infarm

infarm

Modular vertical farming for urban produce

Overview

Infarm grows fresh produce in modular, IoT-connected vertical farms placed inside urban spaces like supermarkets, restaurants, and warehouses. It operates a Farming-as-a-Service model, delivering turnkey farming modules that enable hydroponic, controlled-environment cultivation directly at the point of consumption. The system combines compact, scalable farms with monitoring data and automation to manage light, water, nutrients, and temperature, aiming to keep produce local and reduce transportation and waste. Compared with peers, Infarm emphasizes deploying farms inside existing urban footprints and supplying retailers and partners with turnkey, near-site growing solutions, though it has faced financial restructuring and shifted from global expansion to a more regional North American focus on kosher, insect-free salad leaves. The overarching goal is to increase local food production, improve food security, and reduce the environmental footprint of the food supply chain.

About infarm

Simplify's Rating
Why infarm is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Food & Agriculture

Robotics & Automation

Industrial & Manufacturing

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$607.7M

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Sobeys expanded Infarm to 16 Ontario stores on January 6, 2025.
  • Sobeys planned Calgary, Edmonton, and Halifax rollouts, widening Infarm’s Canadian distribution.
  • Infarm’s asset sale for about €40 million cut legacy baggage and reset operations.

What critics are saying

  • KSV filed Infarm Canada NOI on October 26, 2023; creditors claimed C$56.7 million.
  • Sifted reported a May 2024 lawsuit against Hanaco cofounder Pasha Romanovski over first-Infarm investments.
  • Sobeys concentration creates existential risk; Toronto sales depend on one retailer’s ongoing rollout.

What makes infarm unique

  • Infarm Technologies sells kosher, insect-free salad leaves from Toronto, targeting Jewish consumers.
  • Its modular hydroponic units still pair retail locations with cloud monitoring and harvest control.
  • Unlike commodity vertical farms, Infarm rebuilt around a narrow, regional North American footprint.

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Funding

Total Funding

$607.7M

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Funded Over

13 Rounds

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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Vertical Farm Daily
Jan 3rd, 2025
Infarm bankruptcy update

Infarm entered Administration back in October 2023, getting into a legal process being managed by licensed insolvency practitioners known as administrators. These lawyers are appointed to…

Sifted
Oct 17th, 2024
Vertical farming company Infarm's new entity moves to appoint administrators

Towards the end of 2022, Infarm announced it would be laying off 500 employees, roughly half its workforce.

Mirage News
May 30th, 2024
AI Elevates Queensland's Cattle Monitoring to Next Level

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Goondiwindi-based company Infarm have collaborated to create a prototype automated camera system to detect cattle and monitor their condition using advances in machine vision and AI.

AgFunder
Sep 28th, 2023
Infarm Declared Bankrupt, Rumored To Have Raised $50M From Middle East, Say Industry Sources

The Dutch branch of vertical farming startup Infarm, best known for its global network of modular container farms, has been “declared bankrupt” according to official documents. Infarm says the bankruptcy is not impacting its current restructure in which the company is focusing on markets where profitability is likely attainable. Multiple industry sources say Infarm has raised $40 million – $50 million in new funds from Qatar

Sifted
Sep 26th, 2023
Dutch arm of vertical farming startup Infarm declared bankrupt

The news comes after the company shut down operations across its key markets of the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark over the past year

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