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Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Toronto, Canada

The 248 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TouchBistro.

248companies tracked
$881.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
60have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE TECH × TORONTO

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.

50companies analysed
83%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2017median founding year
48median Fliar Index™
106kcombined LinkedIn audience
46%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1TouchBistro
Cloud-based POS and restaurant management system
35Tech top 24%Funding top 30%Product top 30%Moat top 35%
All 13 signals ▾
Techtop 24%
Fundingtop 30%
Producttop 30%
Moattop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 47%
Globalbottom 39%
Customersbottom 36%
Patentsbottom 35%
Innovationbottom 33%
Newsbottom 32%
Growthbottom 29%
Fin. healthbottom 25%
Tech: 52 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare
Funding: Raised $321M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 13 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100
$321M43 mo ago6122010Alex Barrotti
Founder and Vice-Chairman
WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+424 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
2Supreme Pharma
Provider of property restoration and renovation services for emergencies
$146M92 mo ago4002014
3Ritual
Social ordering app for corporate professionals to order food for takeaways
$135M72 mo ago22014Larry Stinson
Founder
WebflowCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+26
4Get ResQ
Online marketplace platform for restaurant maintenance
$46M56 mo ago1372014Mazdak Rezvani
Co-Founder & Head of U.S. Business
WebflowSalesforceKoala+28
5Elevate Farm
Producer of leafy vegetables using AI and blockchain-based automated vertical farm
22Funding top 30%Talent top 38%Moat top 39%News bottom 37%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 30%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Newsbottom 37%
Globalbottom 36%
Techbottom 35%
Marketbottom 26%
Funding: Raised $34.1M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$34M3 mo ago112018Per Lysaa
Co-Founder & CTO
ExpressionEnginePHPCodeIgniter+91 award
6ORCA
Technology solutions provider for food waste management
$20M155 mo ago212003WordPressMySQLPHP+23
7Fieldless
Operators of indoor automated vertical farming systems
29Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Funding top 43%Growth top 45%
All 7 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Fundingtop 43%
Growthtop 45%
Globalbottom 36%
Techbottom 35%
Marketbottom 28%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100
$18M23 mo ago92017Paul Gardner
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+164 expansions
8PharmaCielo
Provider of pharmaceutical quality cannabis flower and extracts for medicinal applications
$16M67 mo ago2682014Marc Lustig
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+25
9Chef's Plate
Recipe Box meal delivery
$16M102 mo ago502014SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33
10Flashfood
Online marketplace to buy and sell excess food
$14M51 mo ago942016Jordan Schenck
Chief Executive Officer
SanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+25
11Cookin
Platform providing tools for culinary entrepreneurs to manage online food sales
$13M40 mo ago312022Philip Yuzpe
Co-Founder
SentryNode.jsYouTube+20
12Tre'dish
Platform offering home-cooked meal delivery services
$10M43 mo ago292020Peter Hwang
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailChakra UI+202 launchs
13Flash Forest
Provider of AI and drone-based wildlife conservation and reforestation solutions
$10M38 mo ago292019Bryce Jones
Co-Founder & CEO
6 patents
Automated seed pod deployment systems for large‑scale reforestation
1 internship · 1 partnership
14PORTA
Internet-first restaurant offering ready to eat meals
$8M35 mo ago112021Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+31
15Flower One
Provider of cannabis cultivation production and brand fulfillment services
$8M56 mo ago582003
16Ukko Agro
Provider of an analytic platform for the agriculture industry
$6M54 mo ago182017Avi Bhargava
Co-Founder & CTO
17Deveron UAS
Provider of drone data ag‑tech services
$6M65 mo ago1032011David MacMillan
Co-Founder & CEO
18Appetronix
Developer of autonomous kitchen robotic systems for the hospitality industry
22Funding top 39%Tech top 49%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36%
All 5 signals ▾
Fundingtop 39%
