Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in New Jersey, United States
The 147 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in New Jersey, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Oishii.
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 New Jersey
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oishii Indoor vertical farming company specializing in premium berries and tomatoes 67Funding top 16%Growth top 37%Tech top 37%Market top 46% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Growthtop 37% Techtop 37% Markettop 46% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Partnersbottom 35% Newsbottom 33% Funding: Raised $184M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Headcount 70 → 125 (+79%) across vintages · 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $184M | 1 mo ago | 125 125 → 300 (+140%) | — | ShopifyYouTubeShop Pay+29 | Top 5M | — |
| 2 | Do Good Foods Provider of food waste-based animal feed | $169M | 56 mo ago | 53 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Zoetis Global animal health company dedicated to nurturing the world through animal care | $19M | 39 mo ago | 9,200 9,200 → 13,527 (+47%) | — | Apple iCloud MailWindows ServerFacebook Login+25 | Top 500k | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 4 | Paragon Pure Supplier of natural flavor whole grain encapsulation carriers | $8M | 33 mo ago | 7 | Matthew Sillick Co-Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | Systech Provider of serialization, traceability, and authentication solutions for various industries | $8M | 162 mo ago | 121 121 → 227 (+88%) | — | WordPressMySQLRedis+31 | Top 10M | — |
| 6 | Tingo Group Online platform offering financial technology and agri fintech services | $7M | 82 mo ago | 4 | Dozy Mmobuosi CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ryl Internet-first brand offering ready-to-drink tea | $7M | 14 mo ago | 15 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+31 | Top 5M | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 8 | Yummy Bazaar Online retailer of cross-border grocery products | $6M | 13 mo ago | 16 | David Meskhi Co-Founder | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+34 | Top 5M | — |
| 9 | Buying.com Decentralized e-commerce platform | $3M | 59 mo ago | 23 | Jeanmarie Gabriel Founder | — | — | — |
| 10 | Qredible AI and a cloud-based cannabis regulatory technology platform | $2M | 32 mo ago | 11 | Rick Mcdonald Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | Top 10M | — |
| 11 | Scout Pro Software applications for crop scouting and identification of weed and pests | $1M | 124 mo ago | 2 | Dan Noe Founder | — | — | — |
| 12 | Horse Sense Shoes Device for monitoring equines | $660K | 125 mo ago | — | Michael P McHugh CEO | — | — | — |
| 13 | Marport Deep Sea Technologies Underwater sensing using sonar technology | $556K | 29 mo ago | 50 | Oskar Axelson Co-Founder & VP | Node.jsWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+13 | Top 10M | — |
| 14 | TeaConnect Provider of an all-in-one communication platform for restaurants | $400K | 13 mo ago | — | Chris Viola Founder | — | — | — |
| 15 | Forkcast Online food and restaurant discovery platform | $145K | 123 mo ago | 3 | Jeremy Cooley Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | Alfrea Market linkages for renting or finding garden space to rent and marketplace to buy homegrown food | $143K | 106 mo ago | 2 | David Wagstaff Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | Phenegra Developer of reactive graphene technology and plant growth solutions | $100K | 8 mo ago | — | Jessie Pitsillides Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 18 | MicroBiometer Affordable soil microbial biomass testing kits and equipment for soil health | $100K | 109 mo ago | 4 | Brady Trexler Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | Top 5M | 1 launch |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in New Jersey
#1
Series C · Jersey City, New Jersey · founded 1999 · 125 employees$184Mraised▾
Indoor vertical farming company specializing in premium berries and tomatoes. They focus on pesticide-free, nutrient-rich produce grown in perfectly designed indoor environments. Their offerings include a variety of berries and tomatoes, all Non-GMO Project Verified and always in season. They emphasize sustainability and reducing food waste, partnering to offer "perfectly imperfect" produce. They use innovative farming techniques to deliver hyper-local, perfectly ripe fruits and vegetables. They are committed to transparency and quality, aiming to bring the farm of the future to consumers today. They offer recipes and partnerships, and their products are available in select stores. They are focused on social impact by reducing food waste and promoting sustainable agriculture.
- May 2026Series C$150M
- Nov 2024Series B$16M
- Feb 2024Series B$134M
- Mar 2021Series A$50M
#2
Seed · Jersey City, New Jersey · founded 2015 · 16 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Online retailer of cross-border grocery products. Its product offerings include bread, pastries, dessert, pasta, rice, noodles, sauces, beans, meat foods, seafood, cookies, chips, nuts, jams, honey, herbs, spices, olives, vinegar, coffee, tea, juices, and more. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.
- May 2025Seed$450K
- Oct 2023Seed$50K
- May 2021Seed$2M
- Sep 2019Seed$400K
#3
Series B · Hanover, New Jersey · founded 2022 · 15 employees$6.7Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering ready-to-drink tea. The product catalog includes flavors like lemon tea, peach tea, raspberry tea, green tea, and more. The company claims that they provide anti-oxidant tea and the can is made of recycled aluminum.
