The Smart-Apply® Intelligent Spray Control System enables tree fruit and nut growers and vineyards to significantly decrease chemical and water use by more than 50% and more while still maximizing crop yields. The USDA-based, laser-enabled, density-based sprayer technology works to eliminate the issue of “drift” in which chemicals intended for trees and vines drift into adjacent fields and waterways. Not only is this wasteful and costly, it also poses a threat to the environment. Thus, precision spraying not only helps increase yields, reduce costs and preserves water, it also benefits the environment. The Smart-Apply system is sold as an add-on kit and works with existing air blast sprayer.
Smart Apply was acquired by John Deere on July 14, 2023. 44 VisionTech Member Investors invested in Smart Apply over three rounds, realizing return on investment in 19 months or less.
Smart Apply was acquired by John Deere on July 14, 2023. 44 VisionTech Member Investors invested in Smart Apply over three rounds, realizing return on investment in 19 months or less.
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| 28.06.2024 | Meet July 1 Pitch Presenter Scott Prince, CEO & Co-Founder of Croft, a Fast-Growing Ag Ops Platform | VisionTech’s first foray into agtech, Smart Apply, Inc., ended extremely well with an exit to John Deere roughly 18 months after our first investment round. So when I bumped into Scott Prince, a serial entrepreneur and now CEO and co-founde... |
| - | Bucking the Trend: VisionTech Angels Invest $2.88 Million in 18 Deals, Nearly a Half a Million More than in 2022 | INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (January 23, 2024) – – In a report issued January 4 by Crunchbase, global investing in startups stalled in 2023, declining by 38%, the lowest level in five years. Lackluster investing left startups scrambling for capit... |
| - | AgTech Meets Orchards: Meet Steve Booher of Smart Guided Systems, October Pitch Presenter #2 | I met Steve Booher at this year’s Innovation Showcase, where his company, Smart Guided Systems, took second place in a strong field of Hoosier startups. Smart Guided was one of the most mature of the presenting companies with nearly $2 mill... |