Techtop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 25%
Funding: Raised $6.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Tech: 17 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$6M7 mo ago2020Nipun Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14
19GoodGood
Platform offering multi-category grocery supplies
$5M54 mo ago272021Kris Linney
Co-Founder
20Vivid Machines
Platform offering smart technology to help fruit and vegetable farmers optimize quality and yield
$4M39 mo ago192020Jenny Lemieux
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23
21KitchenMate
Platform offering automated vending machine for fresh meals
$4M69 mo ago252014Node.jsErlangBootstrap+32
22Wittaya Aqua
Aquaculture farm management solutions
$3M23 mo ago102017Dominique Bureau
Co-Founder
23Ninja Delivery
On-demand platform offering grocery delivery services
$3M50 mo ago132021Gonzalo Graham
Co-Founder
24Tiny Mile
Manufacturer of last-mile delivery robots for food delivery
$3M50 mo ago302019Gellert Mattyus
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Google MapsGoogle CloudSvelte+6
25Wisewell
Provider of a home water purification system with full-spectrum filtration
$3M50 mo ago102021Sebastien Wakim
Co-Founder & Board Member
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+383 job openings
26Braingrid
Provider of AI agents that transform ideas into engineering-grade software tasks
$2M81 mo ago32012
27TellSpec
Handheld sensor for measuring food contents
$2M80 mo ago122013Isabel Hoffmann
Founder & CEO
7 patents
Spectroscopic analysis systems for identifying sample composition and providing personalized ingredient information
28Daily Blends
Provider of automated refrigerator offering chef-curated meals
$2M39 mo ago152014Purva Gupta
Co-Founder & CTO
29SJW Robotics
Provider of automated food kiosks for restaurants
$2M40 mo ago2019Nipun Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO
30Susterre
Manufacturer and supplier of row crop planting and seeding systems
$2M52 mo ago42020
31Smooth Commerce
Provider of cloud-based online ordering solutions for restaurants
$2M102 mo ago302013WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+341 launch
32somm
Platform offering wine recommdation
$2M59 mo ago272020
33InVintory
Inventory management suite for auto dealerships
37Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Product bottom 40%
All 7 signals ▾
Techtop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Productbottom 40%
Fundingbottom 37%
Marketbottom 27%
Globalbottom 25%
Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$2M19 mo ago102018Jeff Daiter
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowThree.jsStripe+23
34SPATULA
Online platform for restaurant-quality meals marketplace
$2M30 mo ago162021Wallace Wong
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyVideoJS+28
35Tab
Provider of analytical software solutions for restaurants
$1M38 mo ago2021Ty Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO
Node.jsChakra UIReact+15
36Unata
E-commerce platform powering grocery retail with technology and fulfillment solutions
$1M137 mo ago702011Google CloudGoogle WorkspaceGoogle Cloud Trace+1
37100km Foods
Online platform to order locally grown food products
$1M135 mo ago102008Grace Mandarano
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityWindows ServerKendo UI+16
38Bonne O
Internet first brand offering beverage system
$898K59 mo ago62014Darren Hatherell
Founder
34 patents
Beverage carbonation equipment and pod-based CO₂ delivery systems
39Digital Retail Apps
Provider of mobile self-checkout solutions for retailers
$760K130 mo ago3201116 patents
Secure self‑checkout payment processing and retail transaction automation technologies.
40Pantree
Provider of online B2B platform offering groceries and office supplies
$752K76 mo ago182015Evan Birmann
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon ALB+36
41Agri-Neo
Provider of organic food pasteurization technology
$541K106 mo ago372009WordPressMySQLPHP+1646 patents
Seed and grain sanitization chemicals for pathogen control and flavor improvement
42Susglobal Energy
Provider of organic bio-fertilizer and organic waste management services
$393K103 mo ago52016Marc Hazout
Co-Founder
43Terra Bioindustries
Company decarbonizing supply chains with upcycled ingredients
$250K24 mo ago92019Steve George
Co-Founder & CEO
44FoodScrooge
Online business-to-business marketplace platform for frozen food
$203K184 mo ago2010Tim Ray
Founder & CEO
45FoodShootr
A community to share and discover food
$123K160 mo ago12011Anthony Raimondo
Chief Operations Officer/ Co-Founder

Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto

#1
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 11 employees
$34.1Mraised

Producer of leafy vegetables using AI and blockchain-based automated vertical farms. It uses algorithms and data-driven lighting systems with specific plat protocols to assist growing conditions. Its vertical farming system consists of LED light technology, photobiology, and robotic automation. It also offers traceability solutions through blockchain technology.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 30%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
News
bottom 37%
Global
bottom 36%
Tech
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $34.1M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$5M
  • Jul 2024Series A$2.5M
  • Oct 2022Series A$18.8M
  • Feb 2021Series A$1M
Founders & team
Per LysaaCo-Founder & CTOAmin JadavjiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Brightspark Ventures, Northview LifeSciences, Northstaragriculture, Orange Ridge Capital, Strategic Swiss Partners, Mosaic Capital Partners
Tech stack
CodeigniterExpressionengineGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGsapJquery
#2
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020
$6Mraised

Developer of autonomous kitchen robotic systems for the hospitality industry. It provides fully autonomous cooking and service robotics. It works as made-to-order meals in a vending machine format.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 39%
Tech
top 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $6.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Nov 2025)
Tech: 17 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Observability: Sentry
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 809 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Seed$6M
Founders & team
Nipun SharmaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Grote, AlleyCorp
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Workspace
#3
Series E · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 612 employees
$320.9Mraised

Cloud-based POS and restaurant management system. It offers payment processing, act as a menu, and allows servers to take customer orders and send them to the kitchen. Its clients include restaurants, fast food joints, food trucks, coffee shops, and others in the food services industries.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 24%
Funding
top 30%
Product
top 30%
Moat
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Market
top 47%
Tech: 52 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $321M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 13 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series E (Nov 2022)
Product: 2 published apps (4.2k installs) · Company stage: Series E
Audience (LinkedIn): 23k LinkedIn followers — 21.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Series E$110M
  • Sep 2019Series E$119.2M
  • Jun 2018Series D$54.1M
  • May 2017Series C$12.5M
Founders & team
Alex BarrottiFounder and Vice-ChairmanGeordie KonradCo-Founder
Investors
Relay Ventures, Napier Park Global Capital, Recruit, BDC, Kensington Capital Partners, Francisco Partners
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAuraBootstrapCdnjs
#4
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$17.5Mraised

Operators of indoor automated vertical farming systems. It uses environmentally controlled farming systems that are capable of growing pesticide-free produce year-round. The product offering includes lettuce and kale.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Funding
top 43%
Growth
top 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Tech
bottom 35%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding: Raised $17.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Venture Debt (Jul 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 4 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Venture Debt
  • Jul 2022Conventional Debt
  • Jul 2022Series A$17.5M
Founders & team
Paul GardnerCo-FounderJon LomowCo-Founder & President
Investors
Forage Capital, FCC, BDC, SOFII
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHammer.JsHttp/3
#5
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$2.8Mraised

Wittaya Aqua provides aquaculture farm management solutions. It offers Wittaya AquaOp, an aquaculture production management platform that allows aquaculture farmers to record farm data and plan various aquaculture farm operations and track the production forecasts comparing with the previous seasons. Also, generates reports on feed conversions, production forecasts, and farm efficiency to help users identify and monitor low production units and feed wastage.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Seed$2.8M
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$120K
  • 2018Grant (prize money)$25K
Founders & team
Dominique BureauCo-FounderEvan HallCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Innovacorp, The Yield Lab, SEEDS Capital, Future Planet Capital, Conservation, SeaAhead
#6
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2018 · 10 employees
$1.5Mraised

