Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Seoul, South Korea
The 148 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Seoul, South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: market kurly.
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 Seoul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | market kurly 🦄 Market Kurly is a food delivery and logistics platform that enables its users to order food online. | $631M | 37 mo ago | Series G | 430 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Green Labs Revolutionizing agriculture with data-driven solutions for farmers and the food industry | $171M | 38 mo ago | Series C | 150 | Sang Shin Co-Founder & CEO | — | 208 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Woowa Bros Developer and operator of food delivery platforms | $132M | 103 mo ago | Acquired | 2,155 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tridge 🦄 B2B platform connecting buyers and suppliers in the food, agriculture, and marine sectors | $121M | 45 mo ago | Series D | 473 | Kangwook Lee Co-Founder & Coo | — | — | 3 partnerships |
| 5 | Barogo On-demand hyperlocal delivery services for food businesses | $101M | 60 mo ago | Series C | 264 | — | — | 2 patents Integrated POS prepayment systems and autonomous shared‑vehicle delivery logistics platforms | — |
| 6 | Armored Fresh Developer of alternative plant-based cheese | $29M | 49 mo ago | Series A | 34 | Rudy Yoo Founder & CEO | — | 8 patents Plant-based almond cheese and fermented almond milk production technologies | — |
| 7 | N.THING Innovating agriculture with IT, data, and vertical farming solutions | $28M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 21 | Hyeyeon Kim Co-Founder & CEO | — | 26 patents Vertical hydroponic farming systems with integrated environmental and packaging solutions | — |
| 8 | E Green Global Developer of microtuber technology for virus-free seed potato production | $24M | 54 mo ago | Series B | 15 | — | — | 208 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 9 | T-Order Provider of digital table ordering and service solutions for businesses | $23M | 14 mo ago | Series C | 166 | Austin Kwon Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents Digital restaurant ordering, tablet payment, and ingredient-based menu search systems. | — |
| 10 | Doeat Platform offering food delivery service | $21M | 16 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Kirok Kwon Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 11 | Aniai Developer of food service robotics for restaurant businesses 35Funding top 34%News top 39%Moat top 42%Tech top 44% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Newstop 39% Moattop 42% Techtop 44% AItop 45% Innovationbottom 48% Patentsbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $15.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 10 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $15M | 5 mo ago | Seed | 15 | — | — | 10 patents Automated food preparation equipment for grilling and sauce dispensing in fast‑food production | — |
| 12 | Pirates Online platform providing reviews of various restaurants | $14M | 71 mo ago | Series B | 14 | Chuck Yoon Founder | +14% | — | — |
| 13 | Bongdong Online food ordering and delivery service | $11M | 118 mo ago | Deadpooled | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Ghost Kitchen Shared kitchen company providing spaces for delivery-only meals | $11M | 68 mo ago | Deadpooled | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | SIKSIN Online platform to find restaurants based on location | $9M | 102 mo ago | Series A | 37 | — | +4% | 11 patents Digital meal coupon payment platforms and space assetization platforms | — |
| 16 | MangoPlate App-based restaurant discovery platform | $8M | 131 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 16 | — | — | 13 patents Online content fraud detection and personalized ranking using user behavior analytics | — |
| 17 | Simple Planet Provider of plant-based cultivated meat | $8M | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Ildoo Jeong Co-Founder & CEO | — | 9 patents Cell-derived edible bioactive ingredients for nutrition, skin, joint and metabolic health | — |
| 18 | DaNAgreen Provider of scaffolds to culture cells in 3D | $7M | 53 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Kim Woo CEO | — | 27 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 19 | LiveCare Integrated platform for real-time monitoring of livestock animals and data analytics | $7M | 69 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Kim Jin CEO | — | — | — |
