This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based AgTech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the AgTech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Illinois AgTech Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Nature’s Fynd
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Nature’s Fynd is a food company that makes nutritional vegan protein from a microbe.
Hazel Technologies
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Hazel Technologies develops biotechnology for reducing waste in the agricultural supply chain.
Clean Energy Trust
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Clean Energy Trust supports early-stage startups working on solutions for clean energy, decarbonization, and environmental sustainability.
Aqua Cultured Foods
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Fermentation based whole cut seafood alternative.
Local Foods
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Local Foods helps bring farm-to-table to life by connecting small providers with shoppers all across Chicago.
Praedictus Climate Solutions
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Developed software tools to provide real-time crop projections.
Agvance
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Agvance is a computer software company that offers integrated business solutions.
Sente Foundry
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Sente is an international startup investment and innovation platform.
Precision Planting
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Precision Planting develops precision seed spacing and depth control products for growers to solve agronomic issues.
Dipalo Ventures
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Early stage connected hardware and hard tech investments in the US Midwest, de-risked via design and engineering focused Residency.
Spectrum Technologies
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Spectrum Technologies is a edge measurement information technology Company.
TellTail
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TellTail is a software that will address critical needs within the pig production industry.
smartvet
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smartvet is a Mobile Veterinary Practice Company.
Petrichor
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Petrichor is a cloud-based platform for agribusiness risk management, trade execution, and supply chain management.
DICKEY-john
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DICKEY-john provides testing and controlling equipments.
Harvest Moon Sustainable Ventures
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Harvest Moon creates high quality full spectrum oils and distillatefor use in everyday healing hemp products
Earnest Earth
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We turn agricultural waste into proprietary engineered fertilizer for a cleaner and greener world.
Reach Provider
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Reach connects enterprises to everyone they buy from or sell to, including farmers, raw materials providers, and component suppliers.
Crop IMS
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Crop IMS is an agtech products and equipment company.
PanAmerican Seed
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PanAmerican Seed is a breeder and producer of quality seed varieties for both wholesaler and retailer.