What xFarm Technologies does

xFarm Technologies is a Swiss-headquartered (Lugano/Manno) agricultural-technology company that operates an independent, multi-tenant Farm Management Information System (FMIS) spanning web, iOS and Android, plus a WhatsApp-integrated AI assistant (xFarm Agent). The platform combines proprietary IoT sensors (12,000+ deployed), satellite imagery, multi-brand machinery telemetry and agronomic AI models to support field management, irrigation, crop protection, fertilization, livestock, economic tracking, sustainability measurement and supply-chain analytics across 600,000+ farms and 14M+ hectares in 100+ countries. Its customer base spans individual farmers and agronomists (long-tail SMB through app stores and Kit Digital distribution), large cooperatives, machinery manufacturers, and enterprise agribusiness supply chains — including Riso Gallo, Barilla (WHE@SUSTAIN), Viterra, Jingold, Dyson Farming (13,600+ hectares UK), KWS Italia and Zurich Italia (#MORE parametric insurance program).

The company monetises through a mix of recurring module subscriptions (e.g., UK Standard Pack from £950 with tiered per-hectare pricing), proprietary IoT sensor hardware sales, agronomic and BIOMap2Soil professional services, a freemium land-and-expand app funnel, and an emerging Fintech/Insurtech division launched alongside the €36M October 2024 Series C (Partech-led, with Mouro Capital, Swisscom Ventures and United Ventures). Distribution combines self-serve mobile/web, inside-sales demos for mid-market and enterprise, direct enterprise sales to agribusiness customers, AWS-backed cloud delivery, and M&A-led geographic entry (Greenfield Technologies and SpaceSense in April 2024, Checkplant in Brazil in March 2025). At 101–250 employees and $39.4M ARR (per Getlatka, 2024), xFarm is positioning itself as a pan-European/emerging-markets horizontal FMIS with adjacent supply-chain and financial-services verticals.

Name

xFarm Technologies

Legal name

xFarm Technologies SA

Website

https://xfarm.ag

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

xFarm Technologies operates an independent farm-management information system combining IoT sensors, satellite imagery and agronomic AI to serve 600,000+ farms, agronomists, cooperatives and agribusiness enterprises across 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Farm Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Farm ERPs (AFAAAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA), Farm Data Platforms, Integration & APIs (Interoperability/Middleware) (AFAAAFAG), Satellite Imagery & Monitoring Platforms (AFAAAFAI), Telematics & Machine Data Platforms (Equipment Connectivity, ISOBUS/CAN Data) (AFABAMAC), Farm Finance, Input Procurement & Risk Tools (Budgeting, Inventory, Insurance Links) (AFAAAFAO)

Keywords

• Farm management software
• Precision agriculture platform
• Agricultural IoT sensors
• Digital field notebook
• Agricultural supply chain analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Manno

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. xFarm App + Modules subscription: Recurring subscription revenue from modular farm-management platform subscriptions (Field management, Farm management, Crop protection, Livestock, Sustainability, Precision agriculture, Regenerative agriculture, Economic management, etc.), with tiered per-hectare pricing for larger farms.
2. Hardware (IoT sensors): Revenue from sale of proprietary xFarm IoT field sensors (12,000+ connected sensors deployed).
3. Professional Agronomic Services: Revenue from professional services including Agronomic Services, training sessions, BIOMap2Soil soil mapping, and decision-support project work.
4. xFarm Freemium App: Free tier of the xFarm App (downloadable via Apple App Store and Google Play) acts as a land-and-expand funnel converting farmers to paid module subscriptions.
5. Fintech and Insurtech services: Newly created division (announced with Series C) developing risk-management and agricultural-lending fintech/insurtech services (e.g., parametric insurance integration with Zurich for corn drought coverage).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

xFarm Technologies develops a cloud-based Farm Management Information System (FMIS) that combines proprietary IoT sensors, satellite imagery, agronomic AI models, and a mobile/web application to deliver farm-management and decision-support functionality for farmers, cooperatives, and agribusiness supply chains. The platform aggregates field activities, machinery telemetry, economic data, compliance documentation (Digital Field Notebook/QDCA), and sustainability metrics into a single independent system used across 100+ countries, with an emerging fintech/insurtech vertical for parametric crop insurance and agricultural lending.

