FarmDroid raises EUR 10.5M for autonomous field-robot expansion

Oct 22, 2024 · Funding · FarmDroid · Agriculture

FarmDroid raised EUR 10.5 million to expand its autonomous solar-powered agricultural robot into conventional farming markets.

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  • Convent Capital led the round with participation from EIFO and Navus Ventures.
  • The company said the funding would support global expansion of its solar-powered seeding, weeding and precision-spraying robot.
  • FarmDroid highlighted the new micro-spray system as a path into conventional open-field farming.

FarmDroid builds solar-powered field robots for autonomous seeding and mechanical weeding. The FD20 uses high-precision RTK to remember crop placement at seeding and weed both between and within crop rows.