What Kroptek does

Kroptek is a UK-based agritech company founded in 2017 that designs, manufactures, and sells LED grow lights and controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) solutions for commercial growers, vertical farms, greenhouses, research institutions, medicinal plant facilities, and urban mushroom producers. The company serves more than 100 customers across at least 14 countries, with operational offices in London (HQ), Woking, Harlow, Paris, and Terrassa (Barcelona), and a North American footprint via a joint vertical-farm operation in New Brunswick, Canada.

Kroptek's core technology centers on proprietary LED grow lights built around a library of tailored spectra (KP-1 through KP-8, plus custom UV-A/UV-B options) covering the full visible range, delivered through modular, IP65-rated fixtures with fanless passive cooling and photon delivery efficiency up to 2.8 µmol/J. Its hardware portfolio spans the HiKrop (60–360W modular), Tube (10–30W vertical-farming tubes), Sunstream Mk2 top-light, and Sunblast (300–1000W high-intensity) series, complemented by customised racking systems, container farms, and R&D farms. The company owns its own manufacturing facilities, enabling competitive pricing, custom form factors, and custom spectrum builds for client-specific requirements.

Kroptek monetises through one-time hardware sales with a standard 5-year warranty, bundled consulting and light-planning services, and increasingly through a network of wholly owned and partner farms (the Kroptek Network) including La Boite A Champignons (mushrooms in Paris), Wesh Grow (microgreens), Sunden Farms (Canada), and a planned Farming-as-a-Service (FaaS) offering. GTM is sales-led and consultation-driven: customers engage directly with in-house horticulturists and lighting engineers for tailored light planning and optional on-site trialling before purchase, supplemented by trade-show presence (GreenTech Amsterdam) and academic/research partner referrals. Pricing is bespoke and project-based with no public tiers, and commercial revenue is supplemented by non-dilutive Innovate UK grant funding for R&D such as the Smart Greens photovoltaic-glass project with the University of Nottingham.

Name

Kroptek

Legal name

Kroptek Ltd

Website

https://kroptek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kroptek is a UK-based agritech company designing and manufacturing proprietary LED grow lights (10W–1000W) and controlled-environment agriculture solutions for commercial vertical farms, greenhouses, research institutions, medicinal plant growers, and urban farming operations across more than 14 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Horticultural LED Lighting

NAICS

Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (335139)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Controlled Environment Lighting (LED Grow Lights, Controls) (AFAAAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC)

Keywords

• LED grow lights
• Horticultural lighting
• Controlled-environment agriculture
• Vertical farming systems
• Indoor farming equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. LED Grow Light Sales: Kroptek designs, manufactures, and sells its own range of LED grow lights (HiKrop, Tube, Sunstream, Sunblast series) and custom lighting solutions directly to growers. Products are sold with bundled services including light planning and horticultural advisory. Revenue is generated from one-time hardware sales with a 5-year warranty as standard.
2. Professional Services (Advisory, Light Planning, Trialling): Kroptek offers paid consulting services for LED light selection, horticultural advice, and light planning. Trials are offered to let growers test solutions before committing. These services are bundled with product sales and also provided as standalone engagements for project developers.
3. Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) Solutions: Kroptek develops and sells complete CEA solutions including container farms, racking systems, and integrated growing environments. Solutions are customised per project and include ongoing consulting from the planning stage through to incorporation into growing spaces.
4. Farming Operations (Kroptek Network / Kroptek SAS): Through its subsidiary Kroptek SAS in France and its own farm operations (R&D farm in Surrey, pilot farms in France and Canada), Kroptek generates revenue from selling high-quality produce. La Boite A Champignons sells award-winning mushrooms to top restaurants and supermarkets in France. Sunden Farms produces vegetables for local markets in Canada.
5. R&D Grant Funding: Kroptek has received grant funding from Innovate UK for its R&D activities, including the Smart Greens project developing photovoltaic glass-integrated CEA solutions. Grant funding supports product development without direct revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kroptek designs, develops, and manufactures its own range of LED grow lights (HiKrop, Tube, Sunstream Mk2, and Sunblast series) with proprietary light spectra (KP-1 through KP-8 plus custom UV-A/UV-B), sold to commercial growers, vertical farms, greenhouses, research institutions, and licensed medicinal-plant cultivators. Beyond lighting, the company designs and delivers complete Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) solutions, including converted shipping-container farms, customised racking systems, and integrated growing environments, supported by expert horticultural advisory, light planning, and trialling services.

