Latin America is home to 2,656 agritech startups; Brazil accounts for nearly eight out of every ten

A joint study by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Homo Ludens, and SP Venture identified 2,656 agriculture-technology companies—known as agtechs—in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Agtech LAC 2026 Radar, presented on June 23 in São Paulo during the World Agritech South America Summit, represents the first regional mapping of its kind.

Brazil leads with 2,075 startups, accounting for 78% of the total. It is followed by Argentina (158), Mexico (110), Chile (91), Colombia (79), and Uruguay (74). No agtech companies were identified in ten of the 33 countries in the region, which the authors attribute primarily to the small scale of agriculture in those territories and limitations in access to local information.

Digital solutions—including sensors, management software, drones, artificial intelligence, and data platforms—are the predominant offering, with 1,404 companies. Physical-chemical (403) and biological (374) technologies round out the picture. In terms of the supply chains they serve, 1,480 startups operate across multiple sectors; agricultural crops account for 751 companies, cattle ranching for 136, and horticulture and fruit for 88.