Top 100 Agritech Companies in the UK | 2026

Lily Ruaah,
 24 April 2026

UK agritech companies raised £367m in 2025 — the biggest year on record for the sector, and the clearest sign yet that investor appetite for agricultural innovation has survived the wider late-stage slowdown. In total, agritech companies in the UK have raised £1.64b across all equity fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst.

We’ve ranked the top 100 agritech companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

What is agritech?

Agritech — short for agricultural technology — covers the application of science, software, and hardware to farming, food production, and land use. It spans everything from vertical farms and gene-edited crops to livestock monitoring software, biopesticides, and soil carbon measurement.

Beauhurst tracks 250 active agritech companies in the UK, up from 52 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 380% increase over the decade. Together, these companies have raised £1.64b, with £1.23b of that arriving since 2020 (75% of the sector’s all-time total). The 35 companies reporting full financials generated £3.09b in turnover, and the sector supports an estimated 10,396 employees across the UK.

Key findings

  • Benchmark Holdings tops the ranking with £348m raised. The South East-based group runs subsidiaries including FAI Farms and FAI Agriculture, specialising in food production technology. Its 21% share of all UK agritech equity is one of the most concentrated top positions across the sectors we’ve analysed.
  • Oxbury (£241m, North West) takes second place as an agricultural bank for UK farmers, followed by Tropic (£139m, East of England) in crop gene editing, CycleØ (£110m, London) in agricultural waste-to-energy, and Intelligent Growth Solutions (£103m, Tayside) in vertical farming. The top five alone account for 57% of all equity raised in UK AgriTech.
  • London hosts 27 of the top 100 — one of the lower London shares across our sector series — followed by the East of England (15), South East (13), and South West (10). Scotland accounts for 14 companies across Tayside, East of Scotland, and West of Scotland. The top 100 spans 13 UK regions, tied with edtech for the broadest regional spread of any sector in our series.
  • Venture-stage businesses dominate the top 100 (53), followed by seed-stage (25) and growth-stage (12), with only four established companies and one exited business — a profile that reflects agritech's relative youth and the long commercialisation timelines of crop science and farming infrastructure. By contrast, adtech’s top 100 has 25 established companies and 16 exited businesses.
  • The top 100 collectively raised £1.53b — 93% of the sector’s all-time total.

Methodology

To be included in this list of edtech companies, companies must be:

  • Headquartered in the UK
  • Operating in the ‘AgriTech’ Beauhurst industry classification
  • Listed as ‘Active’ on Companies House

We’ve then ranked these companies by total equity raised.

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All data for the analysis was taken from the Beauhurst platform, and is accurate as of 15 April 2026.

All data for the ranking list was taken from the Beauhurst platform, and is automatically updated weekly.

Top 100 agritech companies in the UK

10.

Total amount raised: £185m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2014
Location: Oxford

Oxa develops software designed to power driverless vehicles, with technology that uses features such as cameras and lasers in order to sense and navigate the surrounding environment. In 2023, the UK government announced that Oxa had been included in their Advanced Manufacturing Plan, setting out £150m of investment to supercharge the self-driving vehicle sector. They have received £185m to date through five rounds of fundraising, including £113m in December 2022, aimed at selling its software to a wider range of industries and growing worldwide.

9. Callsign

Total amount raised: £215m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2010
Location: City of London

Focusing on creating smooth customer interactions, AI company Callsign has produced technology for passive authentication, fraud prevention, and intelligence. Its proprietary technology uses artificial intelligence to mimic how humans recognise each other. In October 2021, Visa choseCallsign as their preferred behavioural biometric and device intelligence identity partner across Europe. Callsign is the world’s fastest-growing behavioural authentication and intelligence company. It has raised a total of £215m in investment, across five funding rounds. The company’s main investors include JP Morgan, AllegisCyber, and NightDragon Security.

8. Lendable

Total amount raised: £216m
Total equity rounds: 7
Established: 2014
Location: Hackney

Lendable is a fintech company developing a peer-to-peer lending platform for consumer finance. The company’s AI software matches users with appropriate investors, leveraging artificial intelligence and automated underwriting to quickly approve loans. Lendable also offers loans to those with lower credit scores to provide a fairer borrowing solution. Lendable has raised £216m, across seven funding rounds, since 2014. It’s expanded to offices in New York, Nairobi, and Singapore, and has featured in several high growth lists: 2022’s FT 1000, the Deloitte Fast 50 in both 2019 and 2020, and the Fast Tech Track 100, also in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, in 2018, Lendable participated in Addleshaw Goddard’s AG Elevate accelerator programme for scaling fintech startups.

