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Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Wageningen, Netherlands

The 40 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Solynta.

40companies tracked
$54.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
17have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE TECH × WAGENINGEN

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.

414companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
19unicorns
2017median founding year
113kcombined LinkedIn audience
49%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Agri Information Partners
Provider of plant breeding management solutions
——Unfunded—1997Ad Ordelman
Managing Director
——
2Agri-Data Warehouse
Provider of data management and analysis for the agricultural sector
——Unfunded—2020R B M Huirne
Managing Director
——
3agrisim
Agrisim is the executive agency for promoting economic prosperity.
——Private52017———
4AgroCares
Provider of precision agriculture solutions
——Funding Raised422013Henri Hekman
CEO
—1 launch
5Cleanlight
Provider of UV-C disinfection systems for horticulture, agriculture, and medical sectors
——Unfunded————1 launch · 1 partnership
6CropPedia
Crop genomics data discovery and visualization
——Unfunded—2012Arjen Tunen
CEO
——
7DoQcheck
Developer of an AI platform for quality control in manufacturing
——Funding Raised—2025Teun Kromwijk
Co-Founder & CTO
——
8FarmMaps
Web-based data service platform for farming applications
——Unfunded—2022Been Thomas
CEO
——

Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen

#1
Acquired · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2007 · 100 employees
$19.1Mraised
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Developer of hybrid breeding technology for disease-resistant and nutritious potato varieties. This technology focuses on cross-pollination to generate offspring with predictable characteristics. The company offers true potato seeds tailored to meet the needs of consumers, farmers, and the industry. The seeds are clean, disease-free, scalable, and offer a long shelf life.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Financieel controller, Financial accountant / Administrator
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Venture Debt$23.2M
  • Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$121.9K
  • Aug 2021Series C$24.9M
  • Aug 2018Grant (prize money)$297.9K
Founders & team
Johan TrouwCo-FounderTheo SchotteCo-FounderPim LindhoutCo-Founder
Investors
EIC Fund, Innovation Industries, Fortissimo Capital, Europa, Oost NL, European Investment Bank
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBeaver BuilderBootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#2
Series A · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2012 · 78 employees
$8.6Mraised
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Provider of digital agriculture technologies and services for agronomic decision-making. The company offers digital products and services that provide agronomic advice, operational optimization, and market insight. These connected technologies enable precision agriculture and minimize input costs. Artificial intelligence models are applied to data from IoT devices, weather forecasts, satellite images, and soil analyses. The company also provides corporate services and farmer relationship management applications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 27.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$8.6M
  • Oct 2023Series A—
Investors
Diffusion Capital Partners, Crediapartners, Pymwymic, ECBF
Tech stack
AzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer Sites
#3
Series A · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2015 · 30 employees
$5.9Mraised
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Developer of DNA-free CRISPR technology for crop resilience and yield improvement. The technology optimizes plant breeding to power and protect future crops. It offers a DNA-free CRISPR method that overcomes traditional limitations. The BioMaas platform allows for multi-trait targeting and scalable automation. Products are completed efficiently once the BioMaas platform has been implemented.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Series A—
  • Aug 2021Series A$5.9M
  • Mar 2018Seed—
  • Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$54.6K
Investors
Europa, Oost NL, Eurogenetic, Bridford Group, EIC Fund
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorUltimate Addons For ElementorElementor
#4
Acquired · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2005 · 41 employees
$15.8Mraised
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Innovative crop protection and plant nutrition solutions for sustainable agriculture. The company develops and markets environmentally friendly solutions for plant nutrition and crop protection, focusing on creating safer food. Their diversified portfolio caters to various climate zones, offering unique formulations designed for sustainable and organic farming. The core business revolves around formulation technology, ensuring optimal activity of ingredients and excellent handling for end-users. They offer multiple products and services in crop protection and plant nutrition. The company's products are cleaner and safer for users and the environment, providing a comparable price/performance ratio to conventional options. They are committed to innovation in formulation for environmentally sound agriculture, reducing the rate of chemical use per hectare of farmland and lowering residues on crops.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. EpinayFarms) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Series B$10.2M
  • Jul 2012Series A$5.6M
  • 2008Seed—
Investors
Value8, Rabo Equity Advisors, Pymwymic, Van Herk Groep, Waterman Ventures, Cleantech
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCookie NoticeFancyboxFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#5
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$439.1Kraised
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Smart Farming Tech has developed a digital platform targeted at small holder farmers in India (as of Sep, 2017). The platform provides agronomy consultation for diagnosis of plant stress and remediation. Farmers can access the platform through a mobile app on their Android devices. The farmers need to enter the crop sown and the sowing date along with symptoms observed, the app then displays pictures to recognize the most similar condition observed on the plant. After a match, the app suggests remediation by recommending therapies and agrochemicals required for the same. The platform also pushes localized weather forecasts and other information to the app. As of Sep, 2017, the app is available in Marathi and English languages. Targets cotton farmers in Maharashtra.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Mozambique–EU Business Forum) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$439.1K
Founders & team
Rob van OudheusdenCo-FounderJelle Van den AkkerCo-Founder
Investors
Europa, DutchBasecamp
#6
Acquired · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2012 · 43 employees
$2Mraised
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Satellite-based solutions for agriculture, water management, and climate risk. The company provides data and services to optimize agricultural production, support sustainable water management, and assess climate risk. They offer solutions for crop monitoring, irrigation planning, yield prognosis, and sugarcane solutions, as well as evaporation data and water management tools. Their expertise extends to crop index insurance, credit scoring, claims verification, and climate risk analysis. They utilize advanced algorithms and PiMapping technology to deliver quantified information on crop growth and water use. The company's solutions support clients worldwide in using water sustainably, increasing food production, and protecting environmental systems. They pioneer operational satellite-based solutions, continuously improving algorithms to offer cutting-edge and relevant products. The company focuses on creating a climate-resilient world through reliable data delivered at scale, supporting informed decisions in agriculture, water resources, and risk management.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$506.1K
  • Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$712.2K
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$669.7K
  • Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$54.9K
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Core-JsElementorEssential Addons For ElementorGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Maps
#7
Seed · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2002
$1.6Mraised
▾

