Babylon is developing the next generation of cloud-based, remotely managed vertical farms that combine innovative technology and high-quality design, allowing you to grow your own fresh produce all year-round through our automated, easy-to-use systems.
Location: United States, Virginia, Richmond
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 877-589-2885
Total raised: $17.1M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 9
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 03.04.2023 | Series A | $8M | - |
| 29.11.2022 | - | $3.8M | - |
| 18.03.2021 | Seed | $3M | The Center... |
| 08.01.2020 | Seed | $2.3M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.05.2026 | Babylon Micro-Farms Highlights How Commercial Operators Are Reimagining Fresh Food Access On-Site | How Commercial Operators Are Reimagining Fresh Food Access On-Site Global food waste reached an estimated 1.05 billion tonnes in 2022, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Fresh food access is increasingly being connected ... |
| 31.03.2026 | Inc. Names Babylon Micro-Farms to Its 2026 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Mid-Atlantic | Inc Regionals Announcement Photo It validates what our team has been building: a best-in-class indoor farming experience that brings fresh produce directly to the world's leading schools, hospitals, hotels, and corporate campuses.” — Tappan... |
| 16.10.2025 | Babylon Micro-Farms Hosts Virginia Secretary of Agriculture in Celebration of World Food Day | The Babylon Micro-Farms team with Virginia Secretary of Agriculture Matthew Lohr (center) and CEO Marc Oshima (right of Lohr) during Lohr’s October 15 visit celebrating World Food Day and Virginia’s leadership in CEA. Virginia Secretary of ... |
| 12.08.2025 | Babylon Micro-Farms Ranks on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies | Babylon Micro-Farms ranks 1009 on the Inc 5000 list Sharon Rettinger, National Sales Director, Babylon Micro-Farms Babylon Micro-Farms Earns First-Time Ranking — No. 1 in Richmond, No. 39 in Virginia, and No. 95 Nationally in Business Produ... |
| 27.02.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: uFraction8 bags $4.3m, Prosus to acquire Just Eat, Yamaha enters agtech space | This week Scottish startup uFraction8 raised a $4.3 million seed round to expand microfluidics-based tech for bioprocessing, Prosus announced a $4.3 billion plan to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com, and carbon credits platform Arbonics partner... |
| 24.02.2025 | Babylon Micro-Farms Appoints Marc Oshima as New CEO to Scale the Business Globally | Marc Oshima, CEO, Babylon Micro-Farms Babylon Micro-Farms names Marc Oshima as CEO to drive global growth, leveraging his indoor farming expertise to scale operations and expand key markets. It is a business with an impressive set of custom... |
| 05.02.2025 | Babylon Micro-Farms Unveils Galleri Lite, a Game-Changer in High-Nutrition, Onsite Farming | Galleri Lite with Microgreens Babylon Micro-Farms launches Galleri Lite, an affordable, high-nutrition micro-farm delivering fresh, pesticide-free produce with zero food miles and high ROI. The Galleri Lite isn’t just about growing produce;... |
| 06.03.2024 | Babylon Micro-Farms is bringing vertical farming to K-12 classes | In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Oleson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment required to run a startup — particularly in a f... |
| 11.01.2024 | Data snapshot: From insect ag and vertical farming to aquaculture… the top 20 deals in Novel Farming Systems in 2023 | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 25.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pluton Biosciences bags $16.5m, Babylon Micro-Farms secures funds, José Andrés launches climate institute | This week, agtech companies Pluton Biosciences and Babylon Micro-Farms raised funds for microbial cover crops and vertical farms, respectively. Celebrity chef José Andrés teamed up with a university for a new food and climate institute, and... |
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