Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
The 39 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ectare.
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 State of Minas Gerais
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ectare Provider of financial infrastructure connecting agribusiness buyers sellers and financiers | $120M | 59 mo ago | Series D | Marcell Salgado CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 2 | Seedz Provider of an online marketplace for exchanging seeds with loyalty points | $16M | 45 mo ago | Series A | Daniel Rosa Co-Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsDito+27 | 1 job opening |
| 3 | Rúmina Provider of end-to-end digital solutions for dairy and beef farmers | $5M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Pedro Peixoto Co-Founder | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — |
| 4 | Strider Provider of cloud-based pest monitoring and farm management software | $5M | 124 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Jeff Rowe CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | Tarken Provider of a platform for credit management in the agricultural sector | $3M | 58 mo ago | Seed | Carlos Neto Co-Founder and CTO | 2021 | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+6 | — |
| 6 | Grao Direto Connecting buyers and sellers of grains with prices and information | $3M | 17 mo ago | Series B | Alexandre Borges Co-Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsNextAuth.js+24 | — |
| 7 | GIRA Develops and offers agriculture receivables management system | $1M | 95 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 8 | Atomic Agro Provider of agricultural market intelligence and insights to farmers | $714K | 79 mo ago | Acquired | Gustavo Guimaraes Co-Founder & Advisor | 2017 | — | — |
| 9 | Tbit System for content analysis and phenotyping using image analysis | $317K | 107 mo ago | Seed | — | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 10 | Flowins Provider of food traceability solutions for coffee retailers | $132K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Guilherme Diniz Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in State of Minas Gerais
#1
Series B · Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2016 · 131 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Connecting buyers and sellers of grains with prices and information. This platform facilitates the trading of commodities like soybeans, corn, and sorghum, offering tools for both sellers and buyers. It provides real-time market data, including prices and quotations, to inform negotiation strategies. The platform offers solutions for businesses, including tools for managing barter operations, market intelligence, and automated trading. It aims to streamline the grain trading process, offering support and secure transactions through its application. The company provides a digital marketplace for grain commercialization, connecting producers, companies, and offering financial services like credit options for agricultural needs. This is a B2B platform, SaaS, and offers a mobile app.
- Mar 2025Series B$15.5M
- Feb 2021Series A$2.5M
- May 2018Seed$627.7K
#2
Series D · Sao Sebastiao Do Paraiso, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2017 · 28 employees$120Mraised▾
Provider of financial infrastructure connecting agribusiness buyers sellers and financiers. It provides a range of services, including financial intelligence and management solutions. Its primary focus is on supporting businesses in the agricultural industry.
- Sep 2021Series D$120M
#3
Series A · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2016 · 266 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Provider of an online marketplace for exchanging seeds with loyalty points. It offers a loyalty program where users can buy products and earn seedz points. Its product offerings include agricultural machinery, farm equipment, fertilizers, feeds, and storage infrastructures which can be purchased using seedz points.
- Dec 2022Series A$16.5M
- Oct 2021Seed—
#4
Series A · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2020 · 100 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Provider of end-to-end digital solutions for dairy and beef farmers
- Apr 2022Series A$5.2M
#5
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2021 · 69 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for credit management in the agricultural sector. The platform offers artificial intelligence support and data to support decision-making.
- Oct 2021Seed$3.4M
#6
Acqui-Hired · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2013 · 60 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-based pest monitoring and farm management software. Leverages big data analytics for real-time crop insights. Empowers farmers with predictive pest control and yield optimization.
- May 2016Series A—
- Oct 2014Seed—
#7
Seed · Tres Pontas, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2018 · 14 employees$131.9Kraised▾
Provider of food traceability solutions for coffee retailers. The platform connects coffee producers with retailers. The company also analyzes coffee quality. The platform also provides news about coffee trends. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Dec 2022Seed$131.9K
#8
Seed · Uberlandia, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2015 · 53 employees$1.5Mraised▾
GIRA develops and offers agriculture receivables management system. It enables the user to monitor farm operations through a risk map accompanying the rural product certificate. Also, enables the users to demarcate the area and set survey dates according to the crop. Also, generates post-germination and post-granulation reports during the surveys. The platform is accessible through its Android mobile application.
- Sep 2018Seed$1.5M
#9
Acquired · Uberlandia, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2017$714.2Kraised▾
Provider of agricultural market intelligence and insights to farmers. It operates as an agrotech startup company providing information and insights on the agriculture industry, focusing on topics such as crop prices, weather conditions, and agricultural trends. The company delivers news and analysis on various agricultural commodities, including soya, corn, and coffee.
- Jan 2020Seed$714.2K
#10
Seed · Lavras, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2008 · 15 employees$317.2Kraised▾
Tbit provides a image analysis system for phenotyping and content analysis of seedlings and seeds under the brand name "GroundEye". The product portfolio has 3 products: GroundEye L Series that uses seedling measurement for checking seed vigor and the company claims that L series is capable of analyzing 200 seedlings per minute; GroundEye S series has an integrated image capturing module, seed placement tray, and a software platform that characterizes 300 data points for each seed and the system can be used for purity analysis, batch differentiations, identification of defects, spotting identifications, calculation of germination & vigor, evaluation of seed treatment coverage etc; GroundEye SC series performs coverage analysis in seed treatment process.
- Oct 2017Seed$317.2K
#11
Seed · Uberlandia, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2021—raised▾
Provider of farm biologicals. They specialize in providing slow release organomineral fertilizers to farmers. They claim their products are designed to promote sustainable farming practices and reduce environmental impact.
- Aug 2024Seed—
#12
Seed · Uberlandia, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2020 · 36 employees—raised▾
Provider of data-driven analytical solutions for agribusinesses. It offers agronomic software that uses satellite and drone imagery to collect farm field data and deliver actionable insights. It analyzes plant and soil samples to generate fertilizer prescriptions and analyzes farm equipment to deliver harvest maps.
- Apr 2023Seed—
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How research on Food Technology is moving in Brazil
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 1,078 Brazil-affiliated papers.
- Universidade de São Paulo116
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas91
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation52
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina50
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais46
- Production (economics)8
- Sustainability6
- Agriculture5
- Food science5
- Livestock4
- Food processing1→49
- Food safety3→33
- Antimicrobial1→25
- Food science2→20
- Food spoilage1→15
- Food safety3→88
- Food processing7→74
- Food security1→55
- Agriculture1→47
- Production (economics)1→38
Where food tech is researched across Brazil
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.
Common questions
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