7. Huma

Total amount raised: £236m
Total equity rounds: 10
Established: 2011
Location: Westminster

​​Huma (previously Medopad) is developing a web-based portal for hospitals and healthcare professionals to contain, manage, and collect health records. This data is then accessible to patients through a mobile app. Alongside its main goal of managing healthcare data, Huma also works on digital health insights and has developed wearable technology to detect digital biomarkers and assess health in real-time. Huma has been working with many organisations around the world, including the NHS, to monitor COVID-19 patients remotely. The AI company has secured £236m in fundraisings, from investors including Healthbox, Nexus Investments, Bayer, and NWS Holdings. In 2020, the company acquired two businesses: stress and productivity biometric startup BioBeats, and Tarilian, an optoelectronic sensor company that makes technology for measuring blood pressure and heart monitoring. They have since acquired Alcedis, developers of a platform for the digitisation of clinical trials that can be integrated with third-party systems, and iPLATO, developers of an app that improves patients’ access to GP practices through an online booking system, and provides a platform for healthcare campaigns.

6. Patsnap

Total amount raised: £251m
Total equity rounds: 4
Established: 2007
Location: Southwark

Patsnap has created a web-based platform to help clients assess intellectual property patents, with access to patent expiry dates, licensing, renewal, and legal information for tech companies. The lawtech company’s platform is powered by artificial intelligence algorithms and natural language processing, to parse patents and IP, as well as extract and cross-match critical information. It can even analyse more complex documents, like clinical trials, chemical structures patents, and litigation records. Patsnap has over 10k customers in over 50 countries, including big names like Tesla, Dyson, and NASA. So far, the company has secured £251m in investment, across four funding rounds.

5. Quantexa

Total amount raised: £286m
Total equity rounds: 6
Established: 2016
Location: Lambeth

Quantexa is a cybersecurity firm that develops AI technology to secure organisations’ data and flag illegal activity. It works closely with industries that handle large datasets (such as banking, e-commerce, and the public sector), to create analytical models that uncover data risk, reveal opportunities, and enhance decision making. The company is backed by AlbionVC, Dawn Capital, HSBC Enterprise Fund, and Accenture, among others. In its latest funding round, Quantexa raised £104m in investment. This took the company’s total fundraisings to £286m. Quantexa has attended both the Microsoft ScaleUp accelerator and Tech Nation’s Future Fifty accelerator. It has also appeared on several high-growth lists, including The Telegraph’s Tech Hot 100, Fast Track’s Tech Track 100, InsurTech 100, and the 2021 edition of The Regtech 100.

4. Gousto

Total amount raised: £321m
Total equity rounds: 14
Established: 2012
Location: Shepherds Bush

Gousto is a meal kit delivery service that provides exact ingredients and portions to customers with instructions on how to prepare the dish. The food tech unicorn, backed by celebrity fitness coach, Joe Wicks, and Japanese investment giant SoftBank, is powered by AI, a technology used since its founding. They have received £321m in funding to date, through 14 rounds of funding. The most recent of these was in February 2023, which saw £50m invested to support them during times of economic uncertainty. Their post-money valuation was listed as £239m. They have been named on a number of high-growth lists, including the FT 1000, Fast Track Tech Track 100, and Top 100 – Britain’s Fastest Growing Businesses. They also attended the Future Fifty accelerator in 2017.

3. Cera

Total amount raised: £366m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2015
Location: Islington

Cera provides homecare, telehealth consultations, and prescription services, which can be managed through a mobile app, which also allows users to book appointments with nurses on demand. To date, they have secured £366m through nine rounds of fundraising. In August 2022, they raised £81.3m to invest in increasing their capacity to help more patients, a project that was invested into by 8090 Partners, Evolve Healthcare Partners, Guinness Ventures, and Jane Street, amongst others. They have attended DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, PwC Scale Programmes, and Govstart.

2. Thought Machine

Total amount raised: £392m
Total equity rounds: 8
Established: 2011
Location: Islington

Thought Machine develops fintech software Vault, which enables banks and financial services providers to centrally manage a range of products. Its core banking platforms can be used to run day-to-day operations, improving the cost, speed, and adaptability of legacy systems. Thought Machine’s software is accessed through an API and has a large artificial intelligence component. The AI company has raised £398m in growth capital so far, across seven funding rounds, with the likes of Molten Ventures (previously Draper Esprit), IQ Capital, Playfair Capital, and British Patient Capital. Its most recent fundraising, secured in July 2020, saw the company valued at £221m pre-money. Alongside new investors ING Ventures, JP Morgan Chase Strategic Investments, and Standard Charter Investments, this latest raise also saw Thought Machine reach unicorn status.

