Vanilla Vida
Precision Farming & Controlled Curing Enhance Vanilla Cultivation
Startup A Agriculture & Food Technologies Est. 2020
Total Raised
$17.4M
A
Last Round
$3.5M
4 rounds
Investors
9
9 public
Team
6
11-50 employees
Confidence
99/100
News
8
articles
Patents
1
About
Vanilla Vida is aiming to revolutionize the vanilla industry by providing a stable supply of high-quality natural vanilla. The company employs advanced data analytics, precision agriculture in climate-controlled greenhouses, and patented curing technology to optimize each vanilla bean's potential
Classification
Sector
Climate TechFood & Land UseSustainable FarmingAgriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechGenetics & Input
Core Technology
BiologicalsArtificial IntelligenceImage Recognition
Target Customer
Agriculture & FoodProcessed FoodsIngredientsIndustrial ManufacturingProcess IndustriesChemicals & PetrochemicalsFood Retail & ConsumptionRestaurantsWholesale
Business Model
B2B
Tags
climate-techfood-and-beveragefarmersagriculturesmart-farmingimage-processingartificial-intelligencefoodtechagtech
Funding & Events
Mar 2020
Seed $1M
The Kitchen FoodTech Hub (Lead), Israel Innovation Authority, Michael Eisenberg, Undisclosed Investor(s)
Jun 2021
SAFE $1.4M
PeakBridge (Lead)
Feb 2022
A Round $11.5M
Strauss Investments, Ordway Selections, Kibbutz Maagan Michael, PeakBridge
Aug 2025
Undisclosed Round $3.5M
Windare Ventures (Lead)
News (8)
Aug 26, 2025 · www.finsmes.com
Vanilla Vida Raises $3.5M in Funding
May 4, 2023 · www.urbanvine.co
growth-positive
This interview details Vanilla Vida, an Israeli indoor farming company developing technology for sustainably growing vanilla indoors. The interview is with Oren Zilberman, Co-Founder and CEO at Vanilla Vida.
CustomersExpand
Sep 6, 2022 · insights.figlobal.com
Data driven vanilla: How technology is transforming a classic global flavour
Apr 4, 2022 · thespoon.tech
growth-positive
Israel's Vanilla Vida Wants to Expand and Improve the World's Favorite Flavor
InvestmentExpand
Feb 16, 2022 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
Vanilla Vida wants the world to eat more natural vanilla
CustomersInvestment
Feb 16, 2022 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Vanilla Vida raises $11.5 million Series A to innovate the vanilla value chain
Investment
Sep 20, 2021 · www.israel21c.org
growth-positive
Israeli-grown vanilla is about to disrupt the industry
CustomersPartnersInvestment
Jun 2, 2021 · www.foodnavigator.com
growth-positive
Ensuring stable vanilla supply with smart farming: 'Like Mother Nature, we tell the crop when to bloom and not to bloom'
CustomersPartnersInvestment
Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
15
District
Center District
Founded
2020
Registrar
516141256
Crunchbase
vanilla-vida
Locations
Ariel Sharon Blvd 3, Or Yehuda, Israel
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Admin
Last Update
Aug 28, 2025
Verified by
Ortal Wein
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets
Team (6)
Ilanit Bar Zeev
CEO
Shlomy Kadosh
Co Founder & VP Agriculture
Founder
Raz Krizevski
PhD. CTO & Co Founder
Founder
Oren Zilberman
Co-founder
Founder
Gali Fried
VP BizDev & Marketing
Johnatan Mekler
VP Operations