Developer of microbe-based farm care products. Its product offerings include biological soil disinfectant, vegetable algae control, and turf and lawn moss control products. It also offers microbe-based solvent-free paint and wood preservation products.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 473 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Seed$1.6M
  • Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$59.7K
  • May 2017Grant (prize money)$54.5K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$53K
Founders & team
Herman FeilCEO & MD
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Future Food Fund, Brightlands Venture Partners, Blue Ocean Xlerator
Tech stack
PhpUnixApache Http ServerGoogle AdsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Analytics
#8
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2015 · 3 employees
$104.1Kraised
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Provider of microalgae cultivation and processing services. It assists microalgae producers with all aspects of their business, from cultivation in various systems (ponds and bioreactors) to downstream processing, including harvesting, extraction of high-value components, and product formulation. The company also offers regulatory and certification support, ensuring compliance with organic standards, and provides consultancy services such as cost-benefit analyses and feasibility studies. Its expertise extends to designing and constructing microalgae production plants.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$104.1K
Investors
Europa, Climate KIC
#9
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2020
$153Kraised
▾

A data-driven advisory platform for farm analysis. It offers services such as predictive mapping using Machine learning and performance computing, soil carbon measurement, landscape restoration while providing decision-ready data to tackle land degradation through scoping and design, customized web solutions for hosting, and distribution of massive spatial data.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$153K
Founders & team
Ichsani WheelerCo-FounderTomislav HenglCo-Founder
Investors
Europa
#10
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 8 employees
$163.2Kraised
▾

Sigrow has developed an integrated hardware and software platform for continuous monitoring and data analytic for greenhouses. The hardware consists of modular sensors, routers, and control nodes for data transmission. The software platform can be used on web or mobile. Through the software platform, growers get advises for optimization of yields. As per the website, it designs the customized solutions for the automation of the farming activities as per the client requirement.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Signify / Philips Horticulture LED Solutions) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$57K
  • Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$53.8K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$52.3K
Founders & team
Javier LomasFounder
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Quantometrica
Tech stack
AngularCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare TurnstileEmbed OptimizerEnhanced Responsive Images
#11
Deadpooled · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014
$144.1Kraised
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EagleSensing specializes in providing aerial analytics solutions for the agriculture industry. It uses machine learning to provide farm data collection, acquisition, and analysis services. Its offerings include Orthomosaics for aerial imagery, Digital Surface Model (DSM), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and more.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2019Seed$144.1K
Founders & team
Paul SmitsCo-Founder
Investors
FMO
#12
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2011 · 2 employees
$63Kraised
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Clear Detections supplies molecular detection kits for the detection of plant pathogenic nematodes. The products are based on DNA-barcode based detection method and are based on real-time PCR. The product portfolio includes products for extraction of DNA, nematode detection, and fungal detection. The company is a joint venture of Wageningen University and Dutch Sprouts BV.

