Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Austin. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
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23 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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34 of 344 tracked companies have open roles.
90 of 344 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 136 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 41.1% of disclosed capital, while 73.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
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Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $92.03M | 17 | 20 |
| 2017 | $70.48M | 16 | 10 |
| 2018 | $81.27M | 17 | 12 |
| 2019 | $143.59M | 24 | 15 |
| 2020 | $441.21M | 15 | 12 |
| 2021 | $110.31M | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | $66.83M | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | $76.58M | 6 | 15 |
| 2024 | $77.27M | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | $146.75M | 2 | 10 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
153 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
Backed by .
Backed by General Atlantic and T. Rowe Price and others.
Backed by Stripes.
Backed by Stride Consumer.
Backed by Asiliainvestments and Brightwood and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by CIC Partners and Morgan Stanley and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by L Catterton.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Morgan Stanley.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 2 reporting entities from 3 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Austin market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 2 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
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FY2025 · 2 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hormel Foods ↗48465 | $12,106.2m | $478.2m | +4.0% | — | — |
| Vital Farms ↗1579733 | $759.4m | $66.3m | +8.7% | — | — |
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How the Austin companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
6 of the 344 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.7%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 435,103 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Foods Marketwholefoodsmarket.com | 7,728,361 | 77 | 74.8% |
| Wildflowerwildflower.org | 967,524 | 61 | 59.4% |
| Tiff\'s Treatscookiedelivery.com | 606,507 | 49 | 89.7% |
| Gratsigratsi.com | 263,699 | 34 | 94.6% |
| Pluckerspluckers.com | 236,843 | 49 | 85% |
| Kettle And Firekettleandfire.com | 44,102 | 45 | 41.1% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
16 of these companies (4.7%) publish at least one Android app — 21 apps in all, carrying 5.1M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Foods MarketWhole Foods Market | 4.2M | 2.3 | Shopping |
| Pluckers ClubPluckers | 246.8K | 2.9 | Food & Drink |
| Tiff\'s TreatsTiff\'s Treats | 242.8K | 3.3 | Food & Drink |
| Torchy\'s TacosTorchy\'s Tacos | 207.8K | 4.8 | Food & Drink |
| P. Terry\'sP. Terry\'s | 31.3K | 3.4 | Food & Drink |
| Hopdoddy Burger BarHopdoddy Burger Bar | 24.7K | 4.9 | Food & Drink |
| Hat CreekHat Creek Burger Company | 18K | 4.9 | Food & Drink |
| Tarka Indian KitchenTarka Indian Kitchen | 15.6K | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| DoubleDave\'s PizzaDoubleDave\'s Pizzaworks | 15.3K | 3.8 | Food & Drink |
| The LoopThe Loop Restaurant | 7.5K | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 21 of 21 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q2, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
2 companies hiring · $122.66M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Hormel Foods is acquiring Kraft Heinz’s nut business, which includes the Planters brand, for $3.35 billion in cash.
Anheuser-Busch InBev is paying up to $490 million for a majority stake in BeatBox Beverages in a deal that puts the Bud Light brewer on path to full ownership of the party punch maker popular with Generation Z.
such as its acquisition of Alamo Drafthouse.
Manna just announced a growth equity investment in Vital Farms, a company that specializes in the pasture raised egg market. Financial terms were not released.
Exo, a Silicon Valley-based medical imaging startup, is finalizing a funding round of up to $100 million to expand its AI-enhanced handheld ultrasound platform.
SG Credit Partners, through its consumer products division, welcomed Serenity Kids to its portfolio. SG provided a debt facility that will support Serenity Kids’ continued innovation and retail expansion.
Over the last 18 months, we have acquired Blue Bottle Coffee, Chameleon Cold Brew, Sweet Earth, direct to consumer, and we made this exciting alliance with Starbucks.
Nestlé Waters North America Inc., Stamford, Conn., has signed an agreement to acquire the Austin-based Sweet Leaf Tea Co., which includes the Sweet Leaf and Tradewinds beverage brands.
