Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Germany
The 880 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Delivery Hero.
Food and Agriculture Tech in Germany has never been a small story. This directory tracks 880 companies across the sector, carrying $7.3B in disclosed funding between them and five unicorns, which tells you something about how seriously European capital has treated this space.
Flink anchors the top of the list at $1.3B raised. KoRo follows at $121M, OroraTech at $50M, Orbem at $32M. The gaps between them are real and wide, and I think that spread matters more than the headline total: most of the funding pool is concentrated in a handful of bets, while the long tail of earlier-stage companies is where the momentum is building. Across 504 food, foodtech, and agriculture apps, median install growth is running at roughly +20% year-on-year, and 2019 research on precision agriculture underscores why software-led models are drawing the most attention right now. Hot themes include farm management software, controlled environment agriculture, telematics for agriculture, and precision planting equipment. So if you're mapping where capital flows next, the directory rankings here, sorted by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, are a reasonable place to start.
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 Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | App-install YoY | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delivery Hero 🦄 Platform offering food ordering and delivery services 91Market top 17%Funding top 20%Tech top 22%Fin. health top 24% All 12 signals ▾Markettop 17% Fundingtop 20% Techtop 22% Fin. healthtop 24% Innovationtop 28% Newstop 29% Producttop 29% Moattop 31% Globaltop 33% Partnerstop 34% Talenttop 36% Growthtop 40% Market: 47,981 employees (top 1% of Transportation and Logistics Tech) · Revenue ~$10.8B Funding: Raised $1.8B across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 16 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 91/100 | $1.8B | 65 mo ago | Public | 47,981 47,981 → 42,087 (-12%) | Tareq Barto CEO of Pandora (Yemeksepeti | — | 43 signals Earnings · Leadership · M&A | — | 1 job opening · 1 expansion |
| 2 | Flink 🦄 On-demand grocery delivery service platform that enables users to order everyday essentials | $1.3B | 3 mo ago | Series C | 20 | Oliver Merkel Co-Founder | — | — | — | 1 award |
| 3 | Gorillas 🦄 Online platform offering multi-category grocery products | $1.3B | 56 mo ago | Acquired | 10,000 | Nicholas Gomes Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | INFARM 🦄 Company offering a global vertical farming network using efficient farming methods | $499M | 54 mo ago | Series D | 223 | Guy Galonska Entrepreneur and founder of INFARM | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | HelloFresh Provider of meal recipe kits subscription service | $367M | 82 mo ago | Public | 14,635 14,635 → 17,247 (+18%) | Laurent Guillemain Co-Founder & CEO | +13% | 27 signals ▼18% Earnings · Buyback · Announcements | — | 2 job openings |
| 6 | Choco 🦄 Provider of a platform streamlining order and payment processes for distributors | $301M | 40 mo ago | Series B | 65 | Rogerio Yokomizo Co-Founder & Managing Director | +19% | 4 signals New product | — | — |
| 7 | Yfood Provider of ready-to-drink and powdered meal replacement products | $256M | 39 mo ago | Series C | 108 108 → 217 (+101%) | Noel Bollmann Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | — | 3 job openings |
| 8 | KoRo Online retailer of bulk-packaged foods, snacks, and cooking and baking ingredients | $121M | 15 mo ago | Acquired | 407 | — | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 9 | Formo Platform offering dairy alternative products | $115M | 17 mo ago | Series B | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | KoRo Online platform offering bulk packages of nuts, dried fruits, and natural ingredients 40Funding top 28%Talent top 45%Growth bottom 46%Market bottom 39% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 45% Growthbottom 46% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 38% Techbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $83.8M · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $84M | 29 mo ago | Acquired | 51 | Piran Asci Co-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | flaschenpost Online retailer of alcoholic beverages | $81M | 36 mo ago | Acquired | 361 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Infinite Roots Company growing and harvesting mycelium for food options | $68M | 28 mo ago | Series B | — | Mazen Rizk Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | OroraTech Provider of wildfire detection, monitoring, and prediction solutions and services 74AI top 15%Patents top 22%Funding top 27%Talent top 28% All 11 signals ▾AItop 15% Patentstop 22% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 32% Moattop 32% Techtop 38% Markettop 50% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 21% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 47 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $50M | 13 mo ago | Series B | 90 | Martin Langer Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 47 patents Satellite infrared imaging sensors and calibration technologies for land‑surface temperature measurement | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 14 | Planet A Foods Brand of cocoa free chocolate 45Funding top 26%Moat top 26%Patents top 40%Product top 41% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Moattop 26% Patentstop 40% Producttop 41% Innovationtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 44% Techbottom 39% Marketbottom 38% Newsbottom 20% Funding: Raised $43.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 9 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $43M | 18 mo ago | Series B | 33 | Sara Marquart Co-Founder | — | — | 9 patents Production of food flavor compounds and additive formulations. | 1 launch · 2 partnerships · 1 expansion |