Product overview

Kroptek is a UK-based Agritech company offering a portfolio of LED grow lights and Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) solutions. The product portfolio centers on four LED grow light series: HiKrop (versatile modular, 60W-360W), Tube (affordable vertical farming solution, 10W-30W), Sunstream Mk2 (high-power supplemental toplight), and Sunblast (most powerful customisable option, 300W-1000W), complemented by customized LED solutions. The CEA offering includes container farms and R&D farms. Kroptek also operates subsidiary sustainable farming brands including La Boite A Champignons (mushrooms from coffee grounds in Paris) and Sunden Farms (vegetables in Canada), collectively forming the Kroptek Network. Services include horticultural advisory, light planning, trialling, and Farming as a Service (FaaS).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kroptek Network: Global network of sustainable farms spanning from New Brunswick, Canada to Paris, France
• La Boite A Champignons
• Wesh Grow
• Sunden Farms
• Kropcycle
• Farming as a Service (FaaS)

Products and services

• HiKrop Series LED Grow Lights Versatile and modular LED grow light designed for a wide range of indoor cultivation applications, both for tiered configurations and top-lighting. Features an internal driver for broader application range with power outputs from 60W to 360W, and supports custom proprietary spectra (KP-1 through KP-8 plus UV-A/UV-B options).
• Tube Series LED Grow Lights Affordable, easy-to-install LED solution ideal for vertical farming, incorporating a full light spectrum in each chip for optimal uniformity. Power outputs range from 10W to 30W, with daisy-chainable connectors for reduced wiring in tight spaces.
• Sunstream Mk2 LED Top Light Second generation linear high-power LED for supplemental lighting in greenhouses. Redesigned and highly customisable toplight intended to replace HPS lamps, providing high-efficiency photon delivery for year-round supplemental greenhouse production.
• Sunblast Series LED Grow Lights Most robust and powerful LED grow light in the Kroptek range, fully customisable for high-intensity uniform PPFD. The preferred choice for fully indoor grow rooms and high-intensity cultivation, with power outputs from 300W to 1000W.
• Customised LED Solutions Bespoke LED lighting solutions designed and manufactured to meet specific project requirements, including custom spectra, UV-A/UV-B incorporation, and non-standard form factors. Kroptek's in-house product development team builds these solutions at competitive prices due to full ownership of production facilities.
• Container Farms Converted shipping container farming solutions for controlled-environment agriculture, integrating Kroptek LED lighting with automated climate control and fertigation. Enables multiple growing cycles per year with significantly reduced water consumption, including soft-fruit applications such as strawberries.
• Living Wall Light Fixture Tailor-made LED lighting fixture specifically designed for living wall applications, addressing shortcomings of existing LED lighting features in delivering lush living walls for horticultural and architectural projects.
• Customised Racking System Fully customised racking system for indoor growing spaces, designed with ROI at its core to facilitate growth of high-quality crops sustainably and profitably. Includes deep-water culture (DWC) systems and ebb-and-flow configurations for indoor farms.
• Farming as a Service (FaaS) Comprehensive service offering that integrates Kroptek's technology and know-how into a complete agriculture-as-a-service solution, enabling customers to deploy CEA operations without owning the underlying infrastructure.
• Horticultural Advisory Service Expert horticultural consulting from Kroptek's in-house team to help customers identify the best LED light solution for their crop type, growing environment, and budget, available as a standalone engagement or bundled with product sales.
• Light Planning Service Detailed light planning and customised strategy using an industry-reference simulator, ensuring the best uniformity and layout for the customer's growing environment before product specification and quotation.
• Trialling Service On-site trial or R&D case study program that allows growers to test Kroptek's LED lights and CEA solutions in their own environment before committing to a full purchase.
• Growing Space Incorporation Service Expert guidance from Kroptek's team through the successful incorporation of LED grow lights into the customer's growing environment, covering projects of any scope from small installations to full CEA builds.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-60% energy savings compared to HPS lighting on average
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sunden FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021Kroptek partnered with Sunden Farms and Area 52 to build the biggest vertical farm in Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick). Kroptek supplies its LED grow lights and product development expertise, while Sunden Farms provides local growing operations. The farm demonstrates that vegetables can be grown sustainably and commercially viably in the region.
• Upcycle SAScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Kroptek SAS (the fully owned French subsidiary) partnered with Upcycle SAS as Research & Development partner, working alongside their team led by Gregoire Bleu and Arnaud Ulrich. In January 2022, Upcycle SAS joined Kroptek as a shareholder, deepening the strategic relationship and supporting Kroptek's ongoing farming revolution.
• University of NottinghamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Academic partner in the Innovate UK-funded Smart Greens project, collaborating with Kroptek to develop integrated CEA solutions using electricity-generating photovoltaic glass in greenhouses. The University contributes research expertise and facilities for testing and validating the technology.
• Area 52coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomation and technology partner in the Sunden Farms vertical farm project in New Brunswick, Canada. Area 52 provides automation expertise complementary to Kroptek's lighting and growing technology.
• SurexportminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint research project between Kroptek and Surexport to fast-forward the strawberry season using controlled-environment agriculture. Kroptek provides LED lighting and CEA expertise to enable earlier strawberry production.
• Berry GardensminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKroptek and Berry Gardens embarked on a joint project to convert a refrigerated shipping container into an indoor strawberry farm, demonstrating container farming applications for soft fruit production.
• Aberystwyth University / Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe National Plant Phenomics Centre (NPPC), hosted by IBERS at Aberystwyth University in Wales, installed Kroptek's Sunblast and HiKrop LED lights. Kroptek provided custom-built fixtures (400V, high IP rating) and detailed light planning for the facility's diverse research programs.
• Too Good To GominorGTM or Marketing PartnerLa Boite A Champignons (Kroptek's mushroom farm subsidiary) partnered with Too Good To Go to redistribute surplus oyster mushrooms directly to consumers at reduced prices, supporting LBAC's zero-waste mission.
• Association for Vertical Farming (AVF)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerKroptek is listed as a partner/member of the Association for Vertical Farming, a global industry body that connects and promotes vertical farming companies worldwide.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Signify (Philips Lighting): Global lighting giant whose Philips Horticulture LED Solutions division is the largest player in horticultural lighting. Comparable as it sells LED grow lights and lighting controls to commercial greenhouses and vertical farms across Kroptek's same customer segments, but at vastly greater scale.
• Current (powered by GE): GE's commercial lighting spinoff offering LED solutions including horticultural lighting (Ares LED series). Broader lighting player but directly competitive in greenhouse and indoor farming applications.

