Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Switzerland
The 237 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Syngenta.
Food and Agriculture Tech in Switzerland has a real funding story to tell: 237 companies, $822M in total disclosed capital, and a directory that ranks them by equity raised and recent momentum. That's the number you start with.
Syngenta leads the field at $250M raised, followed by Planted at $118M and ecoRobotix at $80M. Three companies alone account for roughly half the pool, which tells you something about how concentrated Switzerland's agrifood capital really is. The global Food and Agriculture Tech market sits at approximately $4.2 trillion with a 4.7% CAGR, and demand drivers like water conservation and plant-based reformulation are pointing capital toward exactly the kind of precision-agriculture and alternative-protein bets Switzerland's ecosystem keeps producing. Across 504 food and agtech apps tracked globally, median install growth is running at roughly 20% year-on-year. So the consumer appetite is there. Whether Switzerland's zero-unicorn, venture-backed cohort can scale into that demand is the question I'd keep asking as you work through this list.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
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 Switzerland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syngenta Developer of technologies and sustainable farming practices for farmers | $250M | 37 mo ago | 501 | 2000 | Jon Fyrwald CEO | StoreHippoApple iCloud MailNode.js+25 | 1,334 patents Genetically engineered crops: haploid induction, flowering control, and disease resistance traits. | — |
| 2 | Planted Internet first brand offering plant-based meat substitute food products | $118M | 18 mo ago | 319 | 2019 | Eric Stirnemann Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+32 | — | — |
| 3 | Innoterra Agri-tech platform transforming food ecosystem with sustainable solutions and farmer empowerment | $101M | 37 mo ago | 47 | 2004 | Ron Pal Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 4 | ecoRobotix AI-powered precision agriculture technology for sustainable crop care and increased efficiency 82News top 21%Funding top 22%AI top 25%Tech top 28% All 12 signals ▾Newstop 21% Fundingtop 22% AItop 25% Techtop 28% Patentstop 28% Producttop 28% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 29% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 35% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 42% News: 11 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 7 types) · +120% YoY Funding: Raised $80.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $80M | 8 mo ago | 70 | 2011 | Steve Tanner Co-Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+27 | 33 patents Precision robotic spot‑spraying and selective weed control for agriculture | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 5 | Farmy Online grocer shipping farm produce | $29M | 35 mo ago | 220 | 2014 | Tobias Schubert Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Cart FunctionalitySpreeRuby+27 | — | — |
| 6 | Invenda Platform offering cloud based digital signage advertising solutions | $29M | 39 mo ago | 108 | 2017 | Anton Rueden CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowMicrosoft Clarity+17 | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Pula Insurtech and data science solutions empowering smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia 50Talent top 19%Moat top 29%Funding top 38%Tech top 40% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 19% Moattop 29% Fundingtop 38% Techtop 40% Producttop 40% Markettop 45% Globalbottom 38% Growthbottom 35% Customersbottom 34% Newsbottom 21% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 5 named leaders on record Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 1 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $27M | 26 mo ago | 318 | 2015 | Sara Defour Co-Founder and CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Datamars Data-driven solutions for livestock, pets, and textiles, enabling informed decisions | $24M | 26 mo ago | 1,900 | 1988 | Klaus Ackerstaff CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+36 | 156 patents Livestock health monitoring and management: tissue sampling, weighing, RFID-enabled washable items. | 1 award |
| 9 | QualySense Developer of autonomous robots for grain sorting and grading | $22M | 53 mo ago | 23 | 2010 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | 22 patents Particle classification systems and vacuum belt bulk material transport equipment | — |
