Best Food and Agriculture Tech Companies in Wales, United Kingdom
The 47 best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wales, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Parsley Box.
Our analysis of 61 Food and Agriculture Tech companies
$5.6b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wales
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parsley Box Online platform for meal ordering | $20M | 64 mo ago | Public | — | 2017 | WagtailCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+19 | — |
| 2 | Mootral Provider of feed supplements designed to improve animal health and productivity | $8M | 77 mo ago | Series A | Thomas Hafner Co-Founder & CEO | 2008 | PrismicNode.jsTailwind CSS+9 | — |
| 3 | Diet Chef Offers meal boxes for diet conscious consumers | $7M | 129 mo ago | Series A | — | 2008 | SentryPythonBootstrap+23 | — |
| 4 | Bloemteknik Provider of precision LED lighting solutions and autonomous control systems 24Product top 47%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 45%Funding bottom 44% All 4 signals ▾Producttop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Fundingbottom 44% Product: 2 published apps (30 installs) · Company stage: Series A Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $3M | 7 mo ago | Series A | James Fleet Co-Founder & CEO | 2023 | — | — |
| 5 | Phytoponics Design, manufacture, and supply of urban farming systems | $1M | 75 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 6 | Innovis Provider of sheep breeding services, maternal rams, and meat rams | $1M | 229 mo ago | Seed | Dewi Jones MD & CEO | 2004 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+17 | — |
| 7 | Bionema Granular bioinsecticide solution for indoor and outdoor crops | $1M | 87 mo ago | Seed | Meraj Syeda Director of Operations | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 1 job opening · 4 launchs |
| 8 | Aber Food Surplus Shop Online platform connecting users with surplus food supplies | $518K | 47 mo ago | Funding Raised | Chris Byrne Co-Founder & Director | 2016 | — | — |
| 9 | Vision For Food PLM software solutions for food processing | $441K | 194 mo ago | Seed | Alan Blyther CEO & Managing Director | 2005 | — | — |
| 10 | Academy of Robotics Developer of autonomous systems for logistics, delivery, and transport solutions | $381K | 64 mo ago | Seed | William Sachiti Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 11 | NearMeNow Marketing management solutions for local businesses | $293K | 99 mo ago | Seed | Victoria Mann Chief Executive Officer | 2016 | — | — |
| 12 | Whickr App-based marketplace offering horses | $250K | 47 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Node.jsAnt DesignStripe+14 | — |
| 13 | Harvst Retailer of smart watering systems, mini greenhouses, and indoor gardens | — | 44 mo ago | Seed | Aron Wellband Co-Founder & Director | 2020 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+25 | — |
Top 12 Food and Agriculture Tech companies in Wales
#1
Series A · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2023$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of precision LED lighting solutions and autonomous control systems. It specializes in creating customized LED lighting systems tailored for various horticultural applications, including vertical farms and greenhouses. Their offer include modular and adaptable lighting systems designed to optimize plant growth and productivity.
- Jan 2026Series A$3.4M
#2
Public · Newbridge, Wales · founded 2017 · 109 employees$20Mraised▾
Parsley Box offers an online platform for meal ordering. Its menu includes Cottage Pie, Lasagne, Chilli Con Carne, Chicken Curry, Chicken Tikka Masala, Macroni Cheese, etc. Claims to prepare the meals using slow cooking technology and the meals can be stored without the use of a refrigerator. The company claims to offer free shipping over the purchase of a minimum amount.
- Mar 2021Series B$6.9M
- Jan 2021Series B$7.1M
- May 2019Series A$6.1M
#3
Series A · Abertillery, Wales · founded 2008 · 2 employees$7.6Mraised▾
Provider of feed supplements designed to improve animal health and productivity. The company offers solutions for cattle, poultry, piglets, calves, and rabbits. These feed solutions support nutrient absorption and immune response. The company develops carbon credits related to agricultural practices. It aims to help farmers produce high-quality food.
