Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Nova Scotia, Canada
The 40 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Nova Scotia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Goodleaf Farms.
Our analysis of 50 Food and Agriculture Tech companies
$7.9b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Nova Scotia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodleaf Farms Provider of pesticide-free microgreens, baby greens, and salad mixes 53Product top 21%Funding top 26%Innovation top 34%Moat top 39% All 9 signals ▾Producttop 21% Fundingtop 26% Innovationtop 34% Moattop 39% Techtop 48% Marketbottom 47% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 17% Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D Funding: Raised $162M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $162M | 9 mo ago | 72 | 2015 | — | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+17 | — | — |
| 2 | TruLeaf Indoor farming technology company producing leafy greens and herbs year-round | $12M | 66 mo ago | 17 | 2011 | Barry Murchie Chief Executive Officer | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceStimulus+13 | — | — |
| 3 | ReelData Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for land-based aquaculture operations | $10M | 43 mo ago | 48 | 2018 | Mathew Zimola Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowVimeoTypekit+13 | 11 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Urchinomics Provider of sea urchin aquaculture and kelp forest restoration 32Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 46%Tech bottom 41% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 46% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $6M | 25 mo ago | 10 | 2017 | Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda Founder and Ecopreneur | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceYouTube+15 | — | — |
| 5 | Aqualitas Producer of organically grown medical cannabis | $4M | 79 mo ago | 84 | 2014 | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | — | — |
| 6 | Nexus Robotics Developer of robotic weeders for farming businesses | $2M | 42 mo ago | 20 | 2018 | Teric Greenan Co-Founder & VP of Business Development | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+15 | 3 patents Automated robotic weed detection, removal, and disposal for precision agriculture. | — |
| 7 | 4-Deep Deep water imaging product and services for aquaculture, algae, oil and gas & other industries | $500K | 129 mo ago | 6 | 2008 | Stephen Jones CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Marimetrics Manufacturer of analytical instrumentation and provider of marine environment data solutions | $150K | 81 mo ago | 4 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Cotex Technologies Manufacturer of fertilizer and seed coatings | $100K | 56 mo ago | 6 | 2019 | Santosh Yadav Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 10 | Ocean Executive Seafood commodity trading platform | $100K | 144 mo ago | 2 | 2014 | Mike Budreski Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Nova Scotia
#1
Series D · Bible Hill, Nova Scotia · founded 2015 · 72 employees$162Mraised▾
Provider of pesticide-free microgreens, baby greens, and salad mixes. The company cultivates ready-to-eat greens using sustainable farming practices. It offers greens year-round. The company focuses on nutrient-dense produce.
- Nov 2025Series D—
- Jan 2025Conventional Debt—
- Dec 2022Series D$110.1M
- Feb 2021Series C$51.9M
#2
Series A · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2017 · 10 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Provider of sea urchin aquaculture and kelp forest restoration. It offers its services by targeting ecologically destructive, empty sea urchins and re-home them into their ranching systems. It utilizes kelp blades for the restoration process that attract microscopic organisms that feast on sea urchin larvae.
- Jul 2024Series A—
- Jan 2023Series A—
- Apr 2021Series A$5.7M
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)—
#3
Series A · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 48 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for land-based aquaculture operations. The company provides tools for optimizing decision-making, biomass management, and health monitoring. It offers systems for automated feeding, biomass distribution analysis, and stress reduction. The company's technology aims to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact in aquaculture.
- Jan 2023Series A$8M
- Apr 2021Seed$2M
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)—
#4
Series B · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2011 · 17 employees$12.2Mraised▾
Indoor farming technology company producing leafy greens and herbs year-round. They specialize in developing and integrating proprietary innovations in equipment design, farm layout, and plant production formulas. This allows them to produce clean, pesticide-free, nutrient-rich leafy plants regardless of the season. Their technology platform can be deployed globally, yielding high-quality leafy greens, herbs, and microgreens. They focus on minimizing the distance between farm and fork, contributing to food security. The company has a team of specialists in plant science, quality assurance, and farm design, ensuring clients benefit from new product varieties and responsiveness to market trends. They offer a sustainable and efficient approach to agriculture, providing fresh produce consistently.
- Feb 2021Series B—
- Apr 2018Series A—
- Dec 2016Angel$8.5M
- Mar 2016Series A$2.6M
#5
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 20 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Developer of robotic weeders for farming businesses. It has developed a weeder that is capable of navigating and removing weeds. It uses AI-powered cameras to identify and differentiate weeds and crops during weeding operations.
