Building the next generation of smart agriculture equipment - optimizing every plant
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We use computer vision to identify weeds in organic crop fields and then selectively eliminate them using very hot organic oil. Our product mounts behind a tractor.
We are an alternative to chemical fertilizers which organic farmers can't use. Our first target is organic vegetables growers who currently spend upto $1000 per acre to weed their fields by hand.
Longer term will move to weeding of corn in glyphosate resistant areas. $25B/yr are spent in herbicides.
Update: 5/13. We've started recurring revenue in lettuce thinning - an application that is very well suited to our technology. Our first customer is the largest lettuce grower in the world. Out team has now 15 people including 4 PhDs, an agronomist, and experienced business people in the Ag-tech area.
Member count: 51-200
Total raised: $30.1M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 16.12.2015 | Series B | $17M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 19.03.2014 | Series A | $10M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 10.09.2012 | Series A | $3.1M | - | finsmes.co... |
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