Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Central District, Israel
The 88 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Central District, Israel in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Believer.
Our analysis of 414 Food and Agriculture Tech companies
$46.7b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Central District
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believer Brand of meat products | $390M | 54 mo ago | 97 | Rom Kshuk CEO | WebflowGSAPSplide+22 | — | — |
| 2 | Equinom AI-powered grain optimization for smarter milling and enhanced food production | $71M | 42 mo ago | 43 | Gil Shalev Founder & CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 3 | DouxMatok Developer of flavor ingredients for food and beverages industry | $60M | 37 mo ago | 76 | Avraham Baniel Co-Founder | — | 82 patents Formulating low‑calorie sweetener compositions for food and pharmaceutical applications | — |
| 4 | Goji Food Solutions Manufacturers of innovative food processing equipment | $25M | 174 mo ago | 32 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oshi Company creates plant-based seafood fillets | $14M | 1 mo ago | 43 | Ariel Szklanny Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — |
| 6 | Planet Watchers Provider of satellite-based analysis for crop insurers | $14M | 44 mo ago | 38 | — | WordPressBugHerdMySQL+26 | 3 patents Precision agriculture crop monitoring using IoT sensors and data analytics. | — |
| 7 | ViAqua Developer of RNA-i formulated drug delivery technology for aquaculture | $13M | 33 mo ago | 14 | Shai Ufaz Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Origene Seeds Developer of vegetable seeds designed for commercial outdoor and greenhouse crops | $10M | 127 mo ago | 53 | Eyal Vardi Founder And Ceo | PHPLaravelBootstrap+13 | 20 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 9 | Lavie Bio Provider of microbiome-based agricultural biological products for improving food quality, sustainability, and… | $10M | 46 mo ago | 23 | Ofer Haviv CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 37 patents Microbial biocontrol agents and formulations for crop disease and pest management | — |
| 10 | Fruitspec Developer of technology for farm data capture and predicting yields | $9M | 54 mo ago | 34 | Nir Margalit Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder | — | 12 patents AI-driven remote sensing and data analytics for precise crop yield estimation | — |
| 11 | Viridix Provider of precision irrigation solutions using real-time soil moisture sensors and analytics | $7M | 38 mo ago | 16 | Tal Maor Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 12 | Pigmentum Developer of genetically modified plants producing natural compounds | $7M | 40 mo ago | 9 | Tal Lutzky Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 13 | BetterSeeds Developer of a genome editing platform to improve crop resilience and yields for sustainable agriculture | $7M | 45 mo ago | 21 | Tal Sherman Co-Founder | — | 76 patents Genetic editing of crops for allergen reduction, yield, and stress resilience | — |
| 14 | Meatafora Developer of cultivated meat using plant-based carriers and processing methodologies | $5M | 39 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Roots-Sustainable Agriculture Technologies Provider of a climate management system for optimizing plant growth and agriculture productivity | $4M | 69 mo ago | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
| 16 | Hargol FoodTech Growers of edible insects | $4M | 59 mo ago | 22 | Chanan Aviv Co-founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 17 | Wilk Manufacturer of milk ingredients | $4M | 38 mo ago | — | Tomer Aizen CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 18 | Evogene Developer of computational tools for pharmaceutical and agricultural industries | $2M | 37 mo ago | 137 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 1,226 patents Genetically engineered plant traits for enhanced yield, biomass, nitrogen use, and stress tolerance | 1 partnership |
| 19 | TransAlgae Processing of Algae for aquaculture feed additives | $1M | 103 mo ago | 25 | Maor Sasson Chief Executive Officer | — | 19 patents Genetically engineered algae/cyanobacteria for biotech production, containment, and harvesting | — |
| 20 | Grow Director End-to-end controlling solution for indoor agriculture | $1M | 19 mo ago | 15 | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+38 | 2 patents Distributed automation network communication and wireless IoT topology generation. | 1 expansion |
| 21 | TargetGene Biotechnologies Platform for in-vivo assembling of nucleases in plant cells | $930K | 38 mo ago | 6 | Dan Weinthal Co-Founder And Coo | — | 46 patents CRISPR-based gene editing platforms for immune cell engineering and targeted DNA modification | — |
| 22 | Rosetta Green Provider of tech news, computer repair tips, and gadget information | $814K | 178 mo ago | — | Aviad Friedman Chairman & CEO | — | 12 patents Genetically engineered crops improving oil yield, stress tolerance, and nitrogen efficiency | — |
| 23 | SensoGenic Provider of diagnostics biosensor for food allergens | $720K | 84 mo ago | 2 | Gidi Halaf Co-Founder & COO | — | 5 patents Cellulose‑binding domain affinity biosensors for detecting target analytes | — |
| 24 | O2Waterator Operator of multiple online casino brands | $550K | 137 mo ago | 2 | Ehud Nagler Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 25 | GreenIQ Developer of smart sprinkler system | $450K | 113 mo ago | 11 | Odi Dahan Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Syrinjector Automatic and computerized injector for bulk veterinary injection | $114K | 87 mo ago | — | Nahum Cohen Co-Founder & CEO | — | 13 patents Mass vaccination devices with integrated real-time data collection and tracking | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Central District
#1
Seed · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2021 · 43 employees$14.5Mraised▾
Company creates plant-based seafood fillets. It also offers personalized on-demand care for digestive issues and operates. The company is creating salmon from plants eliminating ocean waste.