MegaMex Foods L.L.C., a joint venture between Hormel Foods Corp. and Herdez Del Fuerte S.A. de C.V., is in the process of acquiring Don Miguel Foods Corp. from TSG4 L.P., a private equity fund.
Last week, Big Red Inc., one of the Top 10 largest soft drink companies in North America, announced its purchase of Portland, Ore.-based Thomas Kemper Soda Co.
Top 10 categories among 414 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · New York Stock Exchange1 reports
24 tracked people moves
Appointment Enterprise-wide Chief Marketing Officer
Retirement Previously Vice President of Global Food Safety and Quality Management
Appointment Vice President of Global Food Safety and Quality Management
Appointment Managing Director of International Sales
Resignation Previously Managing Director of International Sales
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
AI‑driven supply chain platform
Retail
Product
Functional beverage
4 companies with reported reductions
73 rolescost reduction
250 rolesrestructuring
1,500 rolescost reduction
15 rolesbusiness reorganization to prioritize efficiency
1 recorded events
approved
4 tracked suits
pork price and supply manipulation by processors through Agri Stats reportingClass Action · Ongoing
401(k) retirement account overcharge disputeClass Action · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 134 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hormel Foods→justin’s | Announced | 2026-05-18 | Not stated in snapshot |
| anheuser-busch inbev→BeatBox Beverages ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-23 | $490.0M |
| Hormel Foods→Kraft Heinz’s nut business | Announced | 2026-04-15 | $3.4B |
| No Sleep Beverage Inc.→Nine Banded Whiskey ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
| life-science innovations→Hormel Foods ↗ | Announced | 2026-02-23 | Not stated in snapshot |
| ab inbev→BeatBox Beverages ↗ | Rumored | 2025-11-28 | $700.0M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,954 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 3,189-posting snapshot covers 44 employers.
32 tracked postings mention remote work.
542 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 3,189 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 225 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Whole Foods Market ↗ | 100,700 |
| Hormel Foods ↗ | 20,000 |
| Torchy\'s Tacos ↗ | 5,000 |
| alamo drafthouse ↗ | 4,000 |
| Tiff\'s Treats ↗ | 2,000 |
| Quality Pork Processors ↗ | 1,560 |
| Hopdoddy Burger Bar ↗ | 1,500 |
| Tito\'s Handmade Vodka ↗ | 366 |
145 founders and chief executives across 104 companies.
Siete Family Foods, ex-G7 Athletics, ex-Mobiledoc, The University of Texas School of Law, 2012
Founder Aspie Power, ex-OneTaste, Co-Founder Growin' Together Hands-On Afterschool, LifeWorks…
Broad Reach Consulting, ex- Co-Founder Sweet Leaf Tea. The University of Texas 1997
Founder Kate Farms.
Ex-CEO Deep Eddy Spirits, Pernod Ricard, Boz Spirits, Diageo. CSU Chico 1992
Ex-29 Agency, Merrick Pet Care. Texas A&M University BSc 2001.
WhereNet, UPS, Specs Howard School of Media Arts
Ex-Brewery Ommegang, Diageo, JH Whitney, Marakon Associates. Princeton University BA 1997, The Wharton School MBA 2004
The University of Texas 1985
Ex- Red Hat, Recyclebank, Greenopolis. University of Houston BFA 2009
ex- Founder Hey Cupcake . St. Edward's University BBA 2006.
Beatbox Beverages, ex - Dubit, Tryout, Mind Candy, Kabillion, Flying Penguin. Eberhardt School of Business BA 2006
9 profiles with education records.