| 15 | Luca Provider of suite software for restaurant management | $32M | 34 mo ago | Series C | 90 | Philipp Berger Co-Founder & CTO | +1% | — | — | — |
| 16 | Orbem Making the invisible visible with AI-powered MRI at an industrial scale | $32M | 4 mo ago | Series B | 61 | Maria Laparidou Co-Founder & CSO | — | — | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 17 | Bluu Biosciences Cultivation of healthy seafood using biotechnology solution | $26M | 35 mo ago | Series A | 6 | Sebastian Rakers Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 18 | Foodji Provider of automated food service solutions with fresh and healthy options | $23M | 17 mo ago | Series A | 97 | Felix Munte Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | NeoTaste App-based restaurant listing platform | $23M | 27 mo ago | Series A | — | Hendrik Sander Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director | +30% | — | — | — |
| 20 | Dryad Networks Ultra-early wildfire detection and forest health monitoring using IoT sensors 55Patents top 25%Innovation top 29%Funding top 34%Moat top 35% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 25% Innovationtop 29% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 35% Techtop 38% AItop 45% Producttop 46% Globalbottom 42% Growthbottom 40% Marketbottom 38% Newsbottom 21% Patents: 141 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 130 filings since 2022 vs 11 in 2017-21 Innovation: 141 patents (top 34% of patent-holders) · 130 filings since 2022 vs 11 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $21M | 19 mo ago | Series B | 39 | — | — | — | 141 patents IoT-based wildfire detection, monitoring, and firefighting coordination systems | 1 launch |
| 21 | VYTAL Platform offering App-based smart packaging solutions | $19M | 15 mo ago | Series B | 45 45 → 71 (+58%) | — | +24% | — | — | — |
| 22 | MagaLoop App based B2B marketplace offering multi-category products | $17M | 49 mo ago | Series A | 15 | Oliver Ruschpler Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | ProteinDistillery Provider of plant-based alternative proteins | $16M | 27 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Michael Baunach Co-Founder | — | — | 4 patents Microbial protein production with reduced lipid and nucleic acid for food/feed applications | 1 award |
| 24 | GoodBytz Developer of robotic kitchen systems for food service applications | $16M | 31 mo ago | Series A | 19 | — | — | — | 4 patents Automated modular cooking robots for food heating and preparation. | 1 job opening · 2 partnerships · 1 expansion |
| 25 | Omegga Provider of sustainable poultry technologies for hatcheries | $14M | 1 mo ago | Seed | — | Till Nollgen Co-Founder & Co-CEO & Managing Director | — | — | 9 patents Non‑invasive in‑ovo sex detection and automated egg incubation monitoring technologies | — |
| 26 | FarmInsect Automated insect breeding solution for farmers for producing animal feed | $14M | 31 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Wolfgang Westermeier Co-Founder & Managing Director | — | — | 11 patents Automated insect‑larvae breeding and mobile transport systems for protein production | — |
| 27 | Holy Internet first brand of Ice Tea 48Tech top 23%Talent top 28%Funding top 39%Market top 44% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 23% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 39% Markettop 44% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 20% Tech: 63 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $14M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 66 | Patrick Nicholson-Going Founders Associate | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 28 | Feld.energy Provider of agricultural solutions | $14M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Adrian Renner Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | MicroHarvest Developer of microbe-derived food for protein alternatives | $10M | 37 mo ago | Series A | 17 | Jonathan Roberz Co-founder | — | — | 13 patents Aquaculture feed additives and fast‑growing microbial extracts for carbohydrate hydrolysis | — |
| 30 | LANCH Online platform offering virtual kitchen solutions for restaurants | $10M | 16 mo ago | Series A | — | Kevin Kock Co-Founder & CRO | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | AIPERIA AI-based software solutions for food manufacturers | $8M | 26 mo ago | Series A | — | Franz Seubert Co-Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | allO Provider of POS software solutions for restaurant and food businesses | $6M | 0 mo ago | Series A | 6 | Teodor Rupi Co-Founder | — | — | — | 2 job openings · 3 launchs |
| 33 | Ocell Provider of aerial imaging and farm mapping services | $5M | 16 mo ago | Series A | 34 | David Dohmen Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Autonomo Provider of autonomous store solutions for retail businesses | $5M | 27 mo ago | Seed | 19 | James Sutherland Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 35 | Foodforecast Provider of AI-powered demand forecasting for food service and retail | $4M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 9 | Jan Brormann Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Nosh Provider of plant-based alternative protein foods | $4M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Cultimate Foods Develop hybrid alternate protein products 11Moat top 45%Funding top 49%Patents bottom 48%Innovation bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 45% Fundingtop 49% Patentsbottom 48% Innovationbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 20% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 3 patents Funding: Raised $3.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $3M | 25 mo ago | Seed | 6 | — | — | — | 3 patents 3D-structured plant-based edible fat fabrication for alternative protein foods | — |
