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Indoor Farm Startups to Watch This Year (Actually in 2026)
Indoor Farm Jobs
December 02, 2025
Welcome, Growers! 🚀🌿
This week, we’re highlighting indoor farm startups to watch in 2026—the innovators pushing the boundaries of technology, sustainability, and urban agriculture. From cutting-edge vertical farms to niche crop pioneers, these startups are shaping the future of indoor farming.
Plus, don’t miss our latest indoor farm job openings—perfect for anyone looking to join a fast-growing, forward-thinking team. Know someone ready to grow their career with a startup? Share this newsletter—we appreciate it!
🔥Featured Job of the Week
We create and sell technology for automated vertical farms that grow fresh vegetables, leafy greens and berries, as well as software for remote production management.
We are developing modern city-farming technology to improve the lives of every person on Earth and satisfy the basic human right to eat affordable, quality and nutritious food.
The special feature of the latest generation of vertical farms is the automation and optimization of cultivation processes. We look at agriculture through the lens of IT solutions, because that is definitely the future of industry. Currently iFarm is actively developing. This means you will grow too and make your career with us.
🕐Open Job Offers
🏢iFarm
📍Dover, DE
🌱 Did You Know?
Each week, we share a fascinating indoor farming fact:
🌶️ Did you know? Even chili peppers can be grown hydroponically!
🧑🌾 This Week’s Indoor Farm Jobs
Here are the latest jobs added to our board:
🕐Part-Time, Full-Time
🏢SweGreen
📍Multi-Locations, Sweden
🕐Part-time
🏢Ernessi Farms
📍Ripon, WI
🕐Temporary
🏢MicroHabitat
📍Chicago, IL
🕐Full-Time
🏢City of Philadelphia
📍Philadelphia, PA
🕐Full-Time
🏢Old Souls Farm
📍Saint Paris, OH
🕐Full-Time
🏢Old Souls Farm
📍Saint Paris, OH
🕐Full-Time / Permanent
🏢Good Leaf
📍Guelph, ON
🕐Full-Time / Permanent
🏢Good Leaf
📍Guelph, ON
🕐Full-Time / Permanent
🏢Good Leaf
📍Guelph, ON
🕐Full-Time (Not Hiring)
🏢Northwood Mushrooms
📍Clayton, WI
🕐Full-Time (Not Hiring)
🏢Northwood Mushrooms
📍Clayton, WI
🚀 Industry Snapshot: Indoor-Farm / AgTech Startups to Watch in 2026
A new wave of indoor farm startups is emerging—pushing boundaries in automation, crop diversity, sustainability, and data-driven growing. Companies experimenting with AI-managed farms, novel crops like berries and medicinal plants, and ultra-efficient modular systems are gaining serious traction.
Startups such as iFarm, Stacked Farm, Eden Green Technology, and Freight Farms Season–type successors are blending advanced technology with fresh business models. Some focus on reducing energy use, others on hyper-local distribution, and others on smart farm networks that can be remotely monitored.
For job seekers, these young companies offer opportunities to grow with the industry—often in roles that mix creativity, engineering, plant science, and entrepreneurship. Today’s early-stage indoor farm innovators could become tomorrow’s major players.
# | Startup / Company | What They Do / Why They’re Interesting |
|---|---|---|
1 | iFarm (Finland / global) | Develops both hardware & software for automated vertical farming and hydroponics — enabling pesticide-free production of salads, microgreens, strawberries. Their tech makes scaling indoor farming more feasible. Wikipedia |
2 | Stacked Farm (Australia / planning US expansion) | Fully automated vertical farms producing herbs and leafy greens; expanding globally and exploring new markets. Great example of scaling automation + vertical farming. Wikipedia+1 |
3 | Eden Green Technology (USA, Texas-based) | Operates greenhouse-vertical hybrid farms — blending greenhouse and vertical-farm advantages. Offers scalable, institutional/retail-supply wholesale production. One Green Planet+1 |
4 | Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) (UK / global) | Modular vertical-farming towers with robotics, LED lighting, sensors & automation. Recently expanding internationally — a model for scalable vertical farming infrastructure. Robotics & Automation News+1 |
5 | Freight Farms (USA, container-farm pioneer) | Converts shipping containers into modular hydroponic farms — ideal for urban / remote / underserved areas. Low-barrier entry to indoor farming. One Green Planet+1 |
6 | DeepBlue Greens (Canada / indoor-farm systems) | Developing high-voltage crop-growing systems and advanced hydroponic/vertical-farm technologies — representing innovator side of indoor farming. StartUs Insights |
7 | vGreens (Germany / automated vertical farms) | Focused on fully automated vertical farms (e.g. for strawberries) with robotics and farm-management automation — merging ag and automation tightly. StartUs Insights |
8 | Urban Farmers Pro (Latin America) | Smart hydroponics vertical-farming solutions that dramatically reduce water use (~95% less) — appealing for space-constrained or water-sensitive regions. greyb.com |
9 | SweGreen (Sweden / Europe) | Offers automated in-store farming solutions and climate-controlled vertical systems — good example of merging retail + indoor farming for hyper-local produce. greyb.com |
10 | Raiz Vertical Farms (Portugal / urban-hybrid farms) | Uses hybrid systems mixing natural light + controlled environment to convert underused urban spaces into farms — a model for realistic urban-farm scalability. StartUs Insights+1 |
11 | Grobrix (Singapore / modular indoor-farm walls) | Creates micro-wall farms and modular indoor farming solutions suited for dense urban settings — useful for small-space growers or urban residences. StartUs Insights |
12 | Leafood (Lithuania / vertical-farm greens) | Combines hydroponic vertical farming with efficient space use — shows how indoor farming can gain footholds even in smaller markets or less-typical geographies. StartUs Insights |
13 | Myriad (Germany / wall-mounted indoor gardens) | Builds wall-mounted indoor gardening systems that automate plant care — appealing for small-space, urban, or consumer-level indoor farming. StartUs Insights |
14 | HRVSTS (USA / Indoor-Farm-as-a-Service startup) | Offers Indoor Farm–as-a-Service (iFaaS), managing crops from seed to harvest and delivering fresh produce — representing innovative business models in indoor ag. StartUs Insights |
15 | Spacefarm (UAE / Autonomous Vertical Farms) | Provides autonomous hydroponic/aeroponic vertical farms and smart farm-management systems — shows the growth of indoor farming in Middle East / emerging markets. StartUs Insights |
🎥 Inside the Indoor Farm (YouTube Series)
Go behind the scenes with our video series showcasing day-in-the-life stories, job role spotlights, and company culture inside the world of indoor farming.
RECAP: Vertical Farming Innovation: 8 Startups that Will Redefine the Agricultural Landscape in 2024
🌱 Indoor Farm Startups to Watch (Even though it’s from a while back, it’s worth revisiting)
Get a glimpse into the future of farming with this video highlighting 8 innovative vertical farming startups that are reshaping agriculture. From modular urban farms to high-tech hydroponic systems, these companies are pioneering new ways to grow fresh, local produce efficiently and sustainably. Whether you’re an investor, an aspiring entrepreneur, or just curious about the next wave of indoor farming innovation, this video showcases the startups making a real impact and driving the future of food.
That’s a wrap on this week’s spotlight! 🚀
Exciting indoor farm startups are shaping the future of agriculture—keep exploring, stay inspired, and grow your career alongside the innovators driving change. We’ll be back next week with more jobs, insights, and industry updates.
📬 Until Next Time…
That wraps up this week’s roundup! 🌿 Keep learning, stay curious, and grow your indoor farming career. We’ll be back next week with more jobs, tips, and industry updates.
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