1. Graphcore

Total amount raised: £528m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2016
Location: City of Bristol

Graphcore operates in the semiconductor processing chip industry, developing and manufacturing chips made specifically to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning tasks. Graphcore’s chips use Intelligence Process Unit (IPU) technology, housing 1,472 separate IPU-Cores, capable of executing 8,832 separate parallel computing threads. The Bristol-based AI startup has grown from strength to strength since 2016, with a total of nine funding rounds under its belt, which saw it reach unicorn status after just four years of trading. Graphcore has raised more than half a billion pounds in investment, and is partnered with large tech companies such as Microsoft and Dell Technologies. The company has offices in London, Cambridge, Oslo, Beijing, Seoul, and across the US.
Last Updated: 27 April 2026
# Company Region Stage Employees Total Raised
1 Benchmark Holdings South East Established 500-999 £348,400,000

Benchmark Holdings

Benchmark Holdings runs a number of companies including FAI Farms and FAI Agriculture, specialising in manufacturing and researching technologies for the food production industry.

https://www.bmkholdings.com/
Industries Animal feed and pet food Fishing and aquafarming Land, water and air management Pharmaceuticals Physical product design, testing and quality assurance
2 Oxbury North West Growth 100-249 £240,729,819

Oxbury

Oxbury operates a bank providing services to the agricultural sector, including offering savings accounts, farm loans and farm credit.

https://www.oxbury.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Banking Loans, debt and grants
3 Tropic East of England Growth 100-249 £138,627,253

Tropic

Tropic uses plant breeding and genome editing to develop new crops that are disease resistant and easier to farm.

https://tropic.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
4 CycleØ London Venture 10-24 £110,432,309

CycleØ

CycleØ produces energy and biofuel products using recycled agricultural waste.

https://www.cycle0.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electricity generation Food and drink processing Oil and gas Renewable energy Waste management and recycling
5 Intelligent Growth Solutions Tayside Growth 100-249 £102,537,714

Intelligent Growth Solutions

Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) operates a vertical farm.

https://www.intelligentgrowthsolutions.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Flowers, trees and other plants Food and drink processing Lighting
6 Eden Research South East Established 10-24 £43,486,104

Eden Research

Eden Research develops sustainable biopesticides and plastic-free microencapsulation technologies.

https://www.edenresearch.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Pets
7 Uncommon East of England Growth 50-99 £38,440,377

Uncommon

Uncommon produces cell-based meat alternatives.

https://uncommonbio.co/
Industries Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing
8 Hectare South West Growth 25-49 £38,318,604

Hectare

Hectare provides an online marketplace for farmers to trade livestock and grain through two websites, Sell My Livestock and Graindex.

https://www.wearehectare.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Livestock and equine
9 Treefera London Venture 25-49 £34,235,906

Treefera

Treefera develops an online platform which utilises AI (artificial intelligence) and satellite imagery to identify and map trees.

https://www.treefera.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
10 Fischer Farms West Midlands Seed 50-99 £29,059,816

Fischer Farms

Fischer Farms develops containerised hydroponic agricultural systems.

https://www.fischerfarms.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
11 Roslin Technologies East of Scotland Growth 25-49 £25,549,208

Roslin Technologies

Roslin Technologies utilises biotechnology to develop sustainable food products, to combat the issues of food security, animal health and environmental change.

https://www.roslintech.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Food and drink processing
12 Map of Ag North West Growth 50-99 £21,754,916

Map of Ag

Map of Ag provides data and analysis of agricultural information for farmers and investors into the farming industry.

https://mapof.ag/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data management Data provision and analysis Environmental consultancy Livestock and equine Technology consultancy and IT and telecommunications support
13 Agricarbon UK Tayside Venture 50-99 £20,495,369

Agricarbon UK

Agricarbon UK develops soil carbon management technology.

https://agricarbon.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Waste management and recycling
14 Breedr South East Dead 25-49 £20,293,093

Breedr

Breedr develops software that gives farmers access to a global marketplace of traceable meat and livestock.

https://www.breedr.co/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Fish, meat and eggs Livestock and equine
15 LettUs Grow South West Growth 25-49 £19,260,000

LettUs Grow

LettUs Grow develops technology that allows food to be grown without the need for soil, designed to reduce food wastage and the carbon footprint of produce growing.

https://www.lettusgrow.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software
16 Foamstream London Growth 10-24 £15,763,210

Foamstream

Foamstream develops an environmentally-friendly weed killer for professional and domestic markets.

https://www.weedingtech.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Chemicals Gardening, landscaping and tree surgery
17 Better Origin East of England Venture 25-49 £15,701,234

Better Origin

Better Origin transforms food waste into animal feed, fertiliser and biofuel using insects' metabolism.

https://betterorigin.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Energy management and reduction Waste management and recycling
18 Solasta Bio West of Scotland Venture 25-49 £13,665,273

Solasta Bio

Solasta Bio produces pest control products designed to selectively inhibit certain insects, using peptide technology designed to be more environmentally friendly than standard insecticides.

https://solastabio.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Hazard and damage control Health and safety
19 Cocogreen North West Established 25-49 £12,750,000