Product overview

xFarm Technologies offers a single integrated Farm Management Information System (FMIS) platform available as a web app, iOS, and Android application, centered on the xFarm App core product and extended through a suite of modular products and services. The platform is architected around the xFarm App core, with feature modules for Field Management, Farm Management, Machinery, Irrigation, Automatic Irrigation, Crop Protection, Economic Management, Precision Agriculture, Logistics, Environment and Climate, Activities Management, Sustainability, Livestock, Documentation, and Regenerative Agriculture. The core is augmented by the AI-powered xFarm Agent (a WhatsApp-integrated virtual assistant), xFarm Analytics (business intelligence on the supply chain), xFarm Connect (supply chain interoperability), xFarm Sensors (proprietary IoT hardware), the Digital Field Notebook / QDCA compliance module, the Regenerative Agriculture Module, vertical offerings such as xFarm For Agronomists and xFarm for Subcontractors, and services like BIOMap2Soil and Agronomic Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• xFarm Agent: AI-powered virtual assistant for farmers, integrated with WhatsApp, designed to simplify administrative tasks, compliance with regulations, and farm management.
• xFarm Analytics
• xFarm Connect
• Regenerative Agriculture Module

Products and services

• xFarm App Core Farm Management Information System (FMIS) platform available as iOS, Android and Web app, centralising all farm data — fields, activities, machinery, crops, sensors, livestock and documentation — in one independent system for farmers.
• xFarm Agent AI-powered virtual assistant integrated with WhatsApp that supports farmers in bureaucratic tasks, voice/text activity logging, QDCA Digital Farm Logbook compliance (mandatory from January 2027), weather/disease/insect alerts, and irrigation/nutrition advice.
• xFarm sensors Proprietary IoT hardware (climate stations, moisture probes and other connected devices) developed in-house, feeding real-time field data into the xFarm platform; over 12,000 connected sensors deployed.
• xFarm Analytics Business intelligence and analytics offering measuring the value of Smart Farming on a supply-chain dimension, providing sustainability, productivity and environmental impact insights for agribusinesses and cooperatives.
• xFarm Connect Connectivity and integration product enabling interoperability between the xFarm platform and broader agricultural supply chains (machinery, sensors, climate stations, third-party systems).
• Digital Field Notebook (QDCA) Digital Field Notebook (QDCA) module that converts every farm activity into the mandatory Digital Field Notebook entry required in Italy from January 2027.
• Regenerative Agriculture Module Dedicated module supporting regenerative agriculture practices, measuring CO2eq, water (m3), acidification (SO2eq), eutrophication (PO4eq) impacts and soil carbon sequestration tracking.
• BIOMap2Soil Soil-mapping service combining proprietary hardware, software and agronomic knowledge to characterise soil (chemical, physical, biological composition) for variable-rate fertilization and irrigation, suitability assessment for new plantings and irrigation system design.
• xFarm For Agronomists Digital assistant for agricultural consultants to manage multiple client farms from a single account, with role-based access to data corresponding to each agronomist's expertise.
• xFarm for Subcontractors: Processing Management Module targeted at contractors for processing management and managing third-party farm operations across client farms.
• Agricultural Services (Servizi Agronomici) Agronomic services offering including field characterisation, mapping, forecasting and crop-specific advice delivered by xFarm's agronomic team.
• Crop Intelligence Crop intelligence offering combining data, satellite imagery and agronomic models to support decisions at every stage of the growing season (irrigation, fertilization, crop protection, harvest).

