Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Indianapolis, United States
The 31 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Indianapolis, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SteadyServ Technologies.
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 Indianapolis
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SteadyServ Technologies Inventory management solution for draft beer | $27M | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | 11 patents Automated draft beer distribution and monitoring systems for supply chain optimization | — |
| 2 | ClusterTruck Food delivery platform on food truck concept | $23M | 64 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceFacebook Login+17 | 6 patents Digital platform integrating logistics coordination with product design and creation | — |
| 3 | Market Wagon Online marketplace offering groceries from farmers | $15M | 37 mo ago | Series A | Daniel Brunner Co-Founder & COO | 2016 | PHPFacebook LoginGoogle Maps+20 | — | — |
| 4 | Epogee Manufacturer of plant-based fat replacement products | $8M | 92 mo ago | Series A | David Rowe Founder | 2011 | Craft CMSPHPYii+25 | 7 patents Food emulsifiers, fat blends, and binder technologies for plant-based meat products | — |
| 5 | Algaeon Developing technology for high yield microalgae cultivation | $5M | 125 mo ago | Deadpooled | James Miller CEO | 2008 | — | 10 patents Euglena-based nutritional and immunomodulatory ingredients for feed and health products. | — |
| 6 | The Bee Developer of hive monitoring software | $4M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Wyatt Wells Co-founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Smart-Apply Precision spraying systems improving efficiency, reducing costs, and promoting environmental health | $3M | 49 mo ago | Acquired | Jerry Johnson President and CEO | 2011 | WixSentryBootstrap+14 | — | — |
| 8 | Patronpath Online ordering solution for restaurants. | $1M | 180 mo ago | Deadpooled | Srinivas Gorty Co-CEO | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 9 | SnapShyft On-demand staffing platform for multiple industries | $145K | 91 mo ago | Seed | Thor Wood Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Insignum AgTech Developer of plant signaling technology for optimized crop management decisions | $100K | 13 mo ago | Seed | Kyle Mohler Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | 7 patents Genetically engineered plants with built-in biosensors for rapid pathogen disease detection | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Indianapolis
#1
Seed · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2019 · 2 employees$100Kraised▾
Developer of plant signaling technology for optimized crop management decisions. It provides genetic modification solutions for crops. It leverages gene editing technology to create crop traits that are bred into seeds, enabling growers to identify specific plant stresses. It facilitates farmers to optimize growth and deal with the issue of early-stage infections.
- Sep 2025Seed$2.4M
- Apr 2025Seed$4.2M
- Dec 2023Conventional Debt$600K
- Mar 2023Seed—
#2
Series A · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2016 · 61 employees$14.7Mraised▾
Online marketplace offering groceries from farmers. The product catalog includes seafood, meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables, beverages, snacks, grains, oil, honey, water, dairy products, bakery products, sauces, nutrition products, and more.
- Sep 2023Series A$2.8M
- Aug 2022Series A$1.2M
- May 2021Series A$5M
- Mar 2021Series A—
#3
Series B · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2015 · 98 employees$22.6Mraised▾
ClusterTruck is a food delivery platform that connects customers with food trucks that combine their kitchen capacity. The delivery is done by the company and freshness is ensured with technology that times the start of order preparation with driver's delivery timings.
- Jun 2021Series B$215K
- Jul 2020Series B$2M
- Mar 2019Series B$3.6M
- Sep 2018Series B$3.6M
#4
Deadpooled · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2012 · 43 employees$27.5Mraised▾
SteadyServ Technologies offers restaurant management systems with focus on draft beer. SaaS platform leverages IoT system to monitor keg levels and helps reduce wastage of draft beer. Mainly targeted at brewery, also offers digital menus and analytics powered by BreweryDB, BreweryMap, and PocketBeer applications developed by it.
- Mar 2018Series A$3.6M
- Mar 2018Series A$1.8M
- Dec 2016Series A$525K
- Jul 2016Series A—
#5
Series A · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2016 · 13 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Developer of hive monitoring software. It offers software for decision support to commercial bee-keepers by providing them real-time data about the hive using sensors and also generate and provide insights by using data analytics.