| 10 | Gamaya AI-powered solutions for sugarcane yield optimization and sustainable agriculture | $16M | 84 mo ago | 27 | 2014 | — | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | 14 patents AI-driven precision agriculture: crop cycle prediction, soil pathogen detection, spectral imaging, plant‑microbe interfaces. | — |
| 11 | Yeastup Provider of protein ingredients through yeast fermentation | $13M | 18 mo ago | 8 | 2020 | — | DudaTwitch PlayerNginx+18 | 8 patents Extraction and purification of proteins and saccharides from yeast | — |
| 12 | Farmer Connect EUDR compliance solutions provider, ensuring traceability and deforestation-free supply chains | $9M | 63 mo ago | 31 | 2019 | David Behrends Founder | HubSpot CMS Hubcore-jsjQuery Migrate+12 | 5 patents Blockchain-based traceability platform for agricultural supply chain | — |
| 13 | Vivent Biosignals Provider of artificial intelligence solution to decipher plant signals and provides crop health insights… | $9M | 6 mo ago | — | 2012 | Nigel Wallbridge Co-Founder | WordPressTypeScriptPHP+44 | — | 1 partnership |
| 14 | Bring! Shopping list builder | $8M | 73 mo ago | 40 | 2015 | Marco Search Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesTypekit+19 | — | — |
| 15 | Onesoil Ai AI and satellite-based precision farming solutions for farmers | $7M | 61 mo ago | 62 | 2017 | Slava Mazai Co-Founder | SentryLeafletFacebook Login+19 | — | 3 launchs |
| 16 | Kooky Provider of a smart system for digital cups for coffee | $7M | 50 mo ago | 36 | 2021 | Maximilian Zott Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | Cultivated Developer of lab-grown dairy alternative products | $6M | 27 mo ago | 8 | 2021 | Dimitri Zogg Co-Founder and CTO | — | — | — |
| 18 | AgroSustain Developer and supplier of organic shelf-life enhancers | $6M | 59 mo ago | 10 | 2018 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+23 | 46 patents Edible plant coating biostimulants and fungicidal formulations for crop protection | — |
| 19 | Luya Brand of healthy food | $6M | 20 mo ago | 21 | 2021 | Michael Whyte Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+22 | — | — |
| 20 | Piavita Medical monitoring systems for vital sign measurement of horses | $6M | 99 mo ago | 14 | 2016 | Sascha Buhrle Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 21 | iKentoo Platform offering solution provider for restaurants, food trucks, and grocery stores | $5M | 107 mo ago | 10 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Aleno Provider of table reservation management software solutions for restaurant businesses | $5M | 43 mo ago | 30 | 2014 | Ivica Balenovic CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTypeScript+33 | — | — |
| 23 | Flatev Internet first brand offering flatbread makers | $5M | 134 mo ago | — | 2012 | Carlos Ruiz Co-Founder | — | 43 patents Automated flatbread production using dough capsules and domestic baking devices | — |
| 24 | Open Forest Protocol Provider of build forest ecosystem and tree protocol services | $4M | 21 mo ago | 33 | 2020 | Frederic Fournier Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowstyled-components+19 | — | 1 launch |
| 25 | sallea Provider of edible scaffolds for meat cultivation | $3M | 20 mo ago | — | 2021 | Anna Bunter Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+9 | — | 2 internships · 1 launch |
| 26 | Urbanfarmers Provider of aquaponics system integrating fish farming with basil cultivation | $2M | 134 mo ago | — | 2011 | Talita Campoi Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 27 | algrano Online marketplace offering coffee and roasters | $2M | 96 mo ago | 34 | 2014 | Christian Burri Cofounder & Chief Product Officer | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | — | — |
| 28 | Crobio Provider of biotechnology-based soil regeneration solutions | $2M | 25 mo ago | 3 | 2012 | Wayne Mulhall Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 29 | Xilva Fundraising platform for regenerative forest investment | $2M | 38 mo ago | 11 | 2021 | Jamie Micah Lawrence Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — | — |
| 30 | Axino Innovations Platform offering food quality as a service for offline grocery stores | $2M | 63 mo ago | 15 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Aqua Advanced water treatment technology for irrigation | $2M | 47 mo ago | 34 | 2004 | Eric Valette Chairman & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 32 | Infrascreen Developer of energy-saving screens utilizing nanotechnology for horticultural applications | $2M | 49 mo ago | 7 | 2019 | Henri Lalande Co-Founder & CEO | — | 11 patents Protective shading and foldable screens for greenhouse and outdoor horticulture | — |
| 33 | Voltiris Developer of solar modules compatible with greenhouse crops | $2M | 16 mo ago | 10 | 2021 | Jonas Roch Co-Founder & CTO | — | 14 patents Solar photovoltaic power generation modules and sun‑tracking systems for optimized energy capture | — |