Cocogreen

Cocogreen develops and supplies a range of coir substrates (coconut fibres) used to grow edible plants without the need for soil.

https://cocogreen.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
20 Gardin South East Venture 25-49 £12,712,169

Gardin

Gardin develops technology that aims to help farmers optimise food production sustainably.

https://www.gardin.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Mobile, internet and wireless hardware Sensors
21 Spotta East of England Venture 10-24 £11,925,637

Spotta

Spotta manufactures and sells bed bug detection sensors, which uses machine learning to continuously monitor for insect activity for a number of industries, including agriculture and hospitality.

https://www.spotta.co/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Manufacturing Sensors
22 SEM Energy West of Scotland Venture 10-24 £11,003,900

SEM Energy

SEM Energy provides a range of energy consultancy services.

https://sem.world/
Industries Environmental consultancy Waste management and recycling
23 Innovation Agri-Tech Group South East Venture 10-24 £10,656,003

Innovation Agri-Tech Group

Innovation Agri-Tech Group manufactures indoor aeroponic farms, designed to grow crops without the need for soil or sunlight.

https://iagri-tech.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Manufacturing Physical product design, testing and quality assurance
24 Peacock Technology Tayside Growth 25-49 £8,962,589

Peacock Technology

Peacock Technology provides engineering and technology consultancy, and develops robotics and automation technology with a focus on agriculture.

https://www.peacocktechnology.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Dairy products Electronics hardware Embedded systems Materials technology Physical product design, testing and quality assurance Robots and automation Sensors Technology consultancy and IT and telecommunications support
25 AgrigateOne London Venture 50-99 £8,918,250

AgrigateOne

AgrigateOne develops supply chain management software for the fresh produce industry.

https://www.agrigateone.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Distribution and wholesale Fruit, vegetables and fungi Supply chain management
26 Biographica London Venture 10-24 £8,441,299

Biographica

Biographica operates a biotechnology company that aims to improve crop yields using gene editing technology and artificial intelligence.

https://www.graphica.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Biotechnology
27 Rhizocore Technologies East of Scotland Venture 25-49 £8,369,728

Rhizocore Technologies

Rhizocore Technologies develops symbiotic fungi which aid the growth of forests.

https://www.rhizocore.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Fruit, vegetables and fungi Land, water and air management
28 Resurrect Bio London Venture 10-24 £7,658,217

Resurrect Bio

Resurrect Bio develops gene editing technology designed to resurrect R-genes in crops such as soy, aiming to provide a more sustainable alternative to chemical agricultural controls.

https://resurrect.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
29 PBD Biotech East of England Venture 10-24 £6,569,688

PBD Biotech

PBD Biotech develops technology that can detect the presence of mycobacteria such as bovine TB in the blood or milk of livestock.

https://pbdbio.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Livestock and equine Medical devices and instruments Vets
30 Fieldwork Robotics South West Venture 10-24 £6,541,230

Fieldwork Robotics

Fieldwork Robotics develops robots for the agricultural industry to assist with crop harvesting.

https://fieldworkrobotics.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Heavy equipment and machinery Robots and automation
31 Entocycle London Venture 25-49 £6,399,065

Entocycle

Entocycle transforms waste foods into protein-based animal feed through the use of Black Soldier Flies.

https://entocycle.com/
Industries Animal feed and pet food Waste management and recycling
32 Mantle Labs South East Venture 25-49 £5,171,783

Mantle Labs

Mantle Labs operates as an online platform, which provides earth image data and data analytics for agriculture, including features for plant health, soil moisture and climatic changes.

https://www.mantle-labs.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Food and drink processing Property and environmental survey Risk and compliance Satellite hardware Supply chain management
33 BX South East Venture 25-49 £5,088,600

BX

BX develops a platform for the agricultural industry with tools allowing users to identify and improve their environmental performance, and participate in carbon offsetting programmes.

https://bx.tech/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
34 Kroptek London Venture 10-24 £4,935,582

Kroptek

Kroptek offers horticultural lighting products, which promote crop growth, in addition to providing a smart farming operating system.

https://kroptek.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Data aggregation Lighting
35 Harvest London London Venture 5-9 £4,879,425

Harvest London

Harvest London operates hydroponic and vertical farms.

https://www.harvest.london/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Fruit, vegetables and fungi
36 Messium London Seed 10-24 £4,700,000

Messium

Messium develops technology using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to support, manage and analyse nitrogen fertiliser application with the aim of reducing inefficient fertilisation and over application.

https://www.messium.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Land, water and air management Satellite hardware Waste management and recycling
37 Epigenetica Tayside Zombie 10-24 £4,486,557

Epigenetica

Epigenetica develops proprietary electric field nanobubble technology, which aims to improve crop yields and quality.

https://www.epigenetica.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
38 Phytoform East of England Venture 25-49 £4,278,428