- Feb 2020Series A$7.6M
- 2019Seed—
#4
Series A · Newbridge, Wales · founded 2008 · 21 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Diet Chef offers meal boxes for diet-conscious consumers. It offers a hamper full of chef-prepared ready meals for dinner, soups for lunch, granola for breakfast and healthy snacks for customers focused on controlling weight. Customers just need to heat up the meals before consumption.
- Nov 2015Conventional Debt$2.3M
- May 2010Series A$4.5M
#5
Deadpooled · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2016 · 4 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Phytoponics has developed an automated multiponic farming system for indoor farming called "Hydrosac". The system is a modular farming system in which farming can be done with either of hydroponic, aquaponic or aeroponic farming method. It is a plug-and-grow system price of which starts from 20 Euros which it claims is cheapest for the alternative urban farming systems. It claims that the system is fitted with the integrated aeration system for powerful aeration and prevention of clogging. The company is currently taking pre-orders and planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign in 2016.
- Apr 2020Seed$616K
- Sep 2018Seed$394.4K
- 2018Seed$278.4K
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$58K
#6
Funding Raised · Aberystwyth, Wales · founded 2016 · 7 employees$517.9Kraised▾
Online platform connecting users with surplus food supplies. The platform provides access to excess or unsold food from various suppliers and producers. It helps reduce food waste by making surplus items available to businesses and organizations.
- Aug 2022Grant (prize money)$517.9K
#7
Seed · Swansea, Wales · founded 2012 · 5 employees$1Mraised▾
Granular bioinsecticide solution for indoor and outdoor crops. It provides ornamental plant production, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, redcurrant and white currant crops, both under protection and outdoors. It also provides laboratory testing services to the biological.
- Apr 2019Seed$232.4K
- Jun 2018Seed$723.4K
- Feb 2016Seed$46.4K
- Feb 2015Seed$12.8K
#8
Seed · Caerphilly, Wales · founded 2018 · 1 employees$250Kraised▾
App-based marketplace offering horses
- Aug 2022Seed$250K
#9
Seed · Aberystwyth, Wales · founded 2004 · 1 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of sheep breeding services, maternal rams, and meat rams. The company offers genotyping, muscle and backfat scanning, and ram sales. It also provides a mating cost calculator and crossbred females. The business focuses on sustainable sheep farming and lowering carbon footprint.
- Jun 2007Seed$1.1M
#10
Seed · Cardiff, Wales · founded 2016 · 2 employees$380.7Kraised▾
Developer of autonomous systems for logistics, delivery, and transport solutions. The company designs autonomous vehicles for last-mile delivery and develops assistive helper bots for domestic and commercial tasks. It also explores autonomous, high-capacity transport solutions. The company collaborates with organizations to demonstrate autonomous logistics in real-world environments.
- Apr 2021Seed—
- Jan 2020Angel—
- Aug 2017Seed$380.7K
#11
Seed · Cwmbran, Wales · founded 2005 · 2 employees$441Kraised▾
Vision For Food offers PLM software solutions to the food processing industry. Its features include operational visibility, development, and the creation of recipes, recipe mapping, nutrition analysis, cost optimization, risk assessment, food safety, quality control, adherence to compliance standards etc. Also provides HACCP consultation and training solutions. Some of its clients include FreshCutFoods etc.
- Jun 2010Grant (prize money)$449.7K
- Jun 2010Seed$441K
#12
Seed · Caerphilly, Wales · founded 2016 · 1 employees$293.4Kraised▾
Marketing management solutions for local businesses. It provides tools to optimize the digital presence of local businesses among communities. It provides tools to manage campaigns catered to a localized audience. It provides email marketing solutions to notify customers of offers, rewards, discounts, and loyalty programs. Its analytics tool enables its users to get insight into customer behavior such as loyalty, engagement, and visits. Its app is compatible with both iOS and Android platforms.
- Apr 2018Seed$293.4K
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
What Wales researches in food tech
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries6
- New South Wales Department of Health4
- Public Health Wales2
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David1
- New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry1
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