Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in South Korea
The 289 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: market kurly.
Food and Agriculture Tech in South Korea is more active than most people realize, and this directory ranks 289 companies by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum to show you exactly where the action is.
Total disclosed funding across the sector hits $1.6B, with two unicorns anchoring the top of the table. N.Thing leads the funded pack at $28M, followed by T-Order at $23M and Doeat at $21M. Those numbers aren't enormous by global standards, but the trajectory matters: median install growth across food and agtech apps is running at roughly +20% year-on-year, which tells you consumer engagement is genuinely compounding. The global Food and Agriculture Tech market sits at around $4,200B with a 4.7% CAGR, and demand drivers like water conservation, plant-based simplification and functional ingredients are pushing capital toward exactly the verticals where Korean founders are building. SparkLabs, BluePoint Partners and sopoong are the names I keep seeing on cap tables here, and they're writing checks consistently enough to signal real conviction. So the question isn't whether this sector moves. It's whether you're tracking the right companies inside it.
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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 South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | 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 | 430 | — | SentryNode.jsPHP+24 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Green Labs Revolutionizing agriculture with data-driven solutions for farmers and the food industry | $171M | 38 mo ago | 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 | 2,155 | — | Froala EditorJavaNginx+11 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tridge 🦄 B2B platform connecting buyers and suppliers in the food, agriculture, and marine sectors | $121M | 45 mo ago | 473 | Kangwook Lee Co-Founder & Coo | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | — | 3 partnerships |
| 5 | Barogo On-demand hyperlocal delivery services for food businesses | $101M | 60 mo ago | 264 | — | ImwebFroala EditorYouTube+18 | — | 2 patents Integrated POS prepayment systems and autonomous shared‑vehicle delivery logistics platforms | — |
| 6 | Marketboro Provider of distribution solutions for enterprises | $44M | 47 mo ago | — | Imsa Sung CEO | — | +48% | 9 patents AI-driven food commerce platform: recommendation, pricing, credit, and data standardization | — |
| 7 | JeongYookGak Online grocery store for meat and dairy products | $36M | 42 mo ago | 141 | Jaeyeon Kim CEO | Cart FunctionalitySentryFirebase+16 | — | 7 patents AI-driven e‑commerce recommendation and smart cooking appliance personalization | — |
| 8 | Catch TABLE Platform for booking tables in restaurants | $29M | 35 mo ago | 156 | Tei Yong Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Armored Fresh Developer of alternative plant-based cheese | $29M | 49 mo ago | 34 | Rudy Yoo Founder & CEO | CKEditorZohoPHP+12 | — | 8 patents Plant-based almond cheese and fermented almond milk production technologies | — |
| 10 | N.THING Innovating agriculture with IT, data, and vertical farming solutions | $28M | 3 mo ago | 21 | Hyeyeon Kim Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 26 patents Vertical hydroponic farming systems with integrated environmental and packaging solutions | — |
| 11 | E Green Global Developer of microtuber technology for virus-free seed potato production | $24M | 54 mo ago | 15 | — | — | — | 208 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | T-Order Provider of digital table ordering and service solutions for businesses | $23M | 14 mo ago | 166 | Austin Kwon Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceJava+23 | — | 3 patents Digital restaurant ordering, tablet payment, and ingredient-based menu search systems. | — |
| 13 | Doeat Platform offering food delivery service | $21M | 16 mo ago | 26 | Kirok Kwon Co-Founder | Node.jsMUIReact+12 | — | — | — |
| 14 | 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 | 4 mo ago | 15 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | — | 10 patents Automated food preparation equipment for grilling and sauce dispensing in fast‑food production | — |
| 15 | Pirates Online platform providing reviews of various restaurants | $14M | 71 mo ago | 14 | Chuck Yoon Founder | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsRadix UI+15 | +14% | — | — |