Invintory provides inventory management suite for the auto dealers. The company offers an OBD device that gets connected to the vehicle's port and offer a live dashboard that enables users to manage multiple assets types in a single location such as vehicle tracking, vehicle management, Anti-theft alerts & notifications, etc.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Product
bottom 40%
Funding
bottom 37%
Market
bottom 27%
Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Datadog
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Seed$2.3M
  • Jun 2022Angel$1.5M
Founders & team
Jeff DaiterCo-Founder & CEOJoshua DaiterCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Josh Hart, JJ Redick
Tech stack
Apple Sign-InCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare ZarazCore-JsDatadog
#7
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 400 employees
$146.1Mraised

Provider of property restoration and renovation services for emergencies. It engages in indoor cultivation of cannabis using modern agriculture techniques involving cultivation under LED lights in a climate-controlled environment and also traditional greenhouse cultivation. Its entity 7Acres operates modular greenhouses cultivating hybrid strains of cannabis. The company focuses on B2B model supplying the product to other licensed producers.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Post IPO$100M
  • Nov 2017Post IPO$40.2M
  • Mar 2017Post IPO$369.7K
  • Jun 2016Post IPO$2.8M
Investors
Herbal Capital, Sutton Ventures
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlMariadbPhpVarnishGravity Forms
#8
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 2 employees
$134.6Mraised

Ritual offers a social ordering app for corporate professionals to order food for takeaways. It allows users to browse through the menus of partnered restaurants and place orders for a pickup. Offers various pickup options such as picking up orders by themselves or by other co-workers by adding their food orders to existing orders of their co-workers. It also provides multiple corporate programs for employers with redeemable credits for their employees as wellness perks & benefits. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users. Has won the Emerging Technology MAXI Gold Award in 2017.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 12.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software Development, Java
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Series C$21.6M
  • Jun 2018Series C$70M
  • Sep 2017Series B$42.9M
  • 2015Series A
Founders & team
Larry StinsonFounder
Investors
Greylock Partners, Insight Partners, Mantella Venture Partners, Golden Ventures, Mistral, Georgian
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCdnjsChili PiperCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 137 employees
$46.5Mraised

Get ResQ is an online marketplace platform for restaurant maintenance. The company's platform connects a network of service providers with customers for on-demand services. It also offers services including equipment repair, plumbing, electrical, janitorial cleaning, hood cleaning, handy work, restaurant repair, restaurant maintenance, restaurant operations, pest control, waste removal, franchise operations, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 11.1% of this cohort's audience · 72 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A$39M
  • Dec 2020Seed$7.5M
Founders & team
Mazdak RezvaniCo-Founder & Head of U.S. Business Kuljeev SinghFounder & CEO
Investors
Homebrew, Golden Ventures, Inovia Capital, Soul Foods Group, Tiger Global Management, Canvas Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeBunnyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#10
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2022 · 31 employees
$12.7Mraised

Platform providing tools for culinary entrepreneurs to manage online food sales. It offers an e-commerce platform designed for food sales, order management, delivery, and payment processing. The platform provides features such as payment processing, photo enhancement, customer reviews, and promotional tools. It also offers customer and chef support, including guidance on menu creation and operational optimization.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Series B$12.7M
Founders & team
Philip YuzpeCo-FounderMorley IversCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Relay Ventures, Mistral, City Light Capital
Tech stack
Core-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceHotjar
#11
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 11 employees
$7.9Mraised

Internet-first restaurant offering ready-to-eat meals. It allows users to choose frozen Italian meals such as pizza, pasta, dessert, etc. It also delivers the product at the door and also allows users to customize the plan weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. It is the tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 6.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Series A$7.9M
Investors
Terroni, BrandProject
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDigitalocean SpacesFacebook Pixel
#12
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 29 employees
$9.9Mraised

Provider of reforestation services intended to reforest the planet at a rapid pace. The company uses hardware, aerial mapping software, automation, and biological seed-pod technology to reforest post-harvest and post-wildfire areas, enabling businesses to offset enough carbon emissions in order to have a significant and measurable impact on climate change.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 10.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. FPInnovations (Plantations d'Arbres M.M.)) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Bryce JonesCo-Founder & CEOAngelique AhlstromCo-FounderCameron JonesCo-Founder
Investors
Telus, OurCrowd, Natural Resources Canada, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Circular Investment, MFS Investment Management