| 20 | BEYOND HONEYCOMB Platform developing AI sensing and robotics solution for kitchen devices 48Growth top 28%Tech top 38%Funding top 40%Patents top 40% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Techtop 38% Fundingtop 40% Patentstop 40% Innovationtop 41% Moatbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 23% Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 32 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $5M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 7 | Steve Jung Chief Executive Officer | — | 10 patents Robotic cooking systems and automated food composition analysis technologies | 3 launchs |
| 21 | GreedEat Suppliers of food & beverages products | $5M | 124 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Lee Ju CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Stronghold Technology Manufactures and supplies smart roasters | $4M | 113 mo ago | Seed | 58 | Jason Woo CEO | — | 7 patents Automated temperature profiling and control systems for coffee and grain roasting | — |
| 23 | Dalroll Internet first brand offering muti-category bakery products | $4M | 29 mo ago | Series A | 25 | — | — | 2 patents Formulating and processing rice-based cake products for bakery applications. | — |
| 24 | Elroilab Provider of AI hyperspectral imaging solutions for detecting foreign objects in food materials | $4M | 28 mo ago | Series A | 12 | Yoo seon CEO | — | 24 patents AI-driven hyperspectral imaging inspection and automated rejector systems for quality control | — |
| 25 | Korea Livestock Data Online information dissemination platform for livestock farmers | $4M | 72 mo ago | Series A | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Poing Online restaurant discovery and table reservation platform | $3M | 101 mo ago | Series B | — | Jeong Jin CEO | +2% | — | — |
| 27 | Table Manager Offers a reservation management system | $3M | 75 mo ago | Series A | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | ioCrops Provider of cloud-based farm management software | $2M | 60 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Jinhyung Cho Founder & CEO | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 29 | Fooding Internet first caterer offering catering services to offices and companies | $2M | 46 mo ago | Acquired | — | Hwang Sik CEO | — | — | — |
| 30 | Diningcode Ranking and Discovery platform for restaurants in South Korea | $2M | 125 mo ago | Series A | — | Hyoseop Shin CEO | +6% | — | — |
| 31 | Tablero Provider of smart order service system for restaurants and cafes | $2M | 31 mo ago | Seed | — | Chang Ha-il Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | GreenGene Developer of plant organelle gene editing technology for trait development | $2M | — | Seed | 6 | Jin-Soo Kim Founder & CTO | — | 9 patents Adenine base editing for plant genome and chloroplast engineering, enabling herbicide resistance | — |
| 33 | Rovers Provider of agriculture IP System | $363K | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | Dan Park Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Seoul
#1
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 21 employees$27.7Mraised▾
Innovating agriculture with IT, data, and vertical farming solutions, leading the agri-food tech market revolution. They aim to transform the global food value chain by removing time and space constraints in agriculture using technology. They provide optimal farm solutions through proprietary technology, enabling farm expansion regardless of location. Their offerings include vertical farm solutions, delivering fresh produce worldwide, and plant-based alternatives. They focus on future food through research, platform development for functional crops and AI, and securing core technologies. They are committed to sustainable and innovative technologies, offering solutions and crop businesses. They are also focused on talent acquisition to support their mission.
- Mar 2026Series B—
- Oct 2021Series B$26M
- Dec 2015Series A$1.7M
- Dec 2014Seed$25K
#2
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020 · 15 employees$15Mraised▾
Developer of food service robotics for restaurant businesses. The company develops artificial intelligence-based robots and contactless sauce dispenser for restaurants. It also provides cloud system for kitchen operations and food quality control.
- Jan 2026Seed$4M
- Jan 2024Seed$12M
- Feb 2023Seed$3M
#3
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 166 employees$22.8Mraised▾
Provider of digital table ordering and service solutions for businesses. The company offers systems for order management, point of sale integration, and customer service. It provides options for table ordering, server assistance, and related operational tools. The business aims to streamline processes for various industries.
- Apr 2025Series C$50M
- Mar 2024Series B$23M
#4
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2022 · 26 employees$21.4Mraised▾
Platform offering food delivery service. The platform allows users to discover local restaurants and order food with a minimum order amount for customers.