Phytoform

Phytoform specialises in horticultural plant-breeding.

https://www.phytoformlabs.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Flowers, trees and other plants
39 Oxi-Tech South West Venture 5-9 £3,943,764

Oxi-Tech

Oxi-Tech develops ozone-based sanitation systems, including dairy disinfection technology.

https://www.oxitechsolutions.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Cleaning Dairy products Data provision and analysis Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and mechanical and electrical systems Livestock and equine Manufacturing
40 Acorn Bioenergy London Venture 10-24 £3,942,276

Acorn Bioenergy

Acorn Bioenergy develops biomethane and green CO2 from agricultural waste, aiming to provide an environmentally-friendly fuel alternative.

https://www.acornbioenergy.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Manufacturing Renewable energy Waste management and recycling
41 Materra London Venture 50-99 £3,844,519

Materra

Materra manufactures cotton in a lab, designed to increase the sustainability of its manufacture.

https://www.materra.tech/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Environmental consultancy Fabrics and textiles
42 Duradiamond Software Tayside Growth 10-24 £3,687,740

Duradiamond Software

Duradiamond Software creates a range of digital products, primarily for the farming sector.

https://www.duradiamondsoftware.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Technology consultancy and IT and telecommunications support
43 Optifarm East of England Venture 10-24 £3,482,910

Optifarm

Optifarm develops software that aims to help farms with monitoring their livestock.

https://optifarm.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Fishing and aquafarming Livestock and equine Supply chain management
44 Glaia South West Venture 5-9 £3,341,059

Glaia

Glaia develops biostimulants for the agricultural sector, aiming to increase crop yield, without increasing greenhouse gases, by enhancing the rate of photosynthesis.

https://www.glaia.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
45 Carbogenics East of Scotland Venture 10-24 £3,191,766

Carbogenics

Carbogenics recycles low-value paper waste to make CreChar, a carbon-based material used in biogas production and as a fertiliser.

https://www.carbogenics.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Chemicals Data provision and analysis Materials technology Renewable energy Waste management and recycling
46 Bright Biotech North West Venture 10-24 £3,109,851

Bright Biotech

Bright Biotech develops plant-based expression technology design to use chloroplasts to fuel cell growth, with the overall aim to produce cultivated meat and to improve regenerative medicine practices.

https://www.brightbiotech.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals Research tools and reagents
47 Cytotrait North West Seed <5 £3,000,000

Cytotrait

Cytotrait develops technology designed to improve and increase the speed of climate-resilient and high-yield crop growth.

https://www.cytotrait.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Flowers, trees and other plants
48 BirdsEyeView London Venture 10-24 £2,786,209

BirdsEyeView

BirdsEyeView provides weather risk insurance to the agricultural industry, utilising insights from satellite imagery and analytics.

https://www.birdseyeview.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Insurance
49 Omega Crop London Venture 5-9 £2,750,001

Omega Crop

Omega Crop provides crop yield and loss prediction services to farmers.

https://www.omegacrop.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data aggregation Data provision and analysis
50 AlphaBio Control East of England Venture 10-24 £2,691,317

AlphaBio Control

AlphaBio Control develops a range of agricultural management technologies.

https://alphabiocontrol.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
51 SugaROx East of England Venture 5-9 £2,456,342

SugaROx

SugaROx develops a sugar-based compound that increases photosynthesis and starch synthesis in plants, increasing their food yield.

https://sugarox.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Chemicals Physical sciences research Research tools and reagents
52 Dyneval East of Scotland Venture 10-24 £2,451,048

Dyneval

Dyneval develops analytical software and portable instruments for the agricultural industry, which allow users to asses semen quality through motility monitoring.

https://www.dyneval.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
53 CropSafe Northern Ireland Dead 5-9 £2,392,029

CropSafe

CropSafe develops a farm management and sales platform that uses satellite imaging to anticipate disease and contamination within crops.

https://www.cropsafe.io/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data aggregation Lead generation and sales support Online marketplace
54 Aura Commodities London Venture 10-24 £2,385,100

Aura Commodities

Aura Commodities operates an online platform for analysing weather conditions for agricultural companies.

https://auracommodities.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Risk and compliance
55 Cattle Eye Northern Ireland Venture 10-24 £2,311,191

Cattle Eye

Cattle Eye develops AI software for farmers to monitor their livestock.

https://cattleeye.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Livestock and equine
56 Aspia Space South West Venture 10-24 £2,250,000

Aspia Space

Aspia provides earth intelligence services, classifying, monitoring and ranking land assets using continuous cloud-free observation.

https://aspiaspace.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Land, water and air management Space infrastructure
57 Norfolk Plant Sciences London Established <5 £2,015,882

Norfolk Plant Sciences

Norfolk Plant Sciences develops a genetically modified tomato, containing an anthocyanin biosynthesis gene from snapdragons, resulting in a purple fleshed tomato with a higher antioxidant content.