| 16 | G + FLAS Life Sciences Developing gene editing technologies for new drugs and plant-based biopharmaceuticals | $12M | 81 mo ago | 9 | Sunghwa Choe CEO | — | — | 88 patents CRISPR-based gene therapies and plant‑derived biologics for targeted cancer treatment | — |
| 17 | Onul-Hoi Internet-first restaurant offering seafood | $11M | 64 mo ago | 7 | — | ImwebSentryFroala Editor+25 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Bongdong Online food ordering and delivery service | $11M | 118 mo ago | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Ghost Kitchen Shared kitchen company providing spaces for delivery-only meals | $11M | 67 mo ago | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | SIKSIN Online platform to find restaurants based on location | $9M | 102 mo ago | 37 | — | Naver MapsReactApache HTTP Server+19 | +4% | 11 patents Digital meal coupon payment platforms and space assetization platforms | — |
| 21 | XYZ Manufacturer of AI-based robotic systems for restaurants 69Innovation top 31%Patents top 32%Moat top 32%Funding top 34% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 31% Patentstop 32% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 34% AItop 45% Markettop 46% Producttop 46% Globalbottom 31% Innovation: 21 patents (top 51% of patent-holders) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 21 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $9M | 3 mo ago | 70 | — | — | — | 21 patents Autonomous food-service robotics for ordering, delivery, and safety in retail environments | — |
| 22 | MangoPlate App-based restaurant discovery platform | $8M | 131 mo ago | 16 | — | — | — | 13 patents Online content fraud detection and personalized ranking using user behavior analytics | — |
| 23 | Simple Planet Provider of plant-based cultivated meat | $8M | 28 mo ago | — | Ildoo Jeong Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 9 patents Cell-derived edible bioactive ingredients for nutrition, skin, joint and metabolic health | — |
| 24 | simple planet company Simple Planet Company is a cell culture platform that produces cell-based jellies and hybrid meats. | $8M | 28 mo ago | 9 | — | ImwebSentryFroala Editor+21 | — | 9 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 25 | DaNAgreen Provider of scaffolds to culture cells in 3D | $7M | 53 mo ago | 13 | Kim Woo CEO | — | — | 27 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 26 | LiveCare Integrated platform for real-time monitoring of livestock animals and data analytics | $7M | 69 mo ago | 14 | Kim Jin CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | 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 | 7 | Steve Jung Chief Executive Officer | ImwebSentryFroala Editor+27 | — | 10 patents Robotic cooking systems and automated food composition analysis technologies | 3 launchs |
| 28 | GreedEat Suppliers of food & beverages products | $5M | 124 mo ago | — | Lee Ju CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Stronghold Technology Manufactures and supplies smart roasters | $4M | 113 mo ago | 58 | Jason Woo CEO | — | — | 7 patents Automated temperature profiling and control systems for coffee and grain roasting | — |
| 30 | HN Novatech Platform offering alternative meat products | $4M | 33 mo ago | 40 | kim Hee CEO | — | — | 146 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 31 | Dalroll Internet first brand offering muti-category bakery products | $4M | 29 mo ago | 25 | — | — | — | 2 patents Formulating and processing rice-based cake products for bakery applications. | — |
| 32 | Elroilab Provider of AI hyperspectral imaging solutions for detecting foreign objects in food materials | $4M | 28 mo ago | 12 | Yoo seon CEO | — | — | 24 patents AI-driven hyperspectral imaging inspection and automated rejector systems for quality control | — |
| 33 | Korea Livestock Data Online information dissemination platform for livestock farmers | $4M | 72 mo ago | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Poing Online restaurant discovery and table reservation platform | $3M | 101 mo ago | — | Jeong Jin CEO | — | +2% | — | — |
| 35 | My Chef Internet-first brand offering ready-to-heat meals | $3M | 74 mo ago | — | Jong- Eok Lim Owner | Cart FunctionalityJavaYouTube+11 | — | — | — |
| 36 | Table Manager Offers a reservation management system | $3M | 75 mo ago | 36 | — | Node.jsAnimate.cssNginx+11 | — | — | — |
| 37 | Wave Provider of a platform for kitchen operation services in restaurants | $3M | 37 mo ago | 28 | Robert Baek Co-founder & CTO | — | — | 41 patents Wearable strain sensors, autonomous robotics, EV charging infrastructure, conductive textiles, AI mental‑health diagnostics | — |