Funding & investor landscape

$881.7Mtotal disclosed funding
52companies funded
123disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
MaRS Discovery District7 rounds
Golden Ventures6 rounds
Techstars6 rounds
BDC4 rounds
MaRS IAF4 rounds
Ontario Centre of Innovation4 rounds
BrandProject3 rounds
FoodBytes3 rounds
InvestEco3 rounds
Mantella Venture Partners3 rounds

Notable founders

Per Lysaa
Co-Founder & CTO · Elevate Farm
Amin Jadavji
Co-Founder & CEO · Elevate Farm
Nipun Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO · Appetronix
Alex Barrotti
Founder and Vice-Chairman · TouchBistro
Geordie Konrad
Co-Founder · TouchBistro
Paul Gardner
Co-Founder · Fieldless
Jon Lomow
Co-Founder & President · Fieldless
Dominique Bureau
Co-Founder · Wittaya Aqua
Evan Hall
Co-Founder & CEO · Wittaya Aqua
Jeff Daiter
Co-Founder & CEO · InVintory
Joshua Daiter
Co-Founder & CEO · InVintory
Larry Stinson
Founder · Ritual
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 283,086 docs

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

RESEARCH IN TORONTO · Agri & Food

How research on Food Tech in Toronto is moving

A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Toronto — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 47 papers.

Toronto's University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University dominate food-tech research, focusing primarily on food safety and security concerns, with a contested, cautious tone (27 concern vs. 13 positive papers).

47 papers · stance +0.02 · 12% breakthrough · 68% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Toronto29
  • Toronto Metropolitan University19
  • Toronto Public Health3
leading researchers
Ian Young · Fatih Şekercioğlu · Mary R. L’Abbé · Abhinand Thaivalappil · Jennifer J. Lee · Jiin Jung
prism intelligence · tone & topics
74% positive · 21% critical tone
HealthBusinessAgricultureFood IndustryPublic HealthGovernment
Breakthroughs5 · 11%
▲ 0%→13% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Outreach and Immigration research newly emerging, each with 2 papers, lifting Breakthroughs field-share from 0% to 13%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Outreach2
  • Immigration2
  • Food safety2
  • Diversity (politics)2
  • Public health2
Landmark Food Safety and Diversity in the COVID-19 Era: Experiences of Public Health and Settlement Officials with New Immigrants · 1 cites
Advancements8 · 17%
▼ 50%→13% share
▼0.3× share momentum9 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements cooling sharply — field-share dropped 50% to 13% despite brand-new Agriculture and Food Security entries with 4 and 3 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety4
  • Agriculture4
  • Food security3
  • Cistern2
  • Agricultural science2
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→4 · Food security 0→3
Landmark Intelligent Food Packaging: A Review of Smart Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Food Quality · 636 cites
Concerns27 · 57%
▲ 25%→61% share
▲2.4× share momentum0 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns intensifying — field-share surged 25% to 61%, led by brand-new Food Safety (8 papers) and Food Security (6 papers) sub-topics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food processing1→4
  • Environmental health1→4
  • Food science1→3
Newly emergingFood safety 0→8 · Food security 0→6 · Agriculture 0→3
Landmark Lost in the Supermarket: The Corporate‐Organic Foodscape and the Struggle for Food Democracy · 180 cites

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture Tech companies are there in Toronto, Canada?
Radar tracks 248 indexable Food and Agriculture Tech companies headquartered in Toronto, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada?
The Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have raised a combined $881.7M in disclosed equity funding across 52 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture Tech company in Toronto, Canada?
TouchBistro is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture Tech company in Toronto, Canada, with $320.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada are funded?
52 of the 248 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture Tech unicorns are there in Toronto, Canada?
None of the Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Toronto, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Toronto, Canada Food and Agriculture Tech companies?
The most active investors in Toronto, Canada Food and Agriculture Tech companies on this list include MaRS Discovery District, Golden Ventures, Techstars, BDC, MaRS IAF.
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