http://www.norfolkplantsciences.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Food and drink processing
58 AgriSound North West Venture 10-24 £1,965,761

AgriSound

AgriSound provides a range of hardware devices and software products, designed to support beekeeping activities.

https://agrisound.io/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Sensors
59 Bland Company London Seed N/A £1,958,626

Bland Company

Bland Company develops functional protein ingredients from agricultural by-products to help food manufacturers replace eggs.

https://www.theblandcompany.co/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing Manufacturing
60 Alva Tech London Venture 10-24 £1,858,964

Alva Tech

Alva Tech develops water treatment technology, such as ALEN, for the agricultural and industrial industries, that uses Electromotive Forces (EMF) to remove limescale and bio film from water.

https://www.alva-water.com/
Industries Application software Land, water and air management Manufacturing
61 Loch Long Salmon East of Scotland Venture <5 £1,750,147

Loch Long Salmon

Loch Long Salmon develops sustainable salmon farms, using closed-pen aquaculture systems.

https://lochlongsalmon.com/
Industries Fishing and aquafarming
62 Albotherm South West Venture 10-24 £1,714,326

Albotherm

Albotherm develops a polymer designed to protect certain plants from scorching by reflecting light and heat.

https://www.albotherm.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Energy management and reduction
63 Light Science Technologies East Midlands Growth 50-99 £1,590,000

Light Science Technologies

Light Science Technologies develops a range of lighting components and sensors for the agricultural sector, and offers scientific trial outsourcing services for the plant sciences.

https://lightsciencetech.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Data provision and analysis Embedded systems Lighting Parts and components Research tools and reagents Sensors
64 Antobot East of England Zombie 10-24 £1,532,940

Antobot

Antobot develops automated farming robots.

https://www.antobot.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Robots and automation
65 SeaGen South West Venture 10-24 £1,423,700

SeaGen

SeaGen develops automated robotic technology that is designed to reduce the cost of seaweed cultivation and scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through seaweed sinking.

https://www.seagen.io/
Industries Energy management and reduction Fishing and aquafarming Land, water and air management Robots and automation
66 Outfield Technologies London Venture 10-24 £1,360,851

Outfield Technologies

Outfield Technologies develops technology which utilises drones and sensors to help provide aerial surveillance to the agricultural industry.

https://outfield.xyz/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Security and surveillance Sensors
67 FlexFarming London Seed <5 £1,203,600

FlexFarming

FlexFarming operates an indoor farming research centre that focuses on growing strawberries using vertical farming.

https://flexfarming.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Fruit, vegetables and fungi
68 PheroSyn East of England Seed 5-9 £1,084,733

PheroSyn

PheroSyn develops and synthesises species-specific insect pheromones to target and attract agricultural pests.

https://www.pherosyn.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Chemicals
69 MEDuCAN Wales Seed 10-24 £1,018,451

MEDuCAN

MEDuCAN cultivates aeroponic medical cannabis, using sustainable technology to produce pharmaceutical-grade cannabis year-round.

https://meducan.co.uk/
Industries Flowers, trees and other plants Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Manufacturing Physical product design, testing and quality assurance
70 farmdrive Northern Ireland Seed 5-9 £1,000,000

farmdrive

farmdrive develops an app that lets farmers record and manage livestock data, track treatments and feed, and integrate with local regulatory systems.

https://farmdrive.io/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Data aggregation Data management Data provision and analysis Livestock and equine Risk and compliance
71 LiveStockEx West Midlands Seed <5 £1,000,000

LiveStockEx

LiveStockEx develops an online trading platform for livestock traders.

https://livestockex.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Trading platforms Wealth, asset and investment management
72 Home Harvest Yorkshire and The Humber Venture <5 £962,999

Home Harvest

Home Harvest develops technology for sustainable farming.

https://www.homeharvest.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
73 Greenleaf South East Seed <5 £918,992

Greenleaf

Greenleaf develops biotechnology which aims to use bacteriophages to prevent crop diseases.

https://greenleaf.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
74 Lambda Energy East of England Venture 5-9 £907,510

Lambda Energy

Lambda Energy develops a coating for greenhouse glass panels, aiming to increase crop yields.

https://www.lambda.energy/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electricity generation Materials technology Renewable energy
75 Folium Science South West Venture 10-24 £902,536

Folium Science

Folium Science develops bacteria and pathogen removal biotechnology for the food and agriculture supply chain.

https://foliumscience.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Food and drink processing Land, water and air management Physical sciences research Waste management and recycling
76 Chirrup.ai South East Venture 10-24 £876,167

Chirrup.ai

Chirrup.ai develops a biodiversity monitoring system for farms using birdsong analysis.

