Wikifarmer has raised $7.7 million to expand its AI-powered agricultural marketplace, aiming to digitize the full lifecycle of global food trade from pricing to payments.
Wikifarmer, an agricultural technology company that began as a free knowledge platform for farmers, has raised $7.7 million to build what it describes as an operating system for global agricultural trade — a platform that uses artificial intelligence to manage pricing, negotiations, logistics, payments and financing across the food supply chain.
The round was co-led by Brighteye Ventures and Piraeus Bank, with participation from existing investors Point Nine Capital and Metavallon VC. The raise brings Wikifarmer’s total funding to approximately $18 million.
The company started as what its founders called the “Wikipedia of Farming” — a multilingual agricultural knowledge base that now draws more than 12 million visitors annually across 17 languages. It is now pivoting toward a business-to-business marketplace that allows food companies to source directly from producers, with artificial intelligence supporting much of the transaction process.
“We are not just matching buyers and sellers,” said Ilias Sousis, co-founder and chief executive of Wikifarmer. “We are using AI to restructure the supply chain and unlock value that is currently lost to inefficiency, opacity and outdated processes. This round allows us to take our model global.”
The platform’s AI capabilities span several functions: price intelligence and market forecasting based on commodity data and seasonal trends, automated matching between buyers and verified suppliers based on product specifications and certifications, and transaction management tools covering requests for quotes, offer comparisons, documentation, credit risk assessment and trade execution. The company describes its model as “from learning to earning” — farmers who use the knowledge platform can also participate in the marketplace.
Piraeus Bank’s involvement goes beyond a conventional venture investment. The bank and Wikifarmer have jointly launched FarmClick, a digital marketplace for agricultural inputs and services in Greece, designed to give farmers access to financial and operational resources through a single platform.
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The new funding will support the expansion of Wikifarmer’s AI trading platform, the growth of its producer network in Latin America and Africa, and the broader rollout of FarmClick in Greece.
“Artificial intelligence is going to transform agricultural supply chains faster than most people expect,” Sousis said. “We are building a world where AI removes the friction, opacity and inefficiency that have defined agricultural trade for centuries. We intend to lead that transformation.”