- Feb 2023Seed—
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Oct 2020Seed$1.2M
- Sep 2020Seed$417.3K
#6
Series A · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2014 · 84 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Producer of organically grown medical cannabis. This company cultivates and distributes medical cannabis products, ensuring reliable access for patients. It offers a patient transfer program for those switching providers and provides resources for new patients seeking medical cannabis authorization. The company also has a Veterans Care Program offering priority access and support. A variety of cannabis products are available, and the company maintains a focus on consistent inventory management to minimize supply disruptions.
- Jan 2020Series A$38.2K
- Dec 2018Series A$169.7K
- Nov 2018Series A$474.7K
- Aug 2018Series A$75K
#7
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2008 · 6 employees$500Kraised▾
4Deep in water imaging is a privately owned, Halifax-based ocean technology firm specializing in the design, production and sale of submersible microscopes. These devices are used to monitor water quality in real-time and are based upon the principle of digital in-line holography. Applications include monitoring and quantifying oil in water, harmful algae monitoring, ship bilge and ballast tanks, oceanographic research, aquaculture and algae-biofuel production. The submersible microscope is essential for applications that require real-time, continuous, in-situ monitoring of water. The device is small, portable, robust, easy to maintain, requires minimal training and is easily deployed in fresh and saltwater to obtain 3D images. The system can count, size, characterize and track the movement of particles and microorganisms as small as a 1 micron and as large as several millimeters. Leveraging the intellectual talents and expertise of Atlantic Canada's oil. freshwater and ocean communities, RO is active in hardware and software development and has received numerous awards and grants acknowledging its commitment to product leadership and innovation. RO is currently focused on using th
- Nov 2015Seed$500K
#8
Seed · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · founded 2019 · 6 employees$100Kraised▾
Cotex Technologies is a manufacturer of fertilizer and seed coatings. The company offers a dry & instant coating process that can be produced with a polymer-coated product. It offers biodegradable coating using its proprietary technology for fertilizer and seeds.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$100K
- Feb 2021Seed—
#9
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2020 · 3 employees$20Kraised▾
Online platform offering chef-prepared meals. It offers meals such as cake, lasagna, cream puff, rice, salads, and more.
- 2023Seed$20K
#10
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2014 · 4 employees$150Kraised▾
Manufacturer of analytical instrumentation and provider of marine environment data solutions. The company designs instruments for *in situ* measurement of hydrocarbons and greenhouse gases. It also offers tools for aquatic animal health diagnostics. The company delivers data collected by its instruments and provides analytical services. Support and maintenance services for the instrumentation are also available.
- Nov 2019Seed$150K
#11
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2018 · 9 employees$50Kraised▾
Greenlight Analytical is a developer of smart devices for cannabis quality analysis. It has developed a bench-top cannabis analyzer that is capable of measuring potency, flavor, quality, and safety in a single device. It has a patent-pending sample introduction system that helps in cannabis crop validation & optimization. cannabis testing, THC/CBD testing, potency testing, terpene profiling, pesticide screening, and many more.
- Feb 2021Seed—
- Sep 2020Seed$50K
#12
Seed · Halifax, Nova Scotia · founded 2014 · 2 employees$100Kraised▾
Ocean Executive is an expansive Internet trading portal to bring together consumers and merchants from the global seafood industry. A real-time, location based, transaction, electronic platform that offers both an open marketplace (market auction) and private marketplace (spot auction) in addition to the buying and selling of forward and future contracts for a wide range of physical seafood commodities. It offers seafood professionals a hedging tool that benefit fishermen, processors, wholesalers, distributors, traders, brokers, foodservice companies, grocery stores, retailers and large restaurant chains.
- Aug 2014Seed$100K
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 Canada
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 830 Canada-affiliated papers.
- McGill University71
- University of Guelph68
- Ministry of Agriculture50
- University of British Columbia49
- Ministry of Health46
- Food safety2→12
- Food processing4→33
- Food safety4→30
- Agriculture1→23
- Food industry3→15
- Shelf life2→14
- Food safety9→70
- Food security9→69
- Food processing10→67
- Agriculture7→43
- Production (economics)1→34
Where food tech is researched across Canada
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 Canada
Canada food tech patent filing is accelerating — 14 filings from 11 assignees (2016–2025), led by Lucid, COTE Benjamin, KATZ Design; annual filings 1→5.
- Lucid7
- COTE Benjamin3
- KATZ Design2
- G E Leblanc2
- Charlottetown Metal Products2
- Anohekra1
- Grima Daniel J1
- Brillinger TINA1
Common questions
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