Ubiqutek Ltd is branded as RootWave. RootWave uses electricity to kill weeds and is a sustainable and regenerative alternative to chemical herbicides.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Kineton
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $2.5M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.08.2018 | - | $2.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.06.2024 | RootWave partners with precision equipment maker Garford to develop new weed management tech for row crops | UK-based RootWave, which makes an autonomous weeding system for agriculture, announced it is partnering with Garford, a fellow UK startup best known for its mechanical weed control products for row crops. The two companies will co-develop n... |
| 10.04.2024 | Returning to his startup roots, former John Deere VP Jorge Heraud joins Rootwave to tackle weed management | “If I had to put a brand on me, it would be the ‘innovation guy,'” says agtech veteran Jorge Heraud. Heraud is probably best known as the founder of Blue River Technologies, which was acquired by John Deere in 2017 for $305 million. Post-ac... |
| 17.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: BP invests in green hydrogen, Toyota funds carbon measurement, Bushel gleans $26m | This week, BP and Toyota got involved with climate tech for green hydrogen and measuring soil carbon, respectively. Bushel, a platform for grain trade management, raised additional Series C funding. Elsewhere, food robots and restaurant tec... |
| 16.08.2023 | ‘Boil the weed inside out’: RootWave launches high-frequency, ‘regen ag-friendly’ weed zapper for orchards | Growers may differ on their methods of weed management, but most would agree outsmarting those weeds is one of the toughest tasks in the business for organic farmers and conventional row croppers alike. Chemicals such as Glyphosate were sup... |
| 26.05.2021 | BREAKING: The Yield Lab Europe secures $61m for sustainable agrifoodtech fund | The Yield Lab Europe — the European affiliate of US-headquartered accelerator group The Yield Lab — has completed the second close of its sustainable agrifoodtech fund. The EU’s European Investment Fund through the European Fund for Strateg... |
| 26.05.2021 | Dublin-based agrifood tech fund The Yield Lab Europe announces (almost) €50 million raise at second close | Dublin-based The Yield Lab Europe has announced almost €50 million at the second close of its agrifood tech fund. The fund, which focuses on seed and Series A startup investments in Ireland and Europe, welcomes new investors including the E... |
| 26.05.2021 | The Yield Lab Europe secures $61m for sustainable agrifoodtech fund | The Yield Lab Europe — the European affiliate of US-headquartered accelerator group The Yield Lab — has completed the second close of its sustainable agrifoodtech fund. The EU’s European Investment Fund through the European Fund for Strateg... |
| 13.02.2020 | Wisdom (and wallets) of the crowd: Small Robot Company closes crowdfunding campaign at £2.1m | Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agrobotics startup, has told AFN that it has closed its latest Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign at £2.1 million ($2.7 million). The company has now secured a total of £4.84 million in funding to da... |
| 22.01.2020 | Zap! This UK startup just raised €6.5m to commit electricide on weeds | RootWave, a UK startup developing ways to kill weeds with ever more precise zaps of electricity, has raised a €6.5 million ($7.2 million) Series A investment round. V-Bio Ventures and the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund led the round, ... |
| 02.07.2019 | The overused label of the disruptor | The overused label of the disruptor 02-07-2019 The term disruptor is overused, partly thanks to Donald Trump. A blog by KISS The term was coined to describe the Ryanairs and Teslas of this world, and today some genuine disruptors continue t... |
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