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Top 25 Precision Agriculture Companies in the UK | 2026

Lily Ruaah,
 25 June 2026

UK precision agriculture companies raised £21.8m across 15 deals in 2022 — the sector’s all-time peak — and have since maintained annual investment in the £12–16m range, with the first quarter of 2026 already delivering £10.7m across eight deals. Across all time, UK precision agriculture companies have raised £126m in equity funding tracked by Beauhurst, with 76% of that total arriving since the start of 2020.

We’ve ranked the top 25 precision agriculture companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

An overview of the precision agriculture sector

Precision agriculture covers companies developing technology that helps farmers manage crops and livestock at high resolution — using sensors, satellites, robotics, software, and biological inputs to optimise yields, reduce waste, and improve soil and animal health. UK precision agriculture companies span crop monitoring and data platforms, microbial and biological inputs, autonomous field robotics, vertical and indoor farming, aquaculture monitoring, livestock management apps, chemical-free weed and pest control, and satellite positioning systems for agricultural use.

Beauhurst tracks 85 active precision agriculture companies in the UK, up from 29 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 193% increase over the decade. Together, these companies generated £1.41b in turnover according to latest financials and support an estimated 4,972 employees across the UK. Across all time, precision agriculture companies have raised £126m in equity funding tracked on the platform, making this one of the smaller sectors we’ve covered by total capital deployed. The 2022 peak of £21.8m has not yet been surpassed, though deal volume has held steady at 15–21 deals per year since 2021, indicating sustained appetite for early-stage investment even as round sizes have moderated.

Key findings

  • Bactobio tops the ranking with £15.9m raised. The London-based biotechnology company researches bacterial chemicals for agricultural and therapeutic applications, and accounts for 13% of all UK precision agriculture equity raised to date — a relatively dispersed top spot compared with the concentration seen in larger sectors.
  • Foamstream (£15.8m, London) in chemical-free weed control takes second, followed by Innovation Agri-Tech Group (£11.2m, South East) in aeroponic indoor farming, KisanHub (£8.74m, London) in farm data platforms, and Biographica (£8.44m, London) in AI-driven gene editing for crops. The top five account for 47% of all UK precision agriculture equity raised.
  • London hosts 11 of the top 25, followed by the East of England (four) and the West Midlands and North West (two each). The top 25 spans 10 UK regions including Aberdeen (DDK Positioning), the East of Scotland (Loch Long Salmon), and Northern Ireland (farmdrive), reflecting the sector’s reach into specialised agricultural clusters across the country. The East of England’s four entries — FA Bio, ProCam, P.E.S. Technologies, and TraitSeq — anchor the Cambridge agri-bio cluster.
  • Venture-stage businesses dominate the top 25 with 15 entries, followed by four growth, four seed, one established (ProCam), and one zombie (Folium Science). Notably, the full sector contains no dead companies across its 75 staged businesses — a distinction not shared by any other sector we’ve covered.

Methodology

To produce this list, we identified all companies that are:
  • Headquartered in the UK
  • Operating in the ‘Precision Agriculture’ Beauhurst industry classification
  • Listed as ‘Active’ on Companies House

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

If you’re a Beauhurst subscriber, you can view this list directly in the platform and apply additional filters to refine the results.

Analysis accurate as of 17 June 2026. The table below is updated weekly to reflect the most recent data from the Beauhurst platform.

Top 25 precision agriculture 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: 23 July 2026
# Company Region Stage Employees Total Raised
1 Bactobio London Venture 50-99 £15,914,059

Bactobio

Bactobio researches chemicals produced by bacteria to discover those which can be used for a range of applications, such as treating illnesses and performing gene therapy.

https://www.bacto.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Chemicals Research tools and reagents
2 Foamstream West Midlands Zombie 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
3 Innovation Agri-Tech Group South East Venture 10-24 £11,153,504

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
4 KisanHub London Venture 10-24 £8,736,513

KisanHub

KisanHub has developed technology that allows farmers to track and analyse data on soil/water balance and local weather among others for each of their individual fields.

https://www.kisanhub.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis
5 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
6 FA Bio East of England Growth 25-49 £7,625,701

FA Bio

FA Bio develops microbial treatments, specialising in biofungicides and biofertilisers.

https://fa-bio.net/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
7 ProCam East of England Established 50-99 £6,500,000

ProCam

ProCam provides agronomy and crop production services designed to make arable-based enterprises more efficient.

https://www.procam.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Distribution and wholesale
8 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
9 Agrivi London Growth 25-49 £4,589,939

Agrivi

Agrivi provides software for the purpose of managing and monitoring farms and vineyards.

https://www.agrivi.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Management and strategy consultancy
10 Earth Rover West Midlands Venture 10-24 £4,409,136

Earth Rover

Earth Rover develops robotics technology, designed to deliver precision farming services for agricultural endeavours.

https://www.earthrover.farm/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Data provision and analysis Heavy equipment and machinery Robots and automation
11 P.E.S. Technologies East of England Venture 10-24 £4,377,112

P.E.S. Technologies

P.E.S. Technologies develops a device that can measure microbial activity in soil, thus determining the health of a farmer's soil.

https://www.pestechnologies.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Sensors
12 Cha Panni London Venture <5 £3,070,001

Cha Panni

Cha Panni develops alternative farming facilities that can be used to create non-meat products.

Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Fruit, vegetables and fungi
13 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
14 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
15 Cordon Technologies London Venture 5-9 £1,921,000

Cordon Technologies

Cordon Technologies develops technology to support vineyard farmers farm efficiently.

https://www.cordon.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Electronics hardware Mobile, internet and wireless hardware
16 Observe Technologies London Venture 10-24 £1,848,546

Observe Technologies

Observe Technologies uses a range of sensory devices and artificial intelligence to monitor fish farms, optimising feed usage and monitoring stock health.

https://observe.tech/
Industries Application software Data aggregation Electronics hardware Fishing and aquafarming Sensors
17 Deep Planet London Venture 10-24 £1,839,080

Deep Planet

Deep Planet develops software that uses satellite imagery to identify agricultural trends, such as crop stress, in order to reduce negative impact of low crop yield and natural changes.

https://www.deepplanet.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Satellite hardware
18 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
19 Optimal London Venture 10-24 £1,683,053

Optimal

Optimal develops machine learning technology for application within the farming and food production industries.

https://www.optimal.ag/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Robots and automation
20 Light Science Technologies East Midlands Growth 10-24 £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
21 DDK Positioning Aberdeen Venture 10-24 £1,113,946

DDK Positioning

DDK Positioning develops satellite navigation systems, which provide positioning data.

https://www.ddkpositioning.com/
Industries Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Property and environmental survey Satellite hardware
22 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
23 Folium Science South West Zombie 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
24 Fotenix North West Venture 5-9 £765,507

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
25 TraitSeq East of England Seed 5-9 £744,176

TraitSeq

TraitSeq develops a platform for the agricultural industry, which uses AI to identify and predict complex traits and breed optimised crops.

https://traitseq.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Biotechnology Data provision and analysis

The future of precision agriculture in the UK

UK precision agriculture investment has plateaued at the £12–16m level since the 2022 peak (£21.8m), even as the count of active companies has tripled to 85. The first quarter of 2026 brought £10.7m across eight deals, suggesting the sector is on track for another year in the established band rather than breaking out into the larger funding rounds reshaping adjacent categories. The complete absence of dead companies across the entire sector — unique among the sectors we’ve covered — points to genuine product-market fit pockets across crop monitoring, biological inputs, and farm robotics, even where individual companies have stayed compact.

Crop monitoring and data platforms are the largest sub-cluster, with KisanHub (£8.74m), Agrivi (£4.59m), Messium (£4.70m), Omega Crop (£2.75m), Deep Planet (£1.84m), Optimal (£1.68m), and Fotenix (£766k) building software and sensing for yield optimisation, soil analysis, and satellite-driven crop intelligence. Microbial and biological inputs form the second pillar, with Bactobio (£15.9m), Biographica (£8.44m), FA Bio (£7.63m), Folium Science (£903k), TraitSeq (£744k), and Sun Bear Biofuture (£720k) pursuing biofungicides, biofertilisers, gene editing, and precision fermentation. A third cluster centres on physical hardware — Earth Rover (£4.41m) in field robotics, Innovation Agri-Tech Group (£11.2m) in aeroponic farms, Light Science Technologies (£1.59m) in agricultural lighting, P.E.S. Technologies (£4.38m) in soil sensors, and AgriSound (£1.97m) in beekeeping hardware.

With this in mind, it’s possible that — depending on broader economic conditions, food security policy, and the pace of climate adaptation in UK farming — precision agriculture follows two paths: a small number of category leaders breaking into growth-stage funding rounds, and a broader cohort of venture-stage companies converging on profitable niches without raising large amounts of capital. Whether the sector eventually produces a breakout scale-up comparable to those seen in adjacent food-and-agriculture categories, or whether it remains a constellation of focused, capital-efficient businesses, will depend on how quickly UK farmers adopt precision tools at scale and how policy supports the transition.

FAQ

The top 25 precision agriculture companies in the UK, ranked by total equity raised, are led by Bactobio, Foamstream, Innovation Agri-Tech Group, KisanHub, and Biographica. Each has raised more than £8m 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 25 UK precision agriculture companies have collectively raised £114m — 90% of the £126m raised by all UK precision agriculture companies tracked by Beauhurst.

Precision agriculture refers to technology that helps farmers manage crops and livestock at high resolution, using sensors, satellites, robotics, software, and biological inputs to optimise yields, reduce waste, and improve soil and animal health. UK precision agriculture companies span crop monitoring and data platforms, microbial and biological inputs, autonomous field robotics, vertical and indoor farming, aquaculture monitoring, livestock management apps, chemical-free weed and pest control, and satellite positioning systems for agricultural use.

London is home to the largest number of top 25 precision agriculture companies with 11, followed by the East of England (four), the West Midlands and North West (two each), and one each in the South East, East of Scotland, East Midlands, Aberdeen, Northern Ireland, and the South West. The top 25 spans 10 UK regions.

The number of active UK precision agriculture companies has grown 193% over the past decade, from 29 in the final quarter of 2015 to 85 today. Annual investment peaked in 2022 (£21.8m) and has held steady in the £12–16m range since, with the first quarter of 2026 already at £10.7m across eight deals.

UK precision agriculture companies operate across a wide range of sub-fields including crop monitoring and data platforms, biological and microbial inputs, autonomous field robotics, vertical and indoor farming, aquaculture and livestock management, chemical-free weed and pest control, satellite positioning and remote sensing, and AI-driven gene editing and crop breeding.

Yes. The ranking includes companies at all stages of evolution. Within the top 25, venture-stage companies are the largest group with 15 entries, followed by growth (four), seed (four), established (one), and zombie (one). The full sector contains no dead companies across its 75 staged businesses.

The underlying table is updated weekly using the latest data from the Beauhurst platform. Analysis and commentary were last refreshed on 17 June 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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