- Jan 2025Series A$21.4M
#5
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020 · 7 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Platform developing AI sensing and robotics solution for kitchen devices. It offers solutions to create a customized food menu according to the recipe given by chefs.
- Jul 2025Series A$7.3M
- Jul 2023Series A$5.3M
- 2020Seed—
#6
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2023$363.5Kraised▾
Provider of agriculture IP System. It provides products such as crop navigator that offers comprehensive seed and variety database management tools for seed suppliers. It also provides transaction management solutions.
- Mar 2026Seed$1.3M
- Apr 2024Seed$363.5K
- Jun 2023Seed—
#7
Series G · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi · founded 2015 · 430 employees$631.5Mraised▾
Operator of a fresh food delivery platform intended to transform the production and distribution of groceries. The company's platform delivers products from offline stores closest to the place where shoppers are located and offer non-perishable foods such as jam, pasta sauce, and canned foods, enabling people to get fresh food on a scheduled time.
#8
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 150 employees$170.7Mraised▾
Revolutionizing agriculture with data-driven solutions for farmers and the food industry. The company is transforming the agricultural landscape by providing a platform that empowers farmers with data-driven insights, optimizing farm management activities from production to distribution. This innovative approach fosters a thriving agricultural ecosystem. They are also leading digital innovation in agricultural commodity trading, addressing information asymmetry in the grain market through a grain scanner. This promotes transparency and efficiency across the value chain. Furthermore, they are revolutionizing agricultural B2B distribution, connecting farmers with food buyers through an extensive network. This expands market access and creates new opportunities. By offering an online marketplace for agricultural supplies, they are reducing production costs for farmers. This comprehensive platform provides farmers with access to pricing information, reviews, and product details, enabling informed purchasing decisions. This is a B2B platform, SaaS, and software solution.
- Mar 2023Conventional Debt$38.4M
- Jan 2022Series C$142.7M
- Jan 2021Series B$18M
- May 2020Series A$5.3M
#9
Tridge 🦄Series D · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 473 employees$121.4Mraised▾
B2B platform connecting buyers and suppliers in the food, agriculture, and marine sectors. The platform combines data analytics, market intelligence, and human expertise to streamline cross-border trade. The platform offers tools for supplier matching, pricing insights, import and export data, and logistics support.
- Aug 2022Series D$37.2M
- Jul 2021Series C$60M
- Apr 2020Series B$11M
- Nov 2019Series A$10.5M
#10
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 264 employees$100.5Mraised▾
Barogo is a provider of on-demand B2B hyperlocal food delivery services in South Korea. Offers a consumer-facing console to enable real-time ordering and a web-based user interface for businesses to manage delivery operations centrally. The company also operates multiple hubs and a network of crowdsourced delivery agents throughout South Korea. Clients include McDonald's, Krispy Kreme, Burger King, KFC, Baskin Robbins, and Dunkin Donuts among others.
- Jun 2021Series C$71.7M
- Jul 2019Series B$10.3M
- May 2018Series A$18.5M
#11
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021$7.5Mraised▾
Provider of plant-based cultivated meat. It uses cell cultivation technology for alternative meat production. Its plant-based meat alternatives include beef, pork, chicken, and seafood.
- Feb 2024Seed$6M
- 2022Seed$1.5M
#12
Acquired · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2011 · 2155 employees$131.8Mraised▾
Woowa Bros is a developer and operator of food delivery platforms. It develops Android and iOS mobile applications for food delivery platforms that connect restaurants with consumers for on-demand food delivery.
- Nov 2017Series E$32M
- Apr 2016Series E$50M
- Nov 2014Series D$36M
- Mar 2014Series C$12M
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 Seoul researches in food tech
Seoul institutions, led by Seoul National University, research food safety, nutrition, and sustainability in food-tech, with concern-dominant findings (12) yielding a contested, cautious tone.
- Seoul National University22
- Seoul National University of Science and Technology5
- University of Seoul2
- Seoul Women\'s University1
- Seoul Medical Center1
Common questions
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