Company to accelerate growth and scale production to help farmers address increasing threat from herbicide-resistant weeds
SEATTLE–(CUMMERCIA) -A robotica di carbone, an agriculture robotics company, today announced 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.
“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”
“This investment further validates our mission to create tools that utilize technology to address farmers’ toughest problems,” said Paul Mikesell, CEO and founder of Carbon Robotics. “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.”
In April, Carbon Robotics hà revelatu u so Autonomous Weeder di prossima generazione, un robot autònumu chì utilizeghja laser d'alta putenza per sradicà e erbacce per via di l'energia termale, senza disturbà a terra. U robot permette à l'agricultori di utilizà menu erbicidi è riduce u travagliu per caccià e piante indesiderate mentre migliurà l'affidabilità è a prevedibilità di i costi, u rendiment di i culturi è più.
cù 263 spezie resistenti à l'erbicidi in 71 paesi, a cumpagnia hà vistu una alta dumanda per i so prudutti, assicurendu una quantità di pruduttori di marchee è riservazioni chì superanu $ 20 milioni. E splutazioni chì anu urdinatu unità di diserbazione laser includenu Grimmway Farms, Carzalia Valley Produce, Mercer Ranches, Taylor Farms, Triangle Farms, Terranova Ranch, Bowles Farming Co, Braga Ranch, Duncan Family Farms è Amigo Farms. Carbon Robotics hà vendutu i so mudelli 2021 è 2022 è hà cuminciatu à accettà ordini per 2023.
"Carbon Robotics hè in una pusizione unica per affruntà i prublemi critichi chì afectanu l'agricultori, cumprese l'aumentu di superweeds è a diminuzione di u travagliu dispunibule", disse Erik Benson, direttore generale di Voyager Capital. "A cumpagnia rende accessibile tecnulugie avanzate per i agricultori, sustenendu e so operazioni di cummerciale migliurendu l'efficienza è l'affidabilità, è offre un metudu sustenibile per sustene a gestione di a so tarra. A Robotica di Carbone cambia fundamentalmente a manera chì l'agricultori erbe i campi è hà u putenziale di esse Deere & Company di stu millenniu.
Cum'è una parte di u finanziamentu, Carbon Robotics hà accoltu Eric Scollard cum'è Cunsigliu Strategicu di Vendite per sustene a traiettoria di crescita aggressiva di a cumpagnia. In u so rolu, Scollard si concentrerà nantu à u sviluppu di iniziative strategiche di espansione chì permettenu à Carbon Robotics di scala in modu efficace a distribuzione di i Weeders autonomi è i prudutti futuri. Scollard sustene ancu u sviluppu di e squadre di vendita è di supportu regiunale. Duranti i so ruoli esecutivi precedenti in ExtraHop, Isilon è Qumulo, Scollard hà guidatu una crescita esponenziale di i rivenuti mentre custruì organizzazioni di vendita di prima classe.
“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.”
ABOUT CARBON ROBOTICS
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. For more information, visit: carbonrobotics.com.
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