As the global population continues to expand and environmental challenges increase, the AgriTech industry is embracing innovative technologies and sustainable practices. With the integration of advanced data analytics, biotechnology, and automation, AgriTech is improving the traditional farming landscape. Explore more about the underlying industry data in the AgriTech Report 2025.
This report was last updated in January 2025.
Executive Summary: Agricultural Outlook 2025
- Industry Growth: The agriculture market size will grow from USD 15502.69 billion in 2025 to USD 20637.4 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate of 7.4%. On a granular level, there is a decline of 1.44% in industry growth as per the Discovery Platform’s latest data.
- Manpower & Employment: AgriTech jobs have increased by 601K in the past year, with a workforce exceeding 12.4 million, indicating the industry’s capacity to create jobs on and off the field.
- Patents & Grants: Over 52 800 patents and 4920+ grants filed, highlighting AgriTech’s commitment to technological advancement and continuous improvement.
- Global Footprint: The top country hubs for AgriTech include the US, India, the UK, Germany, and Canada, showcasing global distribution and innovation.
- Investment Landscape: More than 36K funding rounds closed, demonstrating a dynamic financial sector with robust investment activity.
- Top Investors: Combined investment value exceeds USD 7.5 billion, with major contributors like Tiger Global Management, Temasek Holdings, European Investment Bank, and more showing strong financial backing in the sector.
- Startup Ecosystem: The five top startups include The Cultivated B (precision fermentation), Opo Bio (cultivated meat), Carboniferous (agri carbon capture), Miruku (plant-based dairy protein), and FarmCube (modular vertical farming).
Methodology: How We Created This AgriTech Industry Report
This report is based on proprietary data from our AI-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, which tracks 25 million companies and 20 000 technologies and trends globally, including detailed insights on approximately 5 million startups, scaleups, and tech companies. Leveraging this extensive database, we provide actionable insights on emerging technologies and market trends.
For this report, we focused on the evolution of AgriTech over the past 5 years, utilizing our platform’s trend intelligence feature. Key data points analyzed include:
- Total Companies working on the trend
- News Coverage and Annual Growth
- Market Maturity and Patents
- Global Search Volume & Growth
- Funding Activity and Top Countries
- Subtrends within agritech
Our data is refreshed regularly, enabling trend comparisons for deeper insights into their relative impact and importance.
Additionally, we reviewed external resources to supplement our findings with broader market data and predictions, ensuring a reliable and comprehensive overview of the AgriTech industry.
What Data is Used to Create This AgriTech Report?
Based on the data provided by our Discovery Platform, we observe that AgriTech ranks among the top 5% in the following categories relative to all 20K topics in our database.
These categories provide a comprehensive overview of the industry’s key metrics and inform the short-term future direction of the industry.
- News Coverage & Publications: The industry has garnered considerable attention, with more than 200K publications in the last year.
- Funding Rounds: Demonstrating its dynamism in the financial sector, the agriculture industry closed more than 36K funding rounds, as per our extensive database.
- Manpower: With a workforce exceeding 12.4 million, agriculture is a major employer. Notably, in the last year alone, the industry has added more than 600K new employees, showcasing its expanding role in the global job market.
- Patents: Innovation in agriculture is thriving, as evidenced by the filing of more than 52 800 patents. This high number of patents underscores the industry’s commitment to technological advancement and continuous improvement.
- Grants: The sector has also been a significant recipient of funding support, with over 4920 grants awarded.
Explore the Data-driven Agriculture Industry Research Report 2025
As per The Business Research Company, the agriculture market size will grow from USD 15502.69 billion in 2025 to USD 20637.4 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate of 7.4%.
The AgriTech Report 2025 uses data from the Discovery Platform and encapsulates the key metrics that underline the sector’s dynamic growth and innovation.
Despite a slight decrease in industry growth by -1.44% over the last year, the database reveals the total companies operating in the industry at 153 600.
Credit: The Business Research Company
The employee growth within the last year added 601K new AgriTech jobs. This surge reflects AgriTech’s new influence and its ability to create employment opportunities both on and off the farm.
The major country hubs include the US, India, the UK, Germany, and Canada and the prominent city hubs are Heidelberg, Auckland, Houston, Palmerston North, and Besancon.
A Snapshot of the Global Agriculture Sector
The industry currently employs at least 12.4 million people, underscoring its role as a significant employment generator.
