Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) uye Flex tekinoroji accelerator Lab IX waisa mari mukati CropX, mupi wekudiridza kunogadzirisa. CropX inoronga kushandisa hukama hwekudyidzana kuti ikurumidze kusimudzira chigadzirwa uye kuwedzera kutorwa kwemusika. Mu tandem, CropX yakafumurawo vhezheni nyowani yevhu sensors.
Sainzi yeCropX inobatsira varimi kunzwisisa zvirinani mashandisirwo emvura muminda yavo, kambani yakati. Masensa ayo anodhura evhu anogona kuwedzera goho panguva imwe chete achicheka kushandiswa kwemvura nechetatu, maererano nekambani. Mumwaka mumwe chete wekudiridza, maCropX sensors akaiswa pazviuru zvemaeka ezvirimwa zvese zvakakura mumutsara uye airatidza kukosha kukuru, akadaro CropX.
RBVC, iyo kambani venture kambani yeBosch Group, yakadyara muCropX nekuda kwekubudirira kwayo kuita-iwe-iwe pachako ivhu sensor tekinoroji, scalable IoT chikuva, ane simba analytics uye yakaderera-chipingamupinyi, SaaS bhizinesi modhi, kambani yakati.
CropX yakatangisawo vhezheni itsva yeivhu sensors. Varimi vanogona ikozvino kuisa screw-like sensors mukati memaminitsi asingasviki mana, sekureva kwekambani. Sensors inotengesa $ 380, uye kunyoreswa kwegore, kunowanikwa kuburikidza ne smartphone, kutanga pa $ 220 / sensor.
Iyo kambani Series A mari, iyo yakawedzerwa kubva pamadhora 9 miriyoni kusvika pamadhora gumi kuti iwane mubereko wevanodyara mari, yavharwa. Vanotungamira AgTech vatengesi Finistere Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, GreenSoil Investments uye OurCrowd yakatambira kuwedzerwa kweRBVC neFlex. Mari iyi ichatsigira kuenderera mberi kwekambani kukura uye kukura kwechigadzirwa, kusanganisira kufambira mberi mune zvinovaka muviri, kuchengetedza chirimwa, kudyara nekukohwa, CropX yakati. Jan Westerhues, mubatsiri wekudyara mari kuRBVC, achabatana nebhodhi semucherechedzi. Pamusoro pezvo, Katharine Gregorio ave kurayira kambani maererano nebasa rake rekare neCargill neThe Climate Corporation.