Quantifiable outcome

• 14,000,000+ hectares digitised; 600,000+ farms; 12,000+ connected sensors; 12,000+ related machinery; 500+ supported crops; presence in 100+ countries
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability16 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• KWS ItaliaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint launch of the #MORE program — 'More security with FAO 500 KWS corn' — integrating seeds with Zurich's parametric insurance policy covering extra irrigation costs; managed digitally through the xFarm platform. Active for Po Valley (Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto).
• Zurich ItaliaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Provides the parametric insurance policy in the #MORE program with KWS Italia and xFarm, activated and monitored digitally through the xFarm app for corn farmers in the Po Valley.
• AllyNavcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Partnership bringing xFarm Technologies' precision-farming solutions to Polish agriculture (per xFarm blog announcement).
• IsfacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Isfa and xFarm Technologies collaborate on a project to ensure efficiency and sustainability of almond cultivation in the Iberian Peninsula, using xFarm's BIOMap2Soil service for soil characterization across 7,500 hectares of SES/SHD almond plantings in Spain and Portugal.
• University of MilancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Academic partner in the SORRISO research project (Sustainability, Innovation, and Regeneration for the Rice Supply Chain) led by xFarm and co-funded by Lombardy Region ERDF 2021-2027.
• CREA (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Research partner in the SORRISO rice supply-chain project (CREA ZA Research Center in Lodi and CREA IT Research Center in Milan).
• SDA BocconicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Research partner in the SORRISO project developing the economic-financial model and impact assessment.
• ARVAteccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Technology partner in the SORRISO rice project, contributing advanced robotic systems including the MOONdino autonomous rover for mechanical weed control.
• Agricola 2000minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Partner in the SORRISO rice supply-chain research project co-funded by Lombardy Region.
• Cà Granda FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Provides experimental farms and outreach support in the SORRISO rice supply-chain research project.
• BarillacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Project leader of the WHE@SUSTAIN initiative (co-funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region) on soil regeneration and agrobiodiversity for a sustainable wheat supply chain; xFarm Technologies Italia srl is a research partner developing digital tools for soil-organic-carbon monitoring and biodiversity indices.
• Open Fields SrlminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Partner in the WHE@SUSTAIN project on soil regeneration and agrobiodiversity for a sustainable wheat supply chain.
• CNR – Institute for Bioeconomy (IBE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Research partner in the WHE@SUSTAIN project on soil regeneration and agrobiodiversity.
• DISAFA (University of Turin)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Academic partner (Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Food Sciences) in the WHE@SUSTAIN project.
• JingoldcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Strategic partnership between xFarm Technologies and Jingold (premium kiwi producer) reported by Efanews.
• Checkplant (Brazil)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Swiss agritech xFarm Technologies merged with Brazilian field-management and monitoring company Checkplant in March 2025 to expand digital agriculture services in Latin America, especially Brazil, and enhance sustainability and climate-resilience tools.
• FarmboxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partnership to expand xFarm Technologies into Latin America alongside the Checkplant merger (announced March 2025).
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2025AWS supports xFarm Technologies by providing cloud infrastructure to help develop an AI-driven farming app serving 500,000+ farms across 100+ countries, enabling global expansion especially in regions impacted by climate change.
• Dyson FarmingflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Joint project to build the next-generation farm-management system for the UK, with xFarm Technologies set to digitise over 13,600 hectares of Dyson Farming operations.
• ViterracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Partnership supporting regenerative agriculture across Viterra's grain supply chain via xFarm Technologies' digital platform.
• Riso GalloflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Digital-agriculture collaboration between Riso Gallo and xFarm Technologies including a Decision Support System (DSS) for rice disease defense and environmental-impact tools deployed through the Gallo4Farmers platform. In 2024 the programme monitored 21 rice varieties across 44 sensors in 2 experimental fields, with plans to expand to 60 farms in 2025.
• Greenfield Technologies (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Merged with/integrated into xFarm Technologies in April 2024 to strengthen xFarm's presence in regenerative agriculture and enhance soil management and sustainability analysis across Europe.
• SpaceSense (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Merged with/integrated into xFarm Technologies in April 2024 to strengthen xFarm's presence in geospatial AI, climate intelligence, and sustainability analysis across Europe and globally.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Climate FieldView: Bayer-owned digital agriculture platform offering FMIS, satellite imagery, and decision-support tools to farmers globally. Direct competitor to xFarm's core FMIS and precision-agriculture modules, with deeper distribution via Bayer's seed/agrochemical channel.
• Trimble Ag (AgPowered by Trimble): Trimble Agriculture (now part of AGCO) provides FMIS, telematics, and variable-rate application tools globally. Direct competitor in farm data management, with strong OEM relationships in machinery that mirror xFarm's machinery-telemetry integrations.
• John Deere Operations Center: John Deere's flagship FMIS bundled with equipment sales, offering field mapping, agronomic data, and machinery telematics. Strongest incumbent by installed base among large farmers; competes with xFarm on interoperability (xFarm Connect).

Direct peers

• Granular (Corteva): Corteva-owned farm management software for row-crop operations, offering planning, budgeting, and agronomy tools. Closest direct SaaS-only competitor to xFarm in the FMIS space, with strong US presence.
• Taranis: AI-powered crop intelligence platform combining satellite/drone imagery with field-level scouting. Direct competitor to xFarm's precision agriculture and computer-vision modules, with overlapping value proposition in variable-rate recommendations.
• Cropin: India-based global agtech SaaS platform providing farm management, traceability, and supply-chain analytics to agribusinesses. Comparable in scope to xFarm Analytics and supply-chain offering, with strong presence in emerging markets relevant to xFarm's India expansion plans.
• 365FarmNet (CLAAS): CLAAS-owned FMIS platform widely used across European arable farms, offering field documentation, machinery management, and agronomic planning. Direct European competitor with OEM-driven distribution comparable to xFarm's machinery-telematics approach.
• Farmers Edge: Canadian-listed (formerly) precision-agriculture and FMIS provider with global ambitions; comparable in offering field-centric digital tools, satellite imagery, and decision support. Provides a benchmark for xFarm's public-market trajectory.

Emerging players

• Sencrop: French agtech specializing in connected weather stations and agricultural sensors with a farmer-focused app. Overlaps with xFarm's IoT sensor business and environment/climate modules, but lacks the broader FMIS scope of xFarm.
• AgriCircle: Swiss-based farm management and sustainability platform focused on European arable farmers, with strengths in soil-health and regenerative-agriculture analytics. Closely comparable to xFarm's European focus and sustainability/regenerative modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/helloxfarm
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@xfarm
• Facebookfacebook.com/helloxfarm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/helloxfarm
• Instagraminstagram.com/helloxfarm
• TikToktiktok.com/@helloxfarm

Compliance9 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors11 records

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M&A6 records

Investments

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