Top Agtech Startups In Ireland To Watch In 2027

Ireland has no shortage of grass, cattle or ambition, and a growing group of founders is putting technology behind all three. Local founders are turning everyday chores, from slurry storage to sheep dosing, into smart digital workflows. Because these tools tackle problems farmers face daily, they’re finding customers globally too.

Farming startups elsewhere have shown how far a good idea can spread, and Irish founders are following the same route with livestock monitoring, emissions reduction, soil and carbon data and AI-driven farm management.

Between them, the eight companies below have won global prizes, signed European Space Agency contracts and raised millions in funding.

Why Ireland Is Fertile Ground For Agtech

Livestock farming is central to Irish agriculture, so a lot of the country’s agtech is aimed at herds: sensors that track weight, tests that spot worms early and software that cuts the empty miles milk lorries drive.

Then comes the mounting pressure to curb emissions. Farming contributes almost 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which has made soil monitoring, methane reduction and carbon reporting part of doing business for many agricultural supply chains.

With targeted support from accelerators like AgTechUCD, local founders are making a big impact on the world stage.

The Top Agtech Startups In Ireland To Watch In 2027

Narrowing a busy field down to eight meant looking for tangible progress, big contracts, accelerator backing and sustainability impact. Certain teams are expanding globally while others continue refining their core offerings. Either way, every company featured here has earned its place on the radar for the year ahead.

1. GlasPort Bio

Galway startup GlasPort Bio, launched in 2018 by Professor Vincent O’Flaherty and Dr Ruairí Friel, takes on an essential but unglamorous agricultural issue: slurry storage emissions.

The company’s patented GasAbate additive stops methane-forming microbes in their tracks, cutting emissions from cattle and pig waste by as much as 80%.

The formula also cuts hydrogen sulphide and ammonia, retains valuable nitrogen and sulphur and supports anaerobic digestion systems. To top it off, cloud software tracks and verifies the data, giving supply chains fully auditable reporting.

2. Proveye

A University College Dublin spin-out, Proveye uses AI, satellite and drone imagery to measure grass yields, biodiversity and environmental change, in some cases down to individual plants. It closed a €1 million seed round in January 2023, led by Inspire Investments with Enterprise Ireland also taking part.

The European Space Agency has backed it with a €225,000 contract in 2022 and a €900,000 contract in 2024. It was named overall Start-Up Innovator of the Year at the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena.

3. Senus

Originally launched as FarmEye, University of Galway spin-out Senus was created by Dr Eoghan Finneran, Brendan Allen and Joe Desbonnet. The platform tracks, analyses and verifies soil health, carbon levels and natural capital by pairing precision soil mapping with machine learning and mobile apps.

In May 2025, the firm kicked off a pilot with Bank of Ireland tied to its Enviroflex loans, a product accessible to over 95% of Irish dairy farmers. Senus has also acquired geospatial AI firm Loamin, and says it manages one of the largest geotagged soil health databases in the world.

4. Cotter Agritech

Limerick-based founders Jack and Nick Cotter combine connected hardware with a smartphone app to streamline parasite management in sheep.

Their solution focuses on the fact that 80% of parasites typically affect just 20% of a flock, making selective treatment far more effective than mass dosing. Through its SmartWorm tech, the business promises to trim drug consumption by up to 50%.

Nick won the 2022 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, beating more than 1,000 applicants from 40 countries. The company also took the overall Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Award at the National Ploughing Championships and raised a €10,000 seed round from The Yield Lab Europe.

5. Micron Agritech

Micron Agritech, a TU Dublin spin-out founded in 2019, built the Micron Kit for AI-powered, on-site faecal egg count testing for worms and fluke in livestock. Results arrive in minutes instead of the usual five days a lab takes, so treatment decisions can be made while the animals are still in the yard.

The company has raised over €5 million in total, including a €2.7 million round in September 2023 co-led by ACT Venture Capital, Atlantic Bridge and The Yield Lab Europe. Data analytics and predictive welfare tools now come with the kit.

6. StrongBó Agritech

Monitoring beef cattle gets much easier with StrongBó Agritech’s Auto Weigher, an automated front-foot scale for pasture and feedlot setups. The system records weights, daily gains and behaviour, pairing electronic ID readers with AI to flag signs of illness early.

After raising €750,000 in a June 2023 seed round led by Gallagher with support from Enterprise Ireland and Canadian investors, the team pushed into North American markets. It also has backing from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, the Rubicon Centre and Enterprise Ireland’s High Potential Start-Up programme.

7. OptaHaul

Founded in 2020 by Gary Gallagher, OptaHaul applies route optimisation software and load planning to dairy milk collection, a job involving a lot of trucks and a lot of empty miles. The cloud-based platform automates dispatch to cut transport costs and emissions.

It was one of 12 startups selected for the AgTechUCD accelerator, picked up €10,000 in pre-seed funding in January 2023 and went on to be joint overall winner of the programme. OptaHaul has since managed hundreds of thousands of annual truck movements across Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.

8. Silicate

Started in 2021 by Maurice Bryson and Professor Frank McDermott, Silicate has found a second life for surplus returned concrete from the ready-mix industry. Crushed and applied to farmland, it’s used for enhanced weathering, a method that captures carbon dioxide and rebalances soil acidity.

The company was one of 20 global finalists in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, which drew more than 1,300 entrants, and won the THRIVE Shell Climate Smart Agriculture Challenge. It has also pre-sold carbon removal credits to multinational buyers.