At Daily Kenya we track over 200,000 Kenyan startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 28 AgTech companies in Central. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top AgTech Companies & Startups (Central)
Wavemaker Partners
Wavemaker is a crossborder early-stage VC firm that focuses on early-stage tech startup opportunities.
Founder(s): David Siemer, Eric Manlunas, Paul Santos
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Business Intelligence, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Marketing Automation, Mobile, Robotics
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Nutrition Technologies
Nutrition Technologies manufactures protein, oil and organic fertilizer from Black Soldier Fly larvae for a greener and healthier future.
Founder(s): Nick Piggott, Richard Hayler, Thomas Berry
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Animal Feed, Biotechnology, Farming, Sustainability, Waste Management
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Terraview
Terraview is a comprehensive operating system for vineyards.
Founder(s): Piyush Harsh, Prateek M Srivastava
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
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Vertical Oceans
Vertical Oceans produces the worlds best tasting, most sustainable shrimp in advanced technology aqua towers.
Founder(s): Enzo Acerbi, John F. Diener
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Aquaculture, Farming, Food and Beverage
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Fefifo
Fefifo is a technology-first Co-farming company that focuses on empowering the new generation of progressive farmers in ASEAN.
Founder(s): Chris Fong, kelveen soh
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming, IaaS, PaaS
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INSEACT
Biotech company producing protein from black soldier fly insects
Founder(s): Michael Badeski, Tim van Vliet
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Animal Feed, Biotechnology
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Enzootic
Enzootic is a vertically integrated genetic freshwater shrimp company
Founder(s): Amir Sagi, Assaf Shechter
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Biotechnology
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Lentera Africa
Lentera is an AgriTech company enabling farmers increase yield and get access to high value markets for their produce
Founder(s): Darshana Joshi, Moses Kimani
Location: Kiambu, Central, Kenya
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Computer Vision, Farming, Mobile Apps
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Aerospring Hydroponics
Aerospring Hydroponics manufactures patented, high-quality, vertical hydroponic/aeroponic systems for home and office use.
Founder(s): Nadine (Keller) Linneberg, Thorben Linneberg
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Food and Beverage, Home and Garden, Hydroponics
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MooMa
AgTech, Dairy milk startup focussing on IoT, Big Data, ML, AI to improve yield, efficency and productivity
Founder(s): Brian Reddy
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Farming, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Machine Learning
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Chloropy
Chloropy is a trustable tech-enabled platform connecting producers and consumers of organic and healthy food.
Founder(s): Apoorv Vaish, Gajendra Babu
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Computer Vision, Farming, SaaS
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SGInnovate
SGInnovate helps entrepreneurial scientists build Deep Tech startups.
Founder(s): Steve Leonard
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Medical Device, Quantum Computing, Venture Capital
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VisVires New Protein
Pioneers in deploying venture capital into transformative solutions addressing the bottlenecks in the global food and feed system.
Founder(s): Matthieu Vermersch
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Aquaculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
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Agrivo International Limited
Agriculture Portfolio, Investment, Incubation, Acceleration, Merger & Acquisition
Founder(s): Dato’ Dr Nicholas Ho, Dato’ Joel Low
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Food Processing
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Hydroemission
R&D and Manufacturing of Control Release Products for AgTech
Founder(s): Grace Chew, Paolo Nalin
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech
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BuzzCloudGlobal
We work with urban farmers in order to provide “Pollination as a Service” as soon as they move to growing crops that need pollination
Founder(s): Roger Lewis
Location: Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech
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Adatos A.I
Adatos uses advanced AI to provide analytics for carbon markets and agriculture.
Founder(s): Drew Perez, Jonathan Paul
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Consulting, Machine Learning
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CreditAI
CreditAI uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to generate a dynamic credit score for farmers.
Founder(s): Sangram Nayaka
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
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UMAMI UNITED
Plant-based food
Founder(s): Hiroto Yamazaki
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Oceanus Group
Oceanus Group is committed to excellence and enhancing shareholder value through astute management.
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming, Manufacturing
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Farmingtech Solutions
Farmingtech Solutions helps in the development of mobile phone technologies for the agriculture sector.
Founder(s): Peninah Wanja
Location: Kiambu, Central, Kenya
Industries: AgTech, Farming, Information Technology
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Asia Insect Farm Solutions
We are an insect-based solutions company specialising in the production of value-added ingredients for the food, feed and petfood markets.
Founder(s): Raavee Shanker, Yuvanesh Tamil Selvan
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Animal Feed, Farming, Food and Beverage, Nutrition
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Farmcity
Marketplace for urban gardening
Founder(s): Kelly Ann Yeo, Wesley Oxenham
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Education, Farming, Marketplace
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Jiva
Jiva digital solutions help farmers access low-cost finance, quality farming supplies, digital supply, and personalized services.
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming, Internet
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Zagro
Zagro provides agrisolutions to the agribusiness industry with its extensive range of high-quality animal health, crop protection.
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Animal Feed, Health Care
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Bloom Agro
Agritech company specialising in water-based solutions
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
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Aion Scientific
Aion Scientific distributes equipment, glassware, consumables, and research chemicals for local and region research laboratories.
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: AgTech, Genetics, Health Care, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Global Palm Resources Holdings
Global Palm Resources Holdings is oil palm producer.
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Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech
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