MetoMotion
About
About MetoMotion
MetoMotion develops GRoW, an autonomous greenhouse robot for harvesting and material handling between crop rows. A narrow driverless base carries two robotic arms that work on both sides of the aisle, using three-dimensional vision to identify ripe produce and smart shears to cut and retain fruit before placing it into boxes.
GRoW transports empty and filled crates as it moves, allowing picking and packing to form one continuous workflow. Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity links operating data to crop-management tools for yield forecasting and post-harvest planning. The platform is sized for greenhouse lanes, carries multiple boxes and uses lidar-based safety sensing; MetoMotion supplies it as a robotic worker for repetitive commercial growing tasks.
Products
- GRoW
GRoW
Funding
- 2021-09-29 - Venture round - $5M - Ridder and Navus back MetoMotion with $5 million
MetoMotion raised $5 million in financing led by Ridder and Navus Ventures to commercialise robotic greenhouse harvesting. - source: prnewswire.com
- 2019-07-31 - Strategic investment - $1.5M - MetoMotion receives $1.5 million strategic investment
MetoMotion received a $1.5 million investment from a Netherlands-based strategic partner to advance its greenhouse robotic worker. - source: prnewswire.com
Investors
- Navus Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-29
- Ridder - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-29
- Sirius Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-29
- Undisclosed Netherlands-based strategic partner - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-31
Timeline
Events
- 2023-02-27 - Commercial Order - RedStar signs multi-year agreement for multiple MetoMotion robots
The agreement covers the purchase of multiple GRoW harvesting robots. RedStar had begun harvesting with the system in 2022. The parties planned to reach full commercial site usage by the end of 2023.
Source - 2022-06-21 - Award - MetoMotion wins GreenTech Robot Challenge
The GRoW robotic worker won the GreenTech Robot Challenge in Amsterdam. The competition assessed robotics addressing horticultural labour and productivity constraints. Strategic partner Ridder highlighted the award as validation of automated tomato harvesting.
Source - 2021-09-29 - Funding - Ridder and Navus back MetoMotion with $5 million
Ridder and Navus Ventures led the $5 million round. Sirius Venture Capital also participated. The financing supported commercial deployment and production of greenhouse robotic workers.
Source - 2019-07-31 - Funding - MetoMotion receives $1.5 million strategic investment
The strategic investment totalled $1.5 million. The investor was described as a Netherlands-based strategic partner in greenhouse technology. The capital supported development and commercialisation of robotic greenhouse labour.
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Context
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Context tags
- Greenhouse indoor farm automation - Peer Group - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: greenhouse indoor farm automation.
- Agricultural robot development - Workflow - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: agriculture robotics builder.
- Crop harvesting automation - Capability - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: crop harvesting automation.
Commercial
- RedStar signs multi-year agreement for multiple MetoMotion robots
2023-02-27 · Order / contract · Dutch grower RedStar signed a multi-year agreement to purchase multiple MetoMotion greenhouse harvesting robots and scale toward full-site use.
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