Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Connecticut, United States
The 56 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Connecticut, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Keurig.
Our analysis of 81 Food and Agriculture Tech companies
$13.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Connecticut
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keurig Provider of smart brewing coffee makers | $1.4B | 147 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1992 | Cart FunctionalitySAP Commerce CloudJava+40 | 1 launch |
| 2 | Enko AI-powered crop health company revolutionizing agriculture for sustainable farming | $148M | 43 mo ago | Series C | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 3 | The Chefs Warehouse Online B2B platform offering multi-category grocery products | $133M | 79 mo ago | Public | Christopher Pappas President & CEO | 1985 | Optimizely Content ManagementYouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NET+18 | 3 job openings · 1 award |
| 4 | Snackpass Social commerce platform offering mobile order solution for local restaurants | $95M | 60 mo ago | Series B | Jamie Marshall Cofounder & COO | 2017 | Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+26 | — |
| 5 | Ancera Data-driven software solutions for poultry food safety and production optimization | $11M | 107 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 6 | NourishedRx Online platform offering personalized nutrition plans for payers and individuals | $9M | 52 mo ago | Seed | Lauren Driscoll Founder & CEO | 2019 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+16 | 1 partnership |
| 7 | Intelescope Provider of forestry analytics via imagery | $8M | 135 mo ago | Series B | Steven Schlussel Co-Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 8 | Fresh Nation Streamlining wholesale food distribution, connecting suppliers and retailers nationwide | $8M | 94 mo ago | Series A | — | 2011 | — | — |
| 9 | Smile Compostable Solutions Provider of compostable food packaging solutions | $3M | 59 mo ago | Seed | Frankie Schuster Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 10 | TakeOut7 Provider of an online ordering solutions for restaurants | $3M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | Peter Corrao CEO | 2013 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | — |
| 11 | ReserveBar Online platform for premium alcohol products | $3M | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 2011 | ShopifyContentfulSearchspring+44 | — |
| 12 | Verinomics Developer of genomic and gene editing platforms for crop improvement | $2M | 16 mo ago | Series A | Stephen Dellaporta Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 13 | Elm City Market Online platform offering multi-category grocery products | $2M | 182 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 14 | Bozzutos Wholesale Distributor of Food and Household Products to Retailers | $1M | 85 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1945 | PHPGoogle MapsVimeo+15 | 1 job opening |
| 15 | Better Rhodes Platform offering alcohol-free products | $738K | 43 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Stiller Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+34 | — |
| 16 | Prevention Pharmaceuticals Dietary supplement and nutraceutical products | $650K | 186 mo ago | Deadpooled | Terrence Tormey President & CEO | 2008 | — | — |
| 17 | Trifecta Ecosystems Sustainable food systems through innovative farming, education, and community engagement | $500K | 96 mo ago | Funding Raised | Spencer Curry Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Connecticut
#1
Series A · New Haven, Connecticut · founded 2016 · 13 employees$2Mraised▾
Developer of genomic and gene editing platforms for crop improvement. The company integrates genomics, computational biology, and gene editing into breeding programs. It offers a population genomics platform that deciphers complex genetic traits. The company’s breeding platform optimizes trait development, delivering market-ready specialty crop varieties. It also provides a gene editing platform that enables product development.
- Mar 2025Series A$13M
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$250K
- Dec 2018Seed$2M
#2
Series C · Stonington, Connecticut · founded 2017 · 32 employees$148.2Mraised▾
AI-powered crop health company revolutionizing agriculture for sustainable farming. They are dedicated to transforming crop protection through innovative science and technology. Their mission is to provide farmers with novel solutions that protect crops from pests and diseases while minimizing environmental impact. They leverage a proprietary platform, ENKOMPASS™, which integrates DNA-encoded libraries, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Structure-Based Design to accelerate the discovery and development of effective and earth-friendly crop protection products. This approach enables the identification of new modes of action and the creation of sustainable solutions that meet the evolving needs of the agriculture industry. They aim to set new standards in safety, sustainability, and environmental impact, contributing to a healthier and more sustainable food system.
- Dec 2022Series C$80M
- Mar 2021Series B$2.2M
- Jun 2020Series B$45M
#3
Acquired · Waterbury, Connecticut · founded 1992 · 3424 employees$1.4Braised▾
Provider of smart brewing coffee makers. The company supplies gourmet coffee, tea, and iced beverages of various brands as K-Cup portion packs. It markets its brewers and K-Cup portion packs through a network of local and national retailers, and grocery stores. The vending machine can be connected to the phone devices for customization of coffee based on temperature, taste, cup sizes, flavor and aroma, etc.
