Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Seattle. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
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24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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36 of 284 tracked companies have open roles.
44 of 284 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 79 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 40.1% of disclosed capital, while 84.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $4.7M | 9 | 8 |
| 2017 | $31.04M | 10 | 6 |
| 2018 | $72.88M | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | $22.18M | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | $45.59M | 11 | 6 |
| 2021 | $68.97M | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | $44.87M | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | $46.34M | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | $18.17M | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | $31.45M | 0 | 4 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
94 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
Backed by AgFunder and Horizons Ventures and others.
Backed by Social Capital and Seven Seven Six and others.
Backed by Pulse Fund and Social Capital and others.
Backed by Trinity Ventures and SVB and others.
Backed by Monogram Capital Partners.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by BeLive and Rocana Ventures and others.
Backed by David Grutman and Amy Schumer and others.
Backed by Lewis & Clark Agrifood and Cavallo Ventures and others.
Backed by KBW Ventures and Clear Current Capital and others.
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 Seattle 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.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 2 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starbucks ↗829224 | $37,184.4m | $1,856.4m | +5.0% | — | — |
| Jones Soda ↗1083522 | $25.3m | $-1.8m | -7.0% | — | — |
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Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the Seattle companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
12 of these companies (4.2%) publish at least one Android app — 17 apps in all, carrying 54M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarbucksStarbucks | 47.2M | 4.8 | Food & Drink |
| Starbucks TurkeyStarbucks | 4M | 3.8 | Food & Drink |
| Starbucks PhilippinesStarbucks | 1.7M | 3.9 | Food & Drink |
| Starbucks ChileStarbucks | 987.2K | 4.8 | Food & Drink |
| Pagliacci PizzaPagliacci | 51.5K | 4.8 | Food & Drink |
| EvergreensEvergreens | 15.7K | 4.2 | Food & Drink |
| Flatstick PubFlatstick | 10.8K | 3.2 | Food & Drink |
| Charlie’s ProduceCharlie\'s Produce | 6.3K | 4 | Business |
| Weyerhaeuser Document LibraryWeyerhaeuser | 6.2K | 5 | Productivity |
| Metropolitan MarketMetropolitan Market | 6.1K | 4.2 | Shopping |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
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The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) has officially closed its previously announced joint venture with Boyu Capital, transferring 60% ownership of its China retail operations to funds managed by Boyu while retaining 40% and continuing to own and license the Starbucks brand and intellectual property.
Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Weyerhaeuser by 0.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 114,318,728 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,936,848,000 after purchasing an additional 542,912 shares during the period.
Nevis Brands Inc. announces that it has entered into a US$100,000 loan from John Kueber, a director and officer of the Company (the “Kueber Loan”).
Jones Soda Co., Seattle, announced it has entered into a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $10 million of its registered common stock to Glengrove Small Cap Value Ltd.
Seattle-based Precept Wine announced the acquisition of Sonoma County, Calif.-based Truett-Hurst’s wholesale business unit and its assets.
The J.M. Smucker Co. has signed an agreement to acquire Sahale Snacks, Inc.
Plant-based chicken maker Rebellyous Foods raises $2.4m Geekwire
Pacific Seafood and Trident Seafoods today jointly announced the completion of Pacific’s acquisition of Trident’s Kodiak, Alaska, processing operations.
Talking Rain launched Popwell, the company’s cold-crafted prebiotic soda, in early 2025
Top 10 categories among 173 recorded events in the 24-month window.
8 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Marketing Officer
Appointment Chief Operating Officer
Appointment Board Member
Appointment Director
Appointment Trade Partnerships Manager
Appointment Head of Trade Partnerships
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Beverage
Compensation / Rewards Program
3 recorded customer wins
Customer: LA28 Olympic and Paralympic GamesSport
Customer: viterraAgriculture
Customer: meijerRetail
1 companies with reported reductions
Scale not stated roles
1 recorded events
approved for saleIllinois
1 tracked suits
misrepresentation of 100% ethical sourcing claimsCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 17 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| boyu capital→Starbucks ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-06 | $4.0B |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc.→Weyerhaeuser ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $7.2M |
| vanguard→Weyerhaeuser ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $2.9B |
| Wellington Management Group→Weyerhaeuser ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $982.8M |
| state street→Weyerhaeuser ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $804.9M |
| norges bank→Weyerhaeuser ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $600.5M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,236 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2,163-posting snapshot covers 37 employers.