5 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
4,895 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Austin · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 962 |
| 2021Q3 | 1,017 |
| 2021Q4 | 1,057 |
| 2022Q1 | 1,085 |
| 2022Q2 | 1,319 |
| 2022Q3 | 917 |
| 2022Q4 | 1,225 |
| 2023Q1 | 1,126 |
| 2023Q2 | 1,123 |
| 2023Q3 | 1,100 |
| 2023Q4 | 1,268 |
| 2024Q1 | 1,416 |
| 2024Q2 | 1,269 |
| 2024Q3 | 1,242 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,536 |
| 2025Q1 | 2,580 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,162 |
| 2025Q3 | 1,615 |
| 2025Q4 | 1,189 |
| 2026Q1 | 1,023 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
782 recorded company events across 16 companies; percentages use that event total.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Austin · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrimp aquaculture | 1,469 | 980 | 50% |
| land-frozen seafood | 1,378 | 790 | 74% |
| shrimp harvest | 1,132 | 643 | 76% |
| shrimp | 1,126 | 686 | 64% |
| college playoffs | 1,029 | 666 | 55% |
| ceo change | 1,029 | 690 | 49% |
| crab availability | 963 | 648 | 49% |
| fresh shellfish | 908 | 583 | 56% |
| tuna steak | 902 | 539 | 67% |
| flash-frozen seafood | 894 | 483 | 85% |
| f1 world championship | 1,972 | 3,224 | -39% |
| f1 championship | 1,863 | 2,930 | -36% |
| poultry health | 804 | 2,053 | -61% |
| wildlife disease monitoring | 377 | 1,952 | -81% |
| h5n1 avian influenza | 356 | 1,818 | -80% |
United States comparison coverage
food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, emergency food aid
34.1% critical · 38.3% positivefood rescue donations, meal distribution funding, hunger assistance programs
31.3% critical · 47.8% positivewhole-farm revenue policies, earnings report, stock performance
22.1% critical · 48.5% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage tagged Austin. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
652 papers in the recorded india scope.
Tone counts: 584 positive · 34 neutral · 34 negative.
Landmark: Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for?
Landmark: An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Common problems researchers identify · 0134.4% of this theme group
Researchers highlight climate impacts, policy gaps, and food‑security risks in Indian agriculture.
Climate change (20) · Agriculture (43) · Food security (17) · Government (6)
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action
Economics of Climate Smart Agriculture: An Overview
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2087.7 |
| 2023 | 2154.4 |
| 2024 | 2121.1 |
| 2025 | 2354.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0229.6% of this theme group
Papers point to technical and adoption hurdles for robots and connected devices on farms.
Robotics (10) · Agriculture (32) · Robot (6) · Internet of Things (6)
Computer vision in smart agriculture and precision farming: Techniques and applications
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1344.5 |
| 2023 | 1371.8 |
| 2024 | 1420.2 |
| 2025 | 1404.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0323.2% of this theme group
Studies examine how economics and public policy limit technology uptake and productivity.
Agriculture (27) · Economic growth (3) · Agricultural economics (4) · Public economics (2)
Agricultural Technology in Africa
Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 819.3 |
| 2023 | 801.0 |
| 2024 | 650.4 |
| 2025 | 375.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0412.8% of this theme group
Research flags inefficiencies in nutrient use and agronomic practices affecting yields.
Agricultural science (4) · Nutrient management (2) · Nutrient (2) · Agronomy (2)
Meta-analysis of the effects of on-farm management strategies on milk yields of dairy cattle on smallholder farms in the Tropics
An overview of organic, grassfed dairy farm management and factors related to higher milk production
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 389.6 |
| 2023 | 372.3 |
| 2024 | 270.2 |
| 2025 | 197.4 |
Cautions · 0136.4% of this theme group
Authors caution that some climate‑smart approaches may not deliver promised sustainability outcomes.
Climate change (8) · Agriculture (13) · Sustainability (3) · Greenhouse gas (3)
A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debat
Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2330.1 |
| 2023 | 2430.6 |
| 2024 | 2427.5 |
| 2025 | 2687.8 |
Cautions · 0231.8% of this theme group
Evidence shows mixed results and risks when scaling new agricultural technologies in low‑income settings.
Agriculture (11) · Agricultural economics (4) · Diversification (2) · Developing country (2)
An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
The Role of Information in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rice Farmers in Uganda
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.7 |
| 2023 | 376.2 |
| 2024 | 353.1 |
| 2025 | 221.7 |
Cautions · 0318.2% of this theme group
Papers warn about disease and contamination hazards linked to specific farm management choices.