https://www.chirrup.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data aggregation Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware
77 Soil Benchmark Yorkshire and The Humber Seed 5-9 £871,994

Soil Benchmark

Soil Benchmark develops a range of online tools for the agriculture industry which aim to provide users with the data they need to improve their soil health.

https://www.soilbenchmark.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
78 Demeter London Seed 5-9 £870,775

Demeter

Demeter develops a platform that provides global agricultural and food data to support decision-making.

https://www.demeterdata.ag/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data aggregation Data provision and analysis
79 FishFrom West of Scotland Seed 5-9 £790,973

FishFrom

FishFrom farms freshwater salmon, using methods that aim to be socially, ecologically, and financially sustainable, and developing technology which aims to benefit Recirculating Aquaculture Systems.

https://fishfrom.com/
Industries Fishing and aquafarming
80 Sun Bear Biofuture West Midlands Seed 5-9 £719,999

Sun Bear Biofuture

Sun Bear Biofuture develops precision fermentation technology that uses machine learning to produce sustainable alternatives to industrial substances, including a yeast-based alternative to palm oil.

https://www.sunbearbiofuture.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Energy management and reduction Oil and gas
81 Agreed.Earth North West Dead 5-9 £719,085

Agreed.Earth

Agreed.Earth develops a platform that enables farmers to connect and share regenerative farming practices.

https://www.agreed.earth/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
82 Airponix East of England Venture 5-9 £699,629

Airponix

Airponix develops an enclosed farming system used for growing agricultural crops, which is designed to create fog to support plants without the need for soil.

https://airponix.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Heavy equipment and machinery
83 Accumont London Seed 10-24 £690,136

Accumont

Accumont researches and validates agricultural and crop protection technology for development within the agricultural industry.

https://www.accumont.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Data provision and analysis Environmental consultancy Physical sciences research
84 Ostara Technologies South West Seed 10-24 £681,753

Ostara Technologies

Ostara Technologies develops sensor technology and automation software for use in greenhouses and farming.

https://www.ostara.io/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Heavy equipment and machinery Robots and automation Sensors
85 Fotenix North West Venture 5-9 £665,502

Fotenix

Fotenix develops crop status analytical machinery for the agricultural industry, aiming to allow the early diagnose abnormal plant characteristics and increase yield quality.

https://fotenix.tech/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Heavy equipment and machinery Manufacturing Sensors
86 Ag-drive Yorkshire and The Humber Seed <5 £650,004

Ag-drive

Ag-drive develops a cloud-based app that aims to help companies in the agricultural sector manage their business.

https://www.ag-drive.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Human resources
87 RIPE Building Services East Midlands Seed <5 £643,999

RIPE Building Services

RIPE Building Services operates a design consultancy for the agricultural industry to help increase crop yields sustainably.

https://www.ripebuilding.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Property development and construction
88 Solaris BioLabs East of England Seed <5 £635,083

Solaris BioLabs

Solaris BioLabs designs and manufactures modular vertical farming systems that use AI technology to provide ingredients for sports nutrition and medical uses.

https://solarisbiolabs.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Energy management and reduction Heavy equipment and machinery Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals Robots and automation
89 Flybox London Venture 25-49 £620,599

Flybox

Flybox operates an insect farming agency which aims to promote the development of sustainable animal feeds, biofertilisers and other insect protein byproducts.

https://flybox.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Animal feed and pet food Waste management and recycling
90 Tierrasphere East of England Venture 10-24 £602,881

Tierrasphere

Tierrasphere develops new ingredients that aim to be more environmentally sustainable.

https://www.tierrasphere.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Environmental consultancy Food and drink processing Land, water and air management Physical sciences research
91 Edibl South East Venture 5-9 £514,658

Edibl

Edibl operates a number of insect farms.

https://www.edibluk.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Animal feed and pet food Food and drink processing Waste management and recycling
92 Hyperion Grow Lights London Exited <5 £508,900

Hyperion Grow Lights

Hyperion Grow Lights manufactures lighting for use in the horticultural and agricultural sectors.

http://www.hyperiongrowlights.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Lighting
93 Aganalyst London Seed 5-9 £481,607

Aganalyst

Aganalyst develops an internet platform which offers precision data and analytics to businesses operating in the agricultural sector.

https://www.aganalyst.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
94 Loamin London Seed 5-9 £469,996

Loamin

Loamin develops a carbon monitoring platform for the agriculture industry, informed by satellite data, soil samples and machine learning tools.

https://www.loamin.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software
95 Omma London Seed 5-9 £424,639

Omma

Omma develops AI-powered systems for insect rearing.

https://www.omma.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
96 Crover East of Scotland Venture 10-24 £422,090

Crover

Crover develops grain storage monitoring technology which utilises a small robotic device to monitor conditions within silos, so workers can be instantly alerted to any signs of spoilage and intervene to reduce waste.

