Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, announced Sept. 1 it secured $27 million in Series B financing from Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt and Liquid2 Ventures to accelerate the company’s growth.
The funding will be used to scale production of the company’s products, grow its engineering team, establish regional sales and support for customers across the U.S. and invest in the innovation of new products and technology. This latest round of financing brings the company’s overall funding to $36 million.
“This investment further validates our mission to create tools that utilize technology to address farmers’ toughest problems,” said Paul Mikesell, CEO and founder of Erogba Erogba. “Weeding is one of the biggest challenges farmers face, especially with the rise of herbicide-resistant weeds and increasing interest in organic and regenerative methods. This round of investment will enable us to scale our operations to meet the increasing demand for this technology. Additionally, this funding will allow our team to continue to innovate new products and identify revolutionary ways to apply technology to agriculture.”
Brian Ames, managing director of Anthos Capital, added, “the team’s multi-disciplinary expertise encompassing advanced AI and ML, computer vision,and thermal energy, positions Carbon Robotics to be an important player in driving the agriculture technology revolution.”
Ni Oṣu Kẹrin, Awọn Robotics Erogba ṣe afihan iran Adasepo Aladaaṣe rẹ ti nbọ, robot adase kan ti o lo awọn ina lesa agbara giga lati pa awọn èpo run nipasẹ agbara igbona, laisi didamu ile. Robot naa ngbanilaaye awọn agbe lati lo awọn oogun herbicides ti o dinku ati dinku iṣẹ ṣiṣe lati yọ awọn irugbin ti aifẹ kuro lakoko imudarasi igbẹkẹle ati asọtẹlẹ awọn idiyele, ikore irugbin ati diẹ sii.
pẹlu 263 herbicide-sooro eya kọja 71 awọn orilẹ-ede, awọn ile-ti ri kan to ga eletan fun awọn oniwe-ọja, ifipamo awọn nọmba kan ti marquee Growers ati awọn igbayesilẹ ti o koja $20 million. Awọn oko ti o ti paṣẹ awọn ẹya-ọgbẹ laser pẹlu Grimmway Farms, Carzalia Valley Produce, Mercer Ranches, Taylor Farms, Triangle Farms, Terranova Ranch, Bowles Farming Co, Braga Ranch, Duncan Family Farms ati Amigo Farms. Erogba Robotics ti ta jade ninu awọn awoṣe 2021 ati 2022 ati pe o ti bẹrẹ gbigba awọn aṣẹ fun 2023.
Erik Benson, oludari oludari ti Voyager Capital sọ pe “Robotics Erogba wa ni ipo alailẹgbẹ lati koju awọn ọran to ṣe pataki ti o kan awọn agbe, pẹlu igbega ti awọn ewe nla ati idinku iṣẹ ti o wa,” Erik Benson, oludari oludari ti Voyager Capital sọ. “Ile-iṣẹ naa n jẹ ki awọn imọ-ẹrọ to ti ni ilọsiwaju wa si awọn agbe, ṣe atilẹyin awọn iṣẹ iṣowo wọn nipa imudara awọn imudara ati igbẹkẹle bii fifun ọna alagbero lati ṣe atilẹyin iṣakoso ti ilẹ wọn. Erogba Robotics n yipada ni ipilẹṣẹ bi awọn agbe ṣe n gbin awọn irugbin ati pe o ni agbara lati jẹ Deere & Ile-iṣẹ Ẹgbẹrun Ọdun yii.”
Gẹgẹbi apakan ti inawo, Carbon Robotics ṣe itẹwọgba Eric Scollard bi Oludamọran Titaja Ilana lati ṣe atilẹyin itọpa idagbasoke ibinu ti ile-iṣẹ naa. Ninu ipa rẹ, Scollard yoo dojukọ lori idagbasoke awọn ipilẹṣẹ imugboroja ilana ti yoo jẹ ki Awọn Robotiki Erogba ṣiṣẹ ni iwọn pinpin daradara ti Awọn Weeders Adase ati awọn ọja iwaju. Scollard yoo tun ṣe atilẹyin idagbasoke ti awọn tita ati awọn ẹgbẹ atilẹyin agbegbe. Lakoko awọn ipa adari iṣaaju rẹ ni ExtraHop, Isilon ati Qumulo, Scollard ṣe idagbasoke idagbasoke ti o pọju ni owo-wiwọle lakoko ti o n kọ awọn ajọ tita kilasi agbaye.
“The already demanding task of weeding has only gotten harder for farmers to manage as more herbicide-resistant weeds develop and the cost of herbicides increases,” said Cameron Borumand, general partner at FUSE. “Carbon Robotics has built a game-changing solution to solve one of the biggest problems in agriculture. Farmers have been innovative and resourceful in addressing this problem so far, but they deserve the best technology to help them execute one of the most important jobs in the world – putting food on people’s tables.”
Carbon Robotics is pioneering the next revolution in agriculture through the deployment of innovative technology and hardware. Carbon Robotics’ first product, the Autonomous Weeder, is purpose built to tackle one of the industry’s biggest problems: weed control.
By leveraging artificial intelligence and laser technology, Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision approach improves crop yield, provides safer working conditions for farmers, reduces overall costs associated with modern farming, and creates sustainable paths to regenerative and organic produce. Carbon Robotics was founded in 2018 and is based in Seattle.
Fun alaye siwaju sii, lọsi: carbonrobotics.com.