Contain does not make investments on its own behalf in farms or equipment companies.  You can research investors who have taken equity stakes, lent money or made grants to indoor farms and agtech firms at our Insights hub.

Sure, the best place to start is with our Insights hub, which contains listings of indoor ag investors, funding rounds and farms.  In addition, you'll find a library of briefing papers.

Of course!  Drop us a line through our initial leasing inquiry form and we’ll tee up a call.  The more information you can give us ahead of time, the better we can help you!

Sure!  You are welcome to use our data with attribution to Contain, Inc. in your materials, provided it is not altered or misrepresented in any way.  You can find plenty of data in our Insights hub.

Sure!  Contain works with established farm equipment vendors.  We work with any farm equipment, from greenhouse structures through to grow systems, HVAC, water filtration systems and more.  You can see examples here.
We are the best fit for farm equipment vendors that already have an established business with multiple customers and whose average sale size is more than $75k.  When you're ready, you can apply to join our vendor network here.

We’d love to discuss that, drop us a line here.

Yes!  And you can even source pre-owned farm equipment through Contain’s Equipped platform.

No, we can work with any established third party vendor or distributor.  It will be faster for you to work with one of our existing vendors as we already have their details on hand.

Yes!  If you are a startup or beginning farmer, it will be helpful if you can demonstrate sources of funds that will sustain your business until you are up and running.  Once you're ready to get going, learn more and apply through our leasing page.

Head to your dashboard on either the Equipped or Contain sites, then go to the “delete or export data” tab where you can close your account.  Your account will be deleted for both Equipped and Contain sites.  Note that we cannot undo this action, once it’s gone, it’s gone for good.

If you are a vendor looking to close an account or transfer ownership, please drop us a line here and we will help you with that.

You can find out more about Equipped and buying pre-owned indoor farm equipment at its website.  Its full FAQs are here.

You can reset your password on this page.

Drop us a line here and we will tee up a call to discuss your underwriting requirements. To note, we work with clients in the US and - occasionally - Canada, many of our clients are startup farmers with business experience from other industries.  Our minimum lease size is $75k, we do not have a maximum.  We do not work with cannabis farmers.

Give us a little information on your situation and we will arrange a call to get to know you and your farm equipment leasing needs better.  If you want to proceed with a free application, we will ask you to complete an application form and will match you to a few lenders from our pool of more than 30 options.  We work with lenders from reputable banks to specialist equipment lessors.  Next we will present you with initial offers and connect you with the lender that works best for you.  The Contain team is always around to lend a hand as you work through the process.  We take a fee on successful completion of the lease.

Sure!  Drop us a line here and we would be happy to help.

Working with Contain as an indoor farm equipment vendor enables you to speed up your sales cycle by enabling your clients to access funding faster.  We can better represent your products and process to lenders.  We can also help you to market your business and to utilize data on the indoor farm industry.  Each vendor also benefits from a profile here on our site.

Equipped is a pre-owned farm equipment marketplace where you can list equipment for sale, or purchase equipment by bidding or directly buying equipment.

Contain’s clients come from all walks of life and backgrounds.  We work with startups and beginning farmers.  We work with ranchers, greenhouse growers and other farmers looking to expand existing operations.  And we have worked with funding for non-profit farms and with small business owners looking to add farming to their repertoire. We do not work with cannabis growers.

If it’s a piece of farm equipment that you would find in a controlled environment agriculture environment, like a vertical farm, greenhouse or container farm, the odds are that Contain will be able to find leasing for it.  We work with more than 75 equipment manufacturers, your leasing process will be faster if you are sourcing equipment from one of these vendors.  We do work with some other equipment providers, and of course we can help you to find funding for pre-owned farm equipment sourced through our Equipped marketplace.

We work with all kinds of grows, from leafy greens, herbs, mushroom and other veggies, through to non-food crops, like active ingredients for pharmaceuticals.  We do not work with cannabis.  We mostly work with farmers in the US, but do have some coverage in Canada and Western Europe also.