| 38 | Kynda Provider of plant-based meat substitutes | $3M | 15 mo ago | Seed | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Ordio Provider of SaaS-based suite solutions for restaurants | $3M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Constantin Schuenemann Co-CEO | — | 3 signals Funding | — | — |
| 40 | Torg Online food and beverage trading platform | $3M | 26 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Rita Kerbaj Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Traplinked Provider of automated pest management solutions for the food industry | $2M | 11 mo ago | Seed | 20 20 → 24 (+20%) | Tim Reiche Co-Founder | — | — | 3 patents Smart sensor‑driven rodent detection and automated pest‑control trapping systems | 1 partnership |
| 42 | Seqana Provider of soil health measurement and monitoring solutions for agriculture | $2M | 24 mo ago | Seed | 17 | Julian Kremers Co-Founder and CTO | — | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 43 | E-Label Provider of a platform allowing winemakers E-Label for wine compliance | $2M | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | Max Bauer Co-Founder | — | — | 29 patents Eco-friendly manufacturing of labeled plastic containers and tubes, including cold-transfer printing | — |
| 44 | Freshflow Developer of an AI platform for fresh produce management solutions | $2M | 12 mo ago | Series A | 16 | Avik Mukhija Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Hula Earth Online platform for biodiversity monitoring and nature investments | $2M | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | Florian Geiser Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | hexafarms Developer of AI-powered solutions for optimizing greenhouse crop production processes | $1M | 25 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Felix Kirschstein Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | Planted Provider of software and consulting for environmental, social, and governance | $1M | 16 mo ago | Seed | 28 | Wilhelm Hammes Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 48 | Pacifico Manufacturer of mycelium-based meat alternatives for food manufacturers and foodservice. | $798K | 0 mo ago | Series A | — | Berfin Turan Founder Associate (Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs Program) | — | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 49 | Pheno-Inspect Provider of drone-based field analysis using artificial intelligence for agriculture | $590K | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | Cyrill Stachniss Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor | — | — | — | 1 internship |
| 50 | databaum Provider of smart farming solutions using AI and sensor-based devices | $126K | 6 mo ago | Funding Raised | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Germany
#1
Flink 🦄Series C · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 20 employees$1.3Braised▾
On-demand grocery delivery service platform that enables users to order everyday essentials. It provides a wide selection of products including fresh produce, packaged foods, beverages, baked goods, and household necessities. Orders are fulfilled from local urban warehouses and delivered quickly via dedicated courier networks, typically within minutes of purchase. It emphasizes speed, convenience, and availability, offering continuously updated inventory, promotional deals, and categorized shopping experiences to simplify routine purchasing. It operates across multiple cities, combining logistics infrastructure, real-time order management, and last-mile delivery systems to ensure fast fulfillment.
- Mar 2026Series C$100M
- Sep 2024Conventional Debt$35M
- Sep 2024Series C$115M
- Jun 2023Series C$160.5M
#2
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2020$14.4Mraised▾
Provider of sustainable poultry technologies for hatcheries. The platform novel approach intends to establish the sex of chicks before they hatch, allowing for the early detection and separation of male embryos.
- May 2026Seed$11.7M
- Feb 2024Seed—
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Aug 2023Seed—
#3
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 61 employees$31.8Mraised▾
Making the invisible visible with AI-powered MRI at an industrial scale. It uses AI-powered MRI and delivers non-invasive insights into a diverse range of biology. By transforming what is becoming a biological dataset into actionable intelligence. It helps food producers, researchers, and innovators make better decisions. Its rapid, non-destructive analyses reduce waste, increase quality and transparency, and accelerate the shift toward a more sustainable and healthier future.
- Jan 2026Series B$64.6M
- Oct 2023Series A$31.8M
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- 2021Grant (prize money)—
#4
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2020 · 6 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Provider of POS software solutions for restaurant and food businesses. The solutions provided are a POS management system, floorplan management, menu editor, order history, team management, shift planning, timesheet, payroll management, and revenue reports, and analytics.
