven partly by soil-monitoring technology and broader economic shifts. Active investors including AIM Ventures and Altair Capital are circling, but with zero unicorns on the board, the upside case here is still being written.
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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 Russia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protein Technologies Ingredients Group Food ingredients manufacturer | $18M | 215 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1996 | — | — |
| 2 | FoodMiles Distributor and retail chain of fruits & vegetables | — | 39 mo ago | Seed | Andrei Gidrevich Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | NPO Agroprogress Manufacturer of plant protection products and agrochemicals for agricultural applications | — | 69 mo ago | Seed | Alexander Sazonov CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 4 | Segezha Group Vertically integrated timber holding company producing wood products | — | 76 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2006 | — | — |
| 5 | Acron Group Producer and supplier of mineral fertiliser | — | 85 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1961 | — | — |
| 6 | VkusVill Retailer of prepared meals, desserts, and grocery items for home delivery | — | 120 mo ago | Series A | — | 2009 | +30% | — |
| 7 | BELUGA GROUP Multi-brand group of alcoholic beverages | — | 144 mo ago | Funding Raised | Alexander Mechetin Founder & CEO | 1999 | — | — |
| 8 | Agro-Alliance Integrated business for rice cultivation, processing, marketing, trading , and supply of consumer products | — | 192 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2000 | — | — |
Top 8 Food and Agriculture companies in Russia
#1
Acquired · Moscow, Moscow · founded 1996 · 500 employees$18Mraised▾
Manufacturer and distributor of food ingredients intended to satisfy the requirements of different types of food industries. The company's food ingredients include soy products, animal proteins, food fibers, colorants and food additives manufactured using food-grade fiber production coupled with advanced technology, enabling the food industry to get good quality ingredients for their products.
#2
Seed · Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast · founded 2018—raised▾
Distributor and retail chain of fruits & vegetables
- Feb 2023Seed—
#3
Seed · Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai · founded 2011—raised▾
Manufacturer of plant protection products and agrochemicals for agricultural applications. The company provides fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, agrochemicals, plant growth regulators, and specialty preparations. It offers support for developing plant protection systems adapted to specific agricultural conditions.
- Sep 2020Seed—
#4
Acquired · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2006 · 20000 employees—raised▾
Vertically integrated timber holding company producing wood products. This company engages in a full cycle of logging and added-value wood conversion. Its product portfolio includes paper, packaging, birch plywood, sawn timber, laminated beams, fibreboard, and biofuel. The company utilizes environmentally friendly technologies and focuses on comprehensive raw material use. Production processes encompass research and development, and the company maintains robust logistics and service capabilities.
#5
Acquired · Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast · founded 1961 · 6 employees—raised▾
Producer and supplier of mineral fertiliser. Its diversified portfolio includes complex and nitrogen fertilisers, as well as industrial products.
#6
Series A · Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District · founded 2009 · 20000 employees—raised▾
Retailer of prepared meals, desserts, and grocery items for home delivery. The business provides an array of food products through its stores and delivery services. Offerings include ready-to-eat meals, baked goods, and standard grocery selections. Customers can purchase items in person or order for delivery to their homes.
#7
Funding Raised · Moscow, Moscow · founded 1999 · 97 employees—raised▾
Multi-brand group of alcoholic beverages
#8
Late Stage · Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District · founded 2000 · 1 employees—raised▾
Integrated business for rice cultivation, processing, marketing, trading , and supply of consumer products
Funding & investor landscape
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
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Common questions
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