https://www.crover.tech/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Sensors Waste management and recycling
97 Inspro South East Venture 5-9 £389,944

Inspro

Inspro develops a range of techniques including, use of black soldier fly larvae to compost food, converting food waste into feed, fertiliser and fuel.

https://inspro-uk.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Animal feed and pet food Renewable energy Waste management and recycling
98 Fairfield Vision East Midlands Seed <5 £364,995

Fairfield Vision

Fairfield Vision develops autonomous AI crop monitoring software.

https://www.fairfieldvision.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Robots and automation
99 elaniti South East Seed 5-9 £351,266

elaniti

elaniti develops soil quality measurement and analysis technology.

https://elaniti.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Land, water and air management
100 Barter4Things South East Seed 10-24 £300,000

Barter4Things

Barter4Things uses IoT hardware and software that enables businesses to manage a range of assets such as pipes and roads.

https://www.barterforthings.co.uk/
Industries Data provision and analysis Hazard and damage control Health and safety Repair, maintenance and servicing Robots and automation

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The future of agritech in the UK

New agritech company formations held steady in the early 2020s, with between 21 and 26 new businesses founded each year from 2018 to 2024 — a consistency that marks out a sector whose pipeline of new entrants has neither boomed nor collapsed with the wider funding cycle. Investment trajectory tells a different story: 2025 produced the biggest annual total the sector has ever seen at £367m, comfortably ahead of the previous high of £261m in 2023. 2026 has opened more cautiously with £47.8m raised through the first quarter, though large late-stage rounds have a tendency to land in the later months of the year.

Controlled-environment agriculture remains one of agritech’s most well-funded themes, with vertical and hydroponic farming operators including Intelligent Growth Solutions, Fischer Farms, LettUs Grow, Harvest London, and FlexFarming all featuring in the top 100. The model’s economics are still being tested, but investor willingness to back energy-efficient, land-light food production has held up through successive funding cycles. Alongside it, gene editing and plant science continue to attract capital — Tropic’s rise to third place on £139m makes the case most clearly, with Resurrect Bio, Phytoform, Glaia, and Biographica pursuing related approaches to crop improvement, pest resistance, and yield optimisation.

A second major theme is the convergence of agritech with sustainability and carbon markets. Agricarbon UK, Loamin, BX, and Rhizocore Technologies are among the top 100 companies focused on soil carbon measurement, carbon offset enablement, and regenerative forestry — a direct response to farmers increasingly being asked to quantify and monetise environmental outcomes alongside food production. Insect protein and food waste conversion form a third distinct cluster, with Better Origin, Entocycle, Flybox, and Inspro all working on transforming organic waste into animal feed, fertiliser, or biofuel. Together these themes suggest agritech is evolving from a narrow crop-and-livestock productivity play into something closer to the commercial infrastructure of the food-and-land economy — and the scale of 2025’s fundraising total suggests investors are increasingly comfortable paying to back that thesis.

FAQ

The top 100 agritech companies in the UK, ranked by total equity raised, are led by Benchmark Holdings, Oxbury, Tropic, CycleØ, and Intelligent Growth Solutions. Each has raised more than £100m in equity funding to date.

Companies are ranked by the total amount of equity they have raised across all announced and unannounced fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst.

The top 100 UK agritech companies have collectively raised £1.53b — 93% of the £1.64b raised by all UK agritech companies tracked by Beauhurst.

Agritech refers to the use of technology to improve the efficiency, productivity, and sustainability of farming, food production, and land management. The field spans controlled-environment agriculture, biotechnology and gene editing, livestock and crop monitoring software, biopesticides, and soil and carbon measurement technologies.

London is home to the largest number of top 100 agritech companies with 27, followed by the East of England (15), the South East (13), and the South West (10). Scotland collectively accounts for 14 companies across Tayside, East of Scotland, and West of Scotland. The top 100 spans 13 UK regions in total.

Yes. The number of active UK agritech companies has grown 380% over the past decade, from 52 in the final quarter of 2015 to 250 today. 2025 was the sector’s strongest-ever fundraising year at £367m.

UK agritech companies operate across a wide range of sub-fields including vertical and hydroponic farming, crop biotechnology and gene editing, livestock monitoring and management software, biopesticides and biostimulants, insect protein and waste-to-feed conversion, soil carbon measurement, and satellite-based agricultural intelligence.

Yes. The ranking includes companies at all stages of evolution, from seed-stage startups to established businesses. Within the top 100, venture-stage companies are the largest group (53), followed by seed-stage (25) and growth-stage (12), with four established companies and one exited business.

The underlying table is updated weekly using the latest data from the Beauhurst platform. Analysis and commentary were last refreshed on 23 April 2026.

All data in this article is sourced from the Beauhurst platform, which tracks equity fundraisings, company financials, and growth signals for UK and German companies.

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