Funding rounds
  • May 2018Grant (prize money)$63K
Investors
Europa

Funding & investor landscape

$54.1Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
33disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa11 rounds
EIC Fund6 rounds
Oost NL5 rounds
Blue Ocean Xlerator3 rounds
ScaleUpNation3 rounds
BioInnovation Institute2 rounds
DutchBasecamp2 rounds
Innovation Industries2 rounds
Navus Ventures2 rounds
Pymwymic2 rounds

Notable founders

Johan Trouw
Co-Founder · Solynta
Theo Schotte
Co-Founder · Solynta
Rob van Oudheusden
Co-Founder · Smart Farming Tech
Jelle Van den Akker
Co-Founder · Smart Farming Tech
Herman Feil
CEO & MD · Thatchtec
Ichsani Wheeler
Co-Founder · EnvirometriX
Tomislav Hengl
Co-Founder · EnvirometriX
Javier Lomas
Founder · Sigrow
Paul Smits
Co-Founder · Eaglesensing
Ruud Barth
Co-Founder & CEO · Saia Agrobotics
Bart van Tuijl
Co-Founder · Saia Agrobotics
Mohammed Kabir
Co-Founder & CTO · Corvus Drones
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 218,627 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 WAGENINGEN · Agri & Food

How research on Food Tech in Wageningen is moving

A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Wageningen — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 370 papers.

370 papers · stance +0.07 · 7% breakthrough · 59% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Wageningen University & Research370
leading researchers
H.J. van der Fels‐Klerx · E.D. van Asselt · Yamine Bouzembrak · M. Focker · M.H. Zwietering · Heidy M.W. den Besten
prism intelligence · tone & topics
81% positive · 15% critical tone
HealthAgricultureBusinessFood IndustryEnvironmentSustainability
▲ Breakthroughs23 · 6%
▲ 2%→6% share
▲3.0× share momentum2 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (2%→6% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety8
  • Hazard4
  • Food processing3
  • Identification (biology)3
  • Resilience (materials science)2
Newly emergingFood safety 0→5 · Hazard 0→4 · Identification (biology) 0→3
Landmark Modeling Nutrient Flows in the Food Chain of China · 299 cites
◆ Advancements104 · 28%
▲ 15%→30% share
▲2.0× share momentum1 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (15%→30% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety4→28
  • Agriculture1→10
  • Novel food1→5
Newly emergingFood processing 0→20 · Production (economics) 0→14 · Supply chain 0→11
Landmark Global food supply: land use efficiency of livestock systems · 263 cites
▼ Concerns180 · 49%
▼ 58%→47% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations77% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (58%→47% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety8→49
  • Food processing9→31
  • Sustainability2→22
  • Food security5→22
  • Agriculture4→17
Newly emergingFood systems 0→29 · European union 0→15 · Context (archaeology) 0→15
Landmark A systematic review on consumer acceptance of alternative proteins: Pulses, algae, insects, plant-based meat alternative · 928 cites

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture Tech companies are there in Wageningen, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 40 indexable Food and Agriculture Tech companies headquartered in Wageningen, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands?
The Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $54.1M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture Tech company in Wageningen, Netherlands?
Solynta is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture Tech company in Wageningen, Netherlands, with $19.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands are funded?
12 of the 40 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture Tech unicorns are there in Wageningen, Netherlands?
None of the Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wageningen, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Wageningen, Netherlands Food and Agriculture Tech companies?
The most active investors in Wageningen, Netherlands Food and Agriculture Tech companies on this list include Europa, EIC Fund, Oost NL, Blue Ocean Xlerator, ScaleUpNation.
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