- May 2026Seed$3M
- Aug 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2022Seed$12.5M
- Jun 2021Seed$2M
#2
Series B · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2018 · 97 employees$389.9Mraised▾
Brand of meat products
- Dec 2021Series B$347M
- Feb 2021Series B$26.8M
- Oct 2019Series A$14M
- May 2018Seed$2.2M
#3
Series D · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2012 · 43 employees$71Mraised▾
AI-powered grain optimization for smarter milling and enhanced food production. They are revolutionizing the food industry by developing and optimizing grain crops using cutting-edge AI technology. Their Manna™ AI software empowers millers, traders, and ingredient processors to make informed decisions, improve purchasing power, enhance storage efficiency, and boost processing output. This SaaS platform analyzes grain properties, predicts performance, and provides actionable insights to save money, predict quality, boost operational efficiency, and reduce risk. They also breed innovative non-GMO crop varieties to meet specific food industry needs, driving food innovation from plant to plate. Their solutions optimize protein-crop processing and wheat baking quality, shaping the grain value chain with data-driven insights and precision.
- Dec 2022Series D$35M
- Jun 2021Series C$20M
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$160.8K
- Dec 2019Series B$10M
#4
Unfunded · Petah Tikva, Central District · founded 2014 · 76 employees$60.1Mraised▾
Developer of flavor ingredients for food and beverages industry
#5
Seed · Petah Tikva, Central District · founded 2017 · 15 employees$1Mraised▾
End-to-end controlling solution for indoor agriculture. It provides integrated controlling system for controlling farming process in indoor cultivation facilities such as grow rooms.
- Oct 2024Seed$1M
#6
Series A · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2014 · 14 employees$12.6Mraised▾
Developer of RNA-i formulated drug delivery technology for aquaculture. The company has developed orally administered treatment in aquaculture to stop diseases from developing and to prevent viral epidemics. Its drug delivery platform uses proprietary RNAi nanoparticle formulation which is delivered via feed or immersion to produce and triggers a cell reaction to disable the viral infection.
- Sep 2023Series A$8.2M
- Jun 2021Series A$4.3M
- Dec 2018Series A—
- Jul 2018Series A—
#7
Series A · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2016 · 38 employees$14.5Mraised▾
Provider of satellite-based analysis for crop insurers. It uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to provide crop insights. It is a sensing technology that bounces microwave signals off the Earth surface for imaging.
- Sep 2022Series A$11M
- Jun 2021Seed$3.5M
- Jun 2017Seed—
#8
Series A · Kfar Saba, Central District · founded 2016 · 16 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Provider of precision irrigation solutions using real-time soil moisture sensors and analytics. The system delivers accurate root-zone data for actionable irrigation insights. Farmers can optimize productivity, reduce water waste, and improve sustainability. Its technology supports autonomous irrigation for orchards, vineyards, and greenhouses.
- Apr 2023Series A$4.1M
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$400K
- Oct 2019Series A$3.1M
#9
Deadpooled · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2018 · 9 employees$7Mraised▾
Developer of genetically modified plants producing natural compounds. Utilizes inducible genetic mechanisms to activate gene expression in plants for metabolite production. Targets compounds such as pigments flavors aromas proteins for food pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Employs plants like lettuce for scalable sustainable production of high-value biomolecules.
- Jan 2023Seed$6M
- Dec 2020Seed$1M
#10
Acquired · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2019 · 23 employees$10Mraised▾
Provider of microbiome-based agricultural biological products for improving food quality, sustainability, and agricultural productivity. The company leverages cutting-edge research and development to create sustainable solutions for the agriculture industry. Its focus lies in developing novel bio-based products that improve plant health, increase yields, and reduce reliance on traditional chemical inputs. The company's innovative approach aims to address the growing global demand for food while minimizing environmental impact. Through its technology, it strives to promote sustainable farming practices and contribute to a more secure and resilient food supply chain. The company's work has a social impact by supporting farmers and promoting environmental sustainability.
- Aug 2022Series A$10M
#11
Series A · Netanya, Central District · founded 2019 · 3 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of cultivated meat using plant-based carriers and processing methodologies. It focuses on producing meat directly from cells using edible, plant-based platforms. The company aims to provide nutritional security and increase food safety. It utilizes scalable culture of anchorage-dependent cells, protecting them from stress.
- Mar 2023Series A$5M
#12
Series A · Ra'anana, Central District · founded 2017 · 21 employees$7Mraised▾
Developer of a genome editing platform to improve crop resilience and yields for sustainable agriculture. It utilizes genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 to create seeds with advanced properties such as adaptability to mechanized harvesting, resistance to harsh weather conditions.
- Sep 2022Series A$7M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Food and Agriculture Tech coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
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How research on Food Technology is moving in Israel
A read on the academic research around Food Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 121 Israel-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Agriculture50
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology9
- Tel Aviv University9
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev9
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem6
- Mediterranean diet3
- Mediterranean climate3
- Harmony (color)3
- Food habits3
- Food safety3
- Food processing5
- Food science5
- Sustainability4
- Production (economics)3
- Shelf life3
- Food safety1→10
- Production (economics)1→7
- Food security1→7
Where food tech is researched across Israel
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.
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.