Four Growers was founded to provide healthy, affordable, local produce by reducing the production costs of greenhouse growers through robotics technology. We are positioning ourselves to be the automated solutions provider for greenhouse crop management.
We are working closely with various greenhouse growers to develop a tomato harvesting robot. Our technology relies on two layers of protection, patents filed protecting the physical design of the robot and a proprietary algorithm that controls the robot’s decision making. Our solution is not only capable of harvesting the tomatoes, but also of performing a quality check and of packaging.
We are working closely with various greenhouse growers to develop a tomato harvesting robot. Our technology relies on two layers of protection, patents filed protecting the physical design of the robot and a proprietary algorithm that controls the robot’s decision making. Our solution is not only capable of harvesting the tomatoes, but also of performing a quality check and of packaging.
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Turtle Creek
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2017
Investors 2
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| 21.11.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Traveling APAC’s road to recovery with SarvaGram, TurtleTree, Vow & more | Investment in Asia-Pacific (APAC) agrifoodtech has bounced back, a point well-illustrated by this week’s headlines: India-based rural fintech platform SarvaGram and Malaysian farm-to-restaurant platform Secai Marche both closed rounds, whil... |
| 20.11.2024 | Four Growers Raises $9M in Series A Funding | Four Growers, a Turtle Creek, PA-based startup building harvesting robots to reduce the production costs of greenhouse growers, raised $9M in Series A Funding. The round was led by Basset Capital, with contributions from Ospraie Ag Science,... |
| 13.03.2024 | International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator | The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) is once again vetting technology companies to participate in its Fresh Field Catalyst produce accelerator. Now in its third year, the program fosters technology companies poised to improve ... |
| 02.02.2024 | These 30 robotics companies are hiring | It was a rough week. There are rarely good weeks for my industry, but this one felt especially dire. Perhaps because it hit close to home. Not that many publications, however, have been through the scale of what iRobot is facing. After a ye... |
| 26.05.2023 | Meet the founder: Four Growers on what it takes to build ag robots that harvest faster than humans | It’s one thing to build a robot that can harvest produce. It’s quite another to build one that can do so faster than humans and in an economical manner, says Brandon Contino, co-founder and CEO of ag robotics startup Four Growers. The Penns... |
| - | How John Deere plans to build a world of fully autonomous farming by 2030 | Deere & Co., well known for its green and yellow tractors, bulldozers and lawnmowers, has spent nearly two decades investing in technology and robotics. That has culminated with the 8R farm tractor, a fully autonomous tractor that does ... |