- Apr 2014Series E$105.5M
- Feb 2014Series E$1.3B
- Sep 2012Series D—
- Aug 2008Conventional Debt$18M
#4
Series B · New Haven, Connecticut · founded 2017$95.1Mraised▾
Social commerce platform offering mobile order solutions for local restaurants. It offers an application intended to provide discounts & rewards to local restaurants while offering restaurants a social media platform. It provides various features including online ordering solutions, loyalty programs, promotion platforms, customer analytics platforms, and others. The company's application offers a contactless digital menu, self-service kiosk, and loyalty rewards platform, enabling users to order from restaurants.
- Jun 2021Series B$70.1M
- Dec 2019Series A$25M
- 2018Seed—
#5
Public · Ridgefield, Connecticut · founded 1985 · 2712 employees$133Mraised▾
Online B2B platform offering multi-category grocery products The product catalog includes dairy products, eggs, beverages, seafood, meat, fruits, vegetables, grains, oil, honey, and more.
- Nov 2019Post IPO$130M
- Aug 2017Post IPO$3M
#6
Seed · Stamford, Connecticut · founded 2019 · 39 employees$9.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering personalized nutrition plans for payers and individuals. The platform offers highly personalized food solutions for health plans and providers most vulnerable members, such as those facing diet-related chronic conditions. It also launched a food benefits platform powered by AI to provide dietary assistance for health plans members through medically-tailored meals.
- Feb 2022Seed$6M
- Nov 2021Seed$1.9M
- Feb 2021Seed$2M
- Aug 2020Seed$1.5M
#7
Series A · Branford, Connecticut · founded 2012 · 50 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Data-driven software solutions for poultry food safety and production optimization. They revolutionize how poultry companies generate, analyze, and act on data to defend operations and maximize profits. Their software-centric approach continuously monitors, predicts, and mitigates risks in food production. They offer solutions for process control optimization, coccidia system monitoring, and salmonella system monitoring. The platform integrates complex datasets to provide objective intelligence, granular data, and connected systems, enabling precision interventions and practices across live operations and the plant. They provide forward-looking visibility for live production teams, microbial security, and solutions for allied industries. They use advanced microbiology, data science, and supply chain expertise to deliver intelligence to food companies. They offer a software solution and statistical framework to quantify contribution to the bottom line with Real-World Evidence (RWE).
- Aug 2017Conventional Debt$770K
- Jun 2016Series A$8.9M
- Mar 2016Seed$100K
- Jan 2016Seed$1.1M
#8
Series A · Greenwich, Connecticut · founded 2011$8.1Mraised▾
Streamlining wholesale food distribution, connecting suppliers and retailers nationwide. This company simplifies the selling process for specialty food suppliers by connecting them with grocery and retail stores through a vast distributor network. It empowers distributors to expand their product offerings and increase sales without the burden of inventory management. The platform offers a unique online marketplace solution, branded for each distributor, enabling retail accounts to make wholesale purchases seamlessly. Suppliers benefit from access to a broad market, streamlined order management via a supplier dashboard, and direct payment for shipments. This creates a more efficient supply chain, reducing handling and transportation, and fostering growth for new brands. The company provides technology solutions, including a turnkey marketplace platform, enabling sales without inventory, growth without investment, and profit without risk. This is a B2B marketplace, offering software solutions to optimize the food distribution process.
- Aug 2018Series A$3.2M
- Jul 2017Series A$3.8M
- Oct 2016Conventional Debt$200K
- Jun 2014Seed$1.1M
#9
Seed · Madison, Connecticut · founded 2019 · 15 employees$738Kraised▾
Platform offering alcohol-free products. It offers spirits, wines, beers, mixers, and alcohol-free soft drinks. The company offers gifting and subscription boxes. The company claims to offer free shipping over the purchase of a minimum amount.
- Nov 2022Seed$650K
- Dec 2021Seed$88K
#10
Seed · Ridgefield, Connecticut · founded 2011 · 80 employees$2.8Mraised▾
ReserveBar is an online platform for premium alcohol products. It offers champagne, brandy, rum, vodka, gin, beer, wine, and more. The company also offers custom engraved messages on the bottle. It provides special packing, gift baskets for different occasions.
- Oct 2021Seed$2.8M
- Mar 2021Seed—
#11
Seed · Darien, Connecticut · founded 2019$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of compostable food packaging solutions. It uses plant-based technology to produce compostable coffee pods and straws.
- Jul 2021Angel$3.2M
#12
Series B · Stamford, Connecticut · founded 2009$8.3Mraised▾
Provider of forestry analytics via imagery. It uses drone and satellite imagery combined with analytics to provide automated forestry data and insights, helping landowners, investors, and managers assess timber assets and forest operations.
- Mar 2015Series B$8.3M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Food and Agriculture Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Connecticut researches in food tech
- University of Connecticut13
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station4
- Connecticut College1
Common questions
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