1 tracked postings mention remote work.
431 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 2,163 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 110 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Starbucks ↗ | 381,000 |
| Weyerhaeuser ↗ | 9,318 |
| Trident Seafoods ↗ | 3,710 |
| Darigold ↗ | 885 |
| ivar\'s ↗ | 850 |
| Talking Rain ↗ | 453 |
| Ocean Beauty ↗ | 331 |
| Glacier Fish ↗ | 302 |
88 founders and chief executives across 75 companies.
Ex-Vestas, BioSystems. Savannah College MS 2009, Occidental College BA 2005
The Asprey, ex-Silicon Valley Health Institute, ex-Trend Micro, The Wharton School, 2004
Ex-Fujitsu. Eastern University BA 2008
President Marine Treasures, ex- COO Global Fishing. Central Washington University BS 2006
Ex- Founder Vital Innovation, Furnace, IDEO, Helix Technology. University of Rochester BS 1998, Stanford University MS 2003
Ex-Sabre Foods International, Acme Food Sales, Camerican International.
Co-Founder REMZ, UNFURL, ex-Diageo. Ohio University MA 1991
Owner Mindful Nutrition, ex-NutritionWorks Consulting. Texas Christian University BS 2001, Bastyr University MS 2005
The MBA Exchange, Upwork, The New York Times. The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA, Denison University BA
Ex-98point6, Founder Power Light and Sound, Palgrave Macmillan, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, HPI International. Connecticut College BA 2004…
Amity University 2015, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies MBA 2017
Founder Cupcake Royale, ex-Founder The Goodship, REI, Starbucks Coffee. Seattle University BA 1988
7 profiles with education records.
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
7,032 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Seattle · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 1,469 |
| 2021Q3 | 1,367 |
| 2021Q4 | 1,201 |
| 2022Q1 | 1,613 |
| 2022Q2 | 1,692 |
| 2022Q3 | 1,740 |
| 2022Q4 | 1,469 |
| 2023Q1 | 1,531 |
| 2023Q2 | 1,723 |
| 2023Q3 | 1,460 |
| 2023Q4 | 1,561 |
| 2024Q1 | 1,911 |
| 2024Q2 | 1,774 |
| 2024Q3 | 2,091 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,751 |
| 2025Q1 | 3,527 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,324 |
| 2025Q3 | 2,528 |
| 2025Q4 | 1,508 |
| 2026Q1 | 1,601 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
249 recorded company events across 17 companies; percentages use that event total.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Seattle · 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 Seattle. 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 on food security and the need for coordinated government policies.
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 barriers when combining robotics, vision, and connectivity in farming.
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 discuss how growth patterns and public economics limit agricultural technology diffusion.
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 examines on‑farm practices that affect nutrient efficiency and dairy productivity.
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 climate‑smart practices may have unintended greenhouse‑gas and sustainability consequences.
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 for technology uptake and the role of information among smallholders.
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
Investigations link certain management choices to animal health and zoonotic disease exposure.
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
Findings suggest resilience depends on ecological factors beyond simple management intensification.
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 for real‑time field decision making.
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
Research explores agroforestry and tillage methods that mitigate climate impacts while supporting livelihoods.
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
Papers present advances in robot navigation, perception, and multifunctional tasks for farm operations.
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
Studies demonstrate cloud‑linked sensors and machine‑learning models for efficient crop and resource tracking.
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
Analyses reveal poverty reduction and welfare gains from improved machinery and storage solutions.
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 highlights integrated approaches to reduce contamination and support pollinator health on farms.
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% | 36.7% |
| Problem-identifying | 19.8% | 10.0% |
| Descriptive | 16.9% | 17.7% |
| Breakthrough | 15.8% | 26.5% |
| Cautionary | 7.2% | 4.2% |
| Comparative | 2.9% | 4.0% |
| Critical | 1.5% | 0.9% |
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.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 4 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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