| 34 | Catchfree Manufacturer of plant-based seafood alternatives | $2M | 14 mo ago | — | 2022 | Eduard Muller Co-Founder | — | — | 1 award |
| 35 | CellarTracker Tracking personal cellar | $2M | 15 mo ago | 11 | 2004 | — | Windows ServerReactEmotion+20 | — | — |
| 36 | YASAI Developers and operators of smart vertical farming systems for sustainable crop production | $1M | 40 mo ago | 24 | 2019 | Mark Zahran Co-Founder & Co-CEO | ShopifyLeafletMapbox.js+22 | — | — |
| 37 | Boum Provider of an app-based automated irrigation solution to gardeners | $1M | 48 mo ago | — | 2021 | Jonathan Gerber Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+32 | 5 patents Wick-based irrigation inserts and building water distribution system technologies. | — |
| 38 | Prognolite GmbH Restaurant management solutions provider | $1M | 69 mo ago | 10 | 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Vatorex Provider of app-based beehive thermal treatment solutions against varroa mite | $1M | 44 mo ago | 6 | 2016 | Renato Cortesi Co-Founder | — | 6 patents Varroa mite detection and control devices for beehives | — |
| 40 | Cotierra Provider of biochar solutions for carbon removal and soil regeneration | $1M | 21 mo ago | — | 2023 | Thomas Kaslin Co-Founder | WebflowSwiperjQuery+11 | — | — |
| 41 | Aero41 Provider of drone solutions for crop protection | $708K | 45 mo ago | 6 | 2019 | Patrick Hervee Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 42 | Specpage PLM and quality management software for the food and beverage industry | $588K | 179 mo ago | 71 | 2002 | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | rrreefs Developer of modular, 3D-printed coral reef structures | $515K | 24 mo ago | — | 2020 | Ulrike Pfreundt Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+30 | — | — |
| 44 | Fruitful Provider of cloud and AI-based indoor vertical farm monitoring solutions | $502K | 43 mo ago | 5 | 2021 | Patrick Albrecht Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 45 | Xeebel Couponing solution for small businesses | $500K | 178 mo ago | 2 | 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | MagicTomato Online store for ordering artisanal grocery, dairy, and meat products | $273K | 55 mo ago | 12 | 2016 | Paul Charmillot Founder & Magic CEO | RubyMediaElement.jsVideoJS+20 | — | — |
| 47 | Kidemis Developing sustainable alternative to fishmeal and fish oil for aquafeed | $165K | 26 mo ago | — | 2022 | Constantin Marakhov Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 48 | Vigilitech IoT based animal monitoring and data analysis platform | $131K | 115 mo ago | 2 | 2015 | Marc Zund Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents Medical diagnostic and monitoring sensors for physiological measurements | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Switzerland
#1
Series D · Yverdon les Bains, Vaud · founded 2011 · 70 employees$80.5Mraised▾
AI-powered precision agriculture technology for sustainable crop care and increased efficiency. The company provides plant-by-plant care solutions, leveraging artificial intelligence and computer vision to revolutionize farming practices. Their core offering includes precision field sprayers and AI crop algorithms designed to optimize resource utilization, drastically reduce plant protection product usage, and improve soil health and biodiversity. The technology enables ultra-high precision treatment, distinguishing between crops and weeds for targeted application. This leads to cost savings, increased efficiency, and a more sustainable approach to crop protection. The company's solutions cater to the agriculture industry, offering a software-driven approach to enhance crop yields and promote environmentally responsible farming.
- Oct 2025Series D$105M
- 2024Series D$45M
- May 2023Series D$52M
- Nov 2022Series C—
#2
Series A · Gland, Vaud · founded 2012$8.7Mraised▾
Provider of artificial intelligence solution to decipher plant signals and provides crop health insights directly from plants. It offers real-time alerts direct from crop enable to respond to suboptimal environmental conditions, insect infestations or diseases.
- Nov 2025Series A$8.6M
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$59K
#3
Series B · Lindau, Zurich · founded 2019 · 319 employees$118Mraised▾
Internet first brand offering plant-based meat substitute food products. The product catalog includes chicken barbeque skewers, kebabs, chicken fries, chicken curry, chicken dumplings, and more. The company claims its products are produced from naturally-sourced plant ingredients mainly pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil, etc.