- Apr 2025Series B$15M
- 2024Series A$7.5M
- Jan 2023Series A$6.7M
#4
Deadpooled · Bedminster, New Jersey · founded 2015 · 53 employees$169Mraised▾
Provider of food waste-based animal feed. It has created a closed-loop system that uses food to its maximum benefit. Its partnerships with grocers to use what would have been wasted. It continues as we upcycle leftover grocery store food, taking it to their facility to be repurposed into feed for animals.
- Oct 2021Series D$169M
#5
Seed · Asbury Park, New Jersey · founded 2023$400Kraised▾
Provider of an all-in-one communication platform for restaurants. This platform streamlines communication between staff, management, and guests. It offers features such as team chat, a social inbox for managing guest interactions across various channels, and AI-driven operational insights derived from social messaging and feedback. The platform aims to improve service, enhance guest experience, and optimize business operations by centralizing communication and providing data-driven recommendations.
- May 2025Seed$400K
#6
Seed · Summit, New Jersey · founded 2023$100Kraised▾
Developer of reactive graphene technology and plant growth solutions. The company focuses on reactive graphene applications, differing from the use of isolated graphene as an additive. Its technology transforms asphalt, reverses water pollution, and revolutionizes plastics recycling. The company also developed a plant growth solution using liquid and biodegradable pods to boost plant growth.
- Oct 2025Seed$100K
#7
Public · Parsippany, New Jersey · founded 2013 · 9200 employees$18.5Mraised▾
Global animal health company dedicated to nurturing the world through animal care. It focuses on advancing animal well-being through a comprehensive approach encompassing medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, and technologies. Driven by science and a passion for animals, the company develops solutions to predict, prevent, detect, and treat diseases in both companion animals and livestock. The company is committed to sustainability and supporting the human-animal bond, particularly by aiding veterinarians. It strives to be a trusted partner in animal health, shaping the future of animal care through innovation and a purpose-driven approach. The company's portfolio includes a range of products for pets, equine, and livestock, supported by research and development, manufacturing, and customer care.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$15.3M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$49.3K
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
#8
Seed · Princeton, New Jersey · founded 2019 · 7 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Supplier of natural flavor whole grain encapsulation carriers
- Sep 2023Seed$3.9M
- Jul 2022Seed$3.9M
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$99.4K
- Nov 2020Seed—
#9
Seed · Cherry Hill, New Jersey · founded 2019 · 11 employees$1.6Mraised▾
AI and a cloud-based cannabis regulatory technology platform. The company's software systems like 'Q-Trust which is a digital registry of compliance data, Registry' which is an integrated white-label e-commerce solution 'Q-Vault' and ' Qredible' assists with different business management and workflow management processes. It also provides services in commerce and the transaction of cannabis-based industries. It also helps the user to check the quality of a hemp farmer and/or hemp / CBD company and its products.
- Oct 2023Seed$1M
- Oct 2022Seed$450K
- Jan 2021Seed$100K
#10
Funding Raised · West Milford, New Jersey · founded 1997 · 50 employees$556.3Kraised▾
Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. engages in the design and development of software-defined sonar technology and products for various underwater sensing and communication applications. The company offers wireless sensors, sounders, sonars, doppler current and sub bottom profilers, acoustic monitoring devices, underwater modems, subsea positioning systems, autonomous underwater vehicles/payloads, and visualization software. It also provides trawl monitoring sensors, panel PCs, variable depth sonars, harbor surveillance sonars, underwater navigation systems, SDS transceivers, pelagic trawlers/purse seiners, hull mounted sonars, and ocean going tuna seiners. The company caters to commercial fisheries, underwater defense, offshore energy, and ocean science markets. It offers products through dealers in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, New Zealand, North America, and South America.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$196K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$360.3K
- Jan 2011PE—
#11
Public · Montvale, New Jersey · founded 2001 · 4 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online platform offering financial technology and agri fintech services. It is a global agri fintech company operating in africa with a mission to provide financial inclusion and upliftment to rural farming communities. They offer app based services to millions of farmers worldwide.
- Jul 2019Post IPO$7.2M
#12
Series A · Mahwah, New Jersey · founded 1996 · 23 employees$3Mraised▾
Buying.com is a decentralized e-commerce platform. The platform allows online stores and consumers to buy products directly from manufacturers. Businesses and consumers can pool their order to reach the Minimum Order Quantity(MOQ) of manufacturers. Users earn tokens for referrals and for placing MOQ orders. Users can provide delivery services and storage services by staking the tokens.
- Jul 2021ICO$5M
- Oct 2018Series A$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
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
- LYCO MFG32
- SAFE Foods32
- Massachusetts INST Technology20
- Island Oasis Frozen Cocktail18
Common questions
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