- Mar 2022Series A$1.3M
- Dec 2021Series A$175K
- Aug 2020Series A$1M
- Apr 2020Seed$520.4K
#6
Acquired · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2011 · 11 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Precision spraying systems improving efficiency, reducing costs, and promoting environmental health. They offer intelligent spray control systems for high-value crops, optimizing chemical application through precision spraying and data collection. Their technology reduces overspray, waste, and environmental impact, cutting chemical costs and runoff. The system uses LiDAR to create a digital blueprint of the canopy, ensuring targeted application. They provide solutions for orchards, vineyards, and nurseries, offering retrofittable kits for various sprayer types. Their focus is on sustainability, helping growers reduce dependence on chemicals and water while achieving healthy harvests. They are committed to customer success, offering support and resources through a network of dealers. Their technology is grounded in research and field testing, providing advanced precision spraying and data collection solutions.
- Oct 2022Seed$1.8M
- May 2022Seed$1.3M
#7
Series A · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2011 · 9 employees$8.3Mraised▾
Epogee is a manufacturer of plant-based fat replacement products. It offers a naturally-sourced(plant-based) fat replacement product that can be used in confectionery products, fried food, baked goods, baking mixes, frozen dairy desserts, nut products, pasta, granola, snack bars, sauces, soft candies, etc. Claims that products are healthy, GMO-free, gluten-free.
- Feb 2019Series A$8.3M
#8
Deadpooled · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2008 · 3 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Algaeon Inc. is an Indiana based biotechnology company which has developed an (patent pending) industrial scale microalgae cultivation technology which it claims is 10x more productive than traditional algal growth methods. It is developing value added products (e.g. Astaxanthin (will start shipping commercially by 2016), Beta-glucan, etc.) for nutraceutical, functional food and animal feed markets. The company is also developing its own cultivation centers and plans to license out the technology for algae farms.
- Jun 2016Series A$261.8K
- Sep 2014Series A$50K
- May 2014Series A$2.8M
- Nov 2013Seed$12K
#9
Deadpooled · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2004$1Mraised▾
Patronpath provides online ordering solutions for restaurants. Integrates with POS to directly send orders to it while the managers have a dashboard with features to see orders ahead, reporting tools, adding promotions and coupons and many more. Automatically syncs the menu on POS to online menu and has payments capabilities.
- Oct 2011Seed$700K
- 2007Seed$300K
#10
Seed · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2016 · 8 employees$145Kraised▾
SnapShyft is an on-demand staffing platform for multiple industries. It offers labor or staffing solutions for restaurants, bars, night clubs, catering & event facilities, festivals, food service operations, hotels, and others. Its features include built-in time clock, active shift monitoring, automatic payment processing, workers' compliance insurance, etc.
- Apr 2019Seed$45K
- Oct 2018Seed$150K
- 2018Seed$100K
#11
Seed · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2013 · 3 employees$25Kraised▾
Internet first brand offering portable coffee makers. The company claims that coffee maker can be converted into a travel mug. The website offers customisation feature.
- Jan 2019Seed$25K
#12
Seed · Indianapolis, Indiana · founded 2022 · 9 employees—raised▾
Developer of a delivery management software designed to enable delivery-centric restaurants with end-to-end handling of production. The company's technology offers consumer ordering & revenue channel management, loyalty & marketing, order fulfillment, culinary operations, delivery management, native first-party ordering, smart fire times, kitchen display system, and expo station management, enabling clients to operate efficiently, monitor and control the entire delivery process.
- Sep 2022Seed—
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 the United States
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 4,142 United States-affiliated papers.
- Cornell University153
- Purdue University West Lafayette134
- University of Georgia82
- Michigan State University81
- University of California, Davis79
- Food safety4→52
- Food processing2→31
- Food science1→13
- Contamination1→12
- Food products1→12
- Food safety16→214
- Food processing12→174
- Agriculture14→135
- Production (economics)7→122
- Food security3→117
- Food safety56→397
- Food security40→307
- Agriculture35→233
- Food processing54→215
- Food systems28→180
Where food tech is researched across United States
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 the United States
United States food tech patent filing is cooling — 817 filings from 475 assignees (2016–2025), led by Whirlpool, Sharkninja Operating, Provisur Technologies; annual filings 80→68.
- Whirlpool185
- Sharkninja Operating151
- Provisur Technologies51
- Smartwash Solutions39
- SAFE Foods32
- LYCO MFG32
- Massachusetts INST Technology20
- Ecolab USA18
Common questions
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