In the last year alone, the sector has experienced impressive employee growth, adding 600 thousand new jobs.
The industry also has over 52 800 patents, demonstrating a strong commitment to research and development. Additionally, the sector has received support through more than 4 920 grants, indicating backing for growth and innovation.
Explore the Funding Landscape in AgriTech
Financially, the sector has attracted substantial investments, with an average investment value of USD 13.4 million. Moreover, the involvement of over 10K investors highlights the wide-ranging interest in this field, spanning from individual angel investors to large venture capital firms. The vibrancy of the sector is further demonstrated by the closing of more than 36K funding rounds.
Who is Investing in the AgriTech Market?
The AgriTech industry witnesses a combined investment value of more than USD 7.5 billion from its top investors, illustrating the high level of financial commitment and confidence in the sector’s potential. Here is a closer look at the top investors and their contributions:
- Tiger Global Management: Tiger Global Management has invested in 7 companies, with a total investment of USD 1.2 billion.
- Temasek Holdings: Temasek Holdings has invested USD 1 billion across 17 companies.
- European Investment Bank: The European Investment Bank has invested USD 996 million in 12 companies.
- Unigrains: Unigrains has invested USD 989 million in 14 companies.
- Tencent: Tencent has invested USD 918 million in 12 companies.
- SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund has invested USD 904 million in 7 companies.
- European Bank for Reconstruction & Development: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has invested USD 900 million across 22 companies.
- Cargill: Cargill has contributed USD 748 million to 9 companies.
5 Top Examples from 6100+ Innovative AgriTech Startups
The five innovative startups showcased below are picked based on data including the trend they operate within and their relevance, founding year, funding status, and more. Book a demo to find promising startups, emerging trends, or industry data specific to your company’s needs and objectives.
The Cultivated B advances Precision Fermentation
German startup The Cultivated B produces raw materials and smart ingredients using bioengineering and precision fermentation techniques.
It leverages plants, algae, and diverse organisms to create products with desirable textures, tastes, and colors. A key focus is developing proteins and peptides as alternatives to animal-derived products using microbial production hosts.
The startup also optimizes biomass at scale for industries like cultivated meat. It provides sustainable and naturally sourced options that allow customers to mimic conventional foods while serving health-conscious consumers.
Its research in this emerging industry further allows advances in alternative protein production methods.
Opo Bio produces Cultivated Meat
Opo Bio is a New Zealand-based startup working on cell line development for cultivated meat production. It creates affordable cultivated meat products and increases scientific knowledge in the field. Opo builds a multi-species and multi-cell type bank of products for both research and commercial use, as well as a supply chain for the industry to help companies scale.
Opo also enables large-scale cultivated meat production by optimizing cell lines and designing cell-specific ingredients. This makes cultivated meat a viable and affordable alternative protein for the food industry.
Carboniferous enables Agricultural Carbon Sequestration
US-based startup Carboniferous works on a radical solution to enable carbon sequestration through biomass preservation in anoxic basins. However, the startup seeks to recreate this natural process on a smaller human timescale. All biomass is sourced sustainably from crop stalks after food harvesting to avoid increased land use.
It currently partners with independent science organizations to evaluate measurements and remove carbon through monitoring, reporting, and verification. Further, the process aims to spread the financial benefits of carbon dioxide removal to larger farming communities.
Miruku provides Plant-based Dairy Protein
Miruku is a New Zealand-based startup that advances dairy production by engineering oilseed crops that produce dairy proteins and fats in their seeds. It sustainably and cost-effectively manufactures dairy ingredients through this Dairy Seed System, which uses existing agricultural infrastructure. Miruku enables food and beverage companies to make food production climate-friendly, nutritious, and affordable, at large scales.
FarmCube builds Modular Vertical Farming Solutions
French startup FarmCube offers modular farm systems for growing fruits, vegetables, and aromatics. Its patented technology includes aeroponic culture chambers in closed enclosures that allow climate and nutrition to be fully controlled. This allows crops to be experimented with or produced year-round.
FarmCube provides a cloud-based monitoring system called Farm3.0 to constantly monitor the state of plants inside the growing rooms. The culture chambers are equipped with advanced phenotyping sensors like hyperspectral imaging, 3D vision, electrophysiology, and more. FarmCube also uses technologies like AI and robotics to closely monitor crop growth and optimize production.
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