Direct peers

• Fluence by ams OSRAM: Specialist horticultural LED lighting company (acquired by OSRAM, now ams OSRAM) offering LED grow lights for vertical farms, greenhouses, and cannabis. Direct competitor to Kroptek's HiKrop, Sunstream, and Sunblast product lines.
• Gavita: Dutch horticultural lighting specialist with deep presence in greenhouse and indoor cultivation. Comparable offering of high-output HPS-replacement LED fixtures targeting the same European CEA growers Kroptek serves.
• Heliospectra: Swedish LED grow light manufacturer focused on tunable-spectrum solutions for research institutions, vertical farms, and greenhouses. Highly comparable in target customer mix (research + commercial CEA) and product philosophy (customizable spectra).
• Valoya: Finnish LED grow light manufacturer specializing in wide-spectrum and research-grade horticultural lighting. Direct competitor in the high-spec research and pharmaceutical/medicinal plant segments where Kroptek also positions.
• LumiGrow: US-based LED horticultural lighting company offering smart, spectrum-tunable grow lights for greenhouses, vertical farms, and research. Comparable as a mid-sized specialist competing for the same commercial CEA accounts as Kroptek.
• Illumitex: Texas-based horticultural LED lighting company serving vertical farms, greenhouses, and research customers with spectrum-engineered fixtures. Comparable mid-tier specialist competing for similar commercial CEA and research accounts.
• Infarm: Berlin-based vertical farming operator that both grows produce and develops its own CEA technology. Comparable as a Europe-headquartered CEA operator integrating LED lighting with container-farm growing systems, similar to Kroptek's Kroptek Network model.

Emerging players

• Sollum Technologies: Canadian dynamic LED lighting company specializing in programmable spectrum solutions for greenhouses. Emerging competitor with comparable spectrum-customization technology and overlap in the same greenhouse CEA customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kroptek

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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