Relationship between farm management strategies, reticuloruminal pH variations, and risks of subacute ruminal acidosis
Farm management practices associated with influenza A virus contamination of people working in Midwestern United States swine farms
Cautions · 0413.6% of this theme group
Research stresses that ecosystem resilience may be compromised by intensified farming practices.
Ecology (2) · Food security (2) · Agriculture (3)
Who is resilient in Africa’s Green Revolution? Sustainable intensification and Climate Smart Agriculture in Rwanda
Farm management, not soil microbial diversity, controls nutrient loss from smallholder tropical agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1722.6 |
| 2023 | 1724.9 |
| 2024 | 1524.1 |
| 2025 | 1119.1 |
Opportunities · 0130.4% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on low‑power AI and sensor systems to boost crop monitoring and yields.
Agriculture (53) · Precision agriculture (16) · Intrusion detection system (5) · Archaeology (5)
Smart Agriculture Revolution: Edge AI for Precision Farming on Low-Power Embedded Systems
Smart Agriculture System for Soil Analysis and Crop Suggestion using AI Techniques
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 369.9 |
| 2023 | 372.1 |
| 2024 | 472.5 |
| 2025 | 393.8 |
Opportunities · 0217.6% of this theme group
Studies explore agroforestry and conservation tillage as pathways to mitigate climate impacts.
Climate change (18) · Agriculture (46) · Agroforestry (13) · Tillage (7)
Adapting agriculture to climate change: institutional determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Ken
Climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas mitigation in climate-smart villages of Ghana
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2223.0 |
| 2023 | 2259.9 |
| 2024 | 2327.9 |
| 2025 | 2386.7 |
Opportunities · 0317.6% of this theme group
Research highlights advances in robot navigation and multifunctional platforms for field tasks.
Robot (36) · Mobile robot (7) · Robotics (8) · Agriculture (25)
Vision‐based Obstacle Detection and Navigation for an Agricultural Robot
Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 0416.3% of this theme group
Papers present cloud‑based IoT solutions for real‑time farm monitoring and decision support.
Internet of Things (27) · Agriculture (35) · Cloud computing (10) · Wireless (6)
Smart Agriculture Based on IoT and Cloud Computing
Internet of Things (IoT)-Enabled Machine Learning Models for Efficient Monitoring of Smart Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1136.6 |
| 2023 | 1111.1 |
| 2024 | 1090.0 |
| 2025 | 1158.5 |
Opportunities · 059.3% of this theme group
Evidence suggests that new tools can improve farmer welfare and reduce poverty.
Agricultural economics (8) · Agriculture (23) · Welfare (3) · Agricultural machinery (3)
Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania
Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Improved Grain Storage Bags in Uganda
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 399.5 |
| 2023 | 382.4 |
| 2024 | 359.2 |
| 2025 | 243.2 |
Opportunities · 068.7% of this theme group
Research identifies strategies to protect livestock, crops, and pollinators from contamination.
Herd (3) · Flock (3) · Biosecurity (3) · Pollinator (3)
Farm Management, Environment, and Weather Factors Jointly Affect the Probability of Spinach Contamination by Generic Escherichia coli at the
Using farm management practices to predict Campylobacter prevalence in pastured poultry farms
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 |
| 2023 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 12.9 |
| 2025 | 14.8 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 35.9% | 37.0% |
| Problem-identifying | 19.8% | 10.0% |
| Descriptive | 16.9% | 17.6% |
| Breakthrough | 15.8% | 26.0% |
| Cautionary | 7.2% | 4.4% |
| Comparative | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Critical | 1.5% | 1.1% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceThe State and Future of Smart Agriculture: Insights from mining social media | 6 | 1.01% | 2 (33.3%) | 1.19% |
| Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology | 5 | 0.84% | 2 (40.0%) | 0.21% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.12% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chain | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Concentration of compute power | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.01% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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