- Jul 2024Seed$5M
- Dec 2022Seed$1.5M
#5
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2014 · 407 employees$120.9Mraised▾
Online retailer of bulk-packaged foods, snacks, and cooking and baking ingredients. It provides dried fruits, nuts, nut butters, snacks, and breakfast items. The business offers both food and non-food items, along with recipes and a blog. The company focuses on packaging efficiency and sustainable practices.
- Feb 2025Series C—
- Nov 2024Series C$37M
- Dec 2023Series B—
- Apr 2023Series B$21.9M
#6
Series B · Germany · founded 2018 · 90 employees$49.9Mraised▾
Provider of wildfire detection, monitoring, and prediction solutions and services. The company offers tools for early hotspot detection and monitoring areas at risk. It delivers insights and predictions to help safeguard communities, assets, and ecosystems. The company’s solutions integrate into existing systems.
- May 2025Series B$13.4M
- Oct 2024Series B$27.2M
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$21.5M
- Nov 2022Series A$15.5M
#7
Series A · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 9 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered demand forecasting for food service and retail. It offers solutions for supermarkets, bakeries, and food service to automate production and ordering. The system delivers daily demand forecasts tailored to business needs. The forecasts drive optimal order quantities for warehouses, suppliers, or central hubs.
- Feb 2026Series A$9.4M
- Sep 2024Series A$3.3M
- Jun 2022Angel$528.5K
#8
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 98 employees$115.5Mraised▾
Platform offering dairy alternative products. The company offers cheese made from animal-free milk proteins. It uses precision fermentation to create animal-free milk proteins and also combines the milk protein with plant-based fats, carbohydrates, and salt to create a concentrated base for the cheese recipe.
- Jan 2025Venture Debt$35.8M
- Sep 2024Series B$61M
- Sep 2021Series A$50M
- Dec 2019Seed$4.5M
#9
Seed · Pocking, Bavaria · founded 2024$13.5Mraised▾
Provider of agricultural solutions. They specialize in agricultural photovoltaics enabling farmers to utilize their land for both agriculture and photovoltaic power generation. They aim to revolutionize the agricultural sector by combining two industries.
- Sep 2025Seed$11.7M
- Jan 2025Angel—
- Nov 2024Seed$1.8M
#10
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022$798Kraised▾
Manufacturer of mycelium-based meat alternatives for food manufacturers and foodservice. The company produces Viando, a meat alternative using mycelium fermentation to replicate the taste and texture of traditional meat. Viando Chicken is the first product, designed as a one-to-one replacement for chicken in existing recipes and processes. The company focuses on providing a sustainable and versatile alternative to animal meat, targeting B2B customers in the food industry. Future products include pork and fish alternatives.
- Sep 2025Seed$798K
#11
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 33 employees$43.3Mraised▾
Brand of cocoa free chocolate
- Dec 2024Series B$30M
- Feb 2024Series A$15.4M
- May 2023Series A$21.8M
- 2022Seed—
#12
Series B · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2019 · 45 employees$19.1Mraised▾
Platform offering App-based smart packaging solutions. It alows customers to buy a membership at its partnered restaurants and order a meal choosing the reusable bowls. It allows custommers to return the bowl at the partnered restaurants for further use. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.
- Mar 2025Series B$15.4M
- Jul 2024Series A$6.6M
- Jul 2023Series A$11.5M
- Sep 2022Series A$5M
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
How research on Food Technology is moving in Germany
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 963 Germany-affiliated papers.
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment68
- German Institute of Food Technologies49
- University of Bonn48
- Technical University of Munich46
- University of Hohenheim42
- Food processing2→9
- Agriculture2→9
- Food security2→8
- Sustainability1→5
- Product (mathematics)1→4
- Food processing4→62
- Food safety4→41
- Production (economics)2→31
- Agriculture2→30
- Sustainability1→28
- Food security6→87
- Food safety7→83
- Agriculture13→74
- Sustainability3→54
- Food systems3→54
Where food tech is researched across Germany
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 food tech patents in Germany
Germany food tech patent filing is accelerating — 151 filings from 95 assignees (2016–2025), led by Vorwerk Interholding, Weber Maschb, BSH Hausgeraete; annual filings 10→15.
- Vorwerk Interholding33
- Weber Maschb21
- BSH Hausgeraete18
- Delonghi Braun Household18
- Handtmann Albert Maschf18
- Rational10
- Nordischer Maschinenbau9
- Hochland SE9
Common questions
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.