| 38 | AIOFARM AI platform that creates technology for agriculture automating the sorting of agricultural products based on… | $3M | 27 mo ago | 14 | Hojae Gwak CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Meatbox Online retailer of various meats including beef, pork, and poultry | $2M | 112 mo ago | — | Damian Seo CEO | Node.jsJavaReact+18 | — | — | — |
| 40 | ioCrops Provider of cloud-based farm management software | $2M | 60 mo ago | 13 | Jinhyung Cho Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+18 | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 41 | Fooding Internet first caterer offering catering services to offices and companies | $2M | 46 mo ago | — | Hwang Sik CEO | Framer SitesReactHubSpot Chat+13 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Diningcode Ranking and Discovery platform for restaurants in South Korea | $2M | 125 mo ago | — | Hyoseop Shin CEO | UbuntuReactReact Router+13 | +6% | — | — |
| 43 | Tablero Provider of smart order service system for restaurants and cafes | $2M | 31 mo ago | — | Chang Ha-il Founder & CEO | Node.jsPHPUNIX+9 | — | — | — |
| 44 | Thyssen Biopharmaceuticals Online platform offering lab-grown meat substitutes | $2M | 44 mo ago | 20 | Wonil Han CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | GreenGene Developer of plant organelle gene editing technology for trait development | $2M | — | 6 | Jin-Soo Kim Founder & CTO | — | — | 9 patents Adenine base editing for plant genome and chloroplast engineering, enabling herbicide resistance | — |
| 46 | Agmo Developer of agricultural machinery technology solutions | $1M | 30 mo ago | — | Seungjin Park Co-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | GSF SYSTEM Technology company that provides smart farm solutions | $419K | 43 mo ago | 11 | Jeon Seong-seong CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Rovers Provider of agriculture IP System | $363K | 3 mo ago | — | Dan Park Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Namuijip Online platform for sharing personal spaces and engaging in conversations with strangers | $267K | 82 mo ago | 11 | Sungyong Kim CEO | Naver Mapsstyled-componentsReact+21 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in South Korea
#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 B · Seongdong, Sudogwon · founded 2020 · 70 employees$8.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of AI-based robotic systems for restaurants. It offers solutions for extracting ice cream from the capsules and taking it to the customers. The robot can make a variety of ice cream as per customer requirements.
- Mar 2026Series B$8.8M
#4
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
#5
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
#6
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—
#7
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—
#8
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.
#9
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
#10
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
#11
Series D · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2018 · 156 employees$29.2Mraised▾
Platform for booking tables in restaurants
- Jul 2023Series D$23.6M
- Apr 2022Series C—
- Apr 2020Series B$2.9M
- 2019Series A$2.7M
#12
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
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 South Korea
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 570 South Korea-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Agriculture50
- Ministry of Education30
- Kyung Hee University28
- Kangwon National University27
- Gyeongsang National University24
- Food safety13
- Food processing5
- Food packaging5
- Food products4
- Traceability3
- Food safety4→55
- Food processing1→29
- Food science2→26
- Food packaging2→19
- Food industry2→17
- Food safety7→43
- Agriculture1→21
- Production (economics)1→20
- Food security1→18
- Food processing3→20
Where food tech is researched across South Korea
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 South Korea
South Korea food tech patent filing is accelerating — 160 filings from 143 assignees (2016–2025), led by CJ Cheiljedang, KIM HONG BAE, Samsung; annual filings 18→22.
- CJ Cheiljedang40
- KIM HONG BAE15
- Samsung13
- Korea FOOD RES INST8
- NUC Electronicsco6
- NUC Electronics4
- Korea FOOD & DRUG Admin4
- UNIV Sookmyung Womens IND ACAD C4
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.