- Dec 2024Series B—
- Sep 2022Series B$71.7M
- Aug 2021Series A$21M
- Mar 2021Series A$18.3M
#4
Series A · Brugg, Aargau · founded 2020 · 8 employees$12.7Mraised▾
Provider of protein ingredients through yeast fermentation
- Dec 2024Series A$10M
- Grant (prize money)$2.8M
#5
Acquired · Basel, Basel Stadt · founded 2000 · 501 employees$250Mraised▾
Developer of technologies and sustainable farming practices for farmers. It offers crop protection products for keeping plants safe from planting to harvesting, high-technology seeds help mitigate risks such as disease, insect, and climate pressures. It also provides biologicals and digital farming solutions that support regenerative agriculture and soil health.
- May 2023Grant (prize money)$228.7K
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$150.5K
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$338.7K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$152.3K
#6
Seed · Appenzell, Appenzell Innerrhoden · founded 2022$1.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of plant-based seafood alternatives. It provides a vegan prawn substitute with the same texture and flavor.
- Apr 2025Seed$1.5M
#7
Series A · Bern, Canton of Bern · founded 2021 · 21 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Brand of healthy food
- Sep 2024Series A$5.9M
- Mar 2022Seed$160.8K
- Nov 2021Seed—
#8
Seed · Bern, Canton of Bern · founded 2004 · 11 employees$1.5Mraised▾
CellarTracker is a website that allows wine collectors to catalog their collections and share self-authored wine reviews with the world. And for those merely interested in wine, CellarTracker contains the world’s largest database of wine reviews. Their app has a strong intuitive software that enables a strong UPC search.
- Mar 2025Seed$511.9K
- Jun 2023Seed$1.5M
#9
Seed · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2021 · 10 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Developer of solar modules compatible with greenhouse crops. The company’s spectral filtering technology transmits light frequencies needed for crop growth. It converts unused parts of the spectrum into renewable energy. The solution integrates into existing and new greenhouses. The spectral filter transmits light essential for crop growth. Two-axis tracking extends the daily energy production window. Reflector design ensures optimal energy production.
- Jan 2025Seed$5.3M
- Dec 2022Seed$1.5M
- May 2022Conventional Debt$100.3K
- Apr 2022Seed$41.8K
#10
Series B · Mollis, Glarus · founded 2015 · 318 employees$27Mraised▾
Insurtech and data science solutions empowering smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia. The company delivers climate insurance and data-driven solutions, offering area yield index insurance and hybrid livestock insurance to protect against climate events. It empowers agribusinesses with data services for traceability and supply chain mapping, ensuring compliance with regulations. Through public-private partnerships, the company provides policy advice and market intelligence to strengthen agricultural risk management and financial inclusion. The company operates across multiple countries, focusing on local partnerships and inclusive growth. It leverages technology to build a database on smallholder farmer productivity, unlocking insights for agrarian revolution in emerging markets. The company partners with reinsurers, insurers, and governments to deliver scalable agricultural insurance, turning risk into resilience. It offers data solutions, geospatial insights, and impact assessments to optimize interventions and drive results for industry and regional development.
- Apr 2024Series B$20M
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$1M
- Jan 2021Series A$6M
- Dec 2018Seed—
#11
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2021$2.6Mraised▾
It offers customizable, edible 3D scaffolds that serve as the foundation for cultivating premium, structured whole cuts of meat and fish, enabling manufacturers to produce high-quality, textured cultivated proteins without animal farming. It manufactures the scaffolds using 3D-printed salt molds and food-grade materials like plant proteins and polysaccharides, which are then used as a foundation for lab-grown meat production
- Oct 2024Seed$2.6M
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$41.4K
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$10.8K
- 2022Grant (prize money)$1.8M
#12
Seed · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2020 · 33 employees$4.1Mraised▾
Provider of build forest ecosystem and tree protocol services
- Sep 2024Seed—
- Jan 2023Seed$4.1M
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 Switzerland
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 355 Switzerland-affiliated papers.
- ETH Zurich69
- Agroscope37
- Nestlé25
- Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau24
- University of Zurich22
- Food processing1→6
- Food safety2→7
- Food safety5→23
- Agriculture7→24
- Food systems4→18
- Food security6→17
- Sustainability3→13
Where food tech is researched across Switzerland
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
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.