Saga Robotics is the company responsible for the design, development, and production of the world-leading agricultural robot, Thorvald. The company's aim is to develop robotic solutions that address the growing labour shortages in agriculture, as well as making agriculture more sustainable and energy efficient.
Saga Robotics have developed an autonomous and completely self-propelled robot that uses advanced algorithms to navigate in challenging conditions found on farms. Saga Robotics is also involved in several projects where they develop tools for strawberry picking, weeding, crop prediction and much more.
Saga Robotics have developed an autonomous and completely self-propelled robot that uses advanced algorithms to navigate in challenging conditions found on farms. Saga Robotics is also involved in several projects where they develop tools for strawberry picking, weeding, crop prediction and much more.
Location: Norway
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $22.11M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 14.08.2025 | - | $11.11M | Blystad Gr... |
| 02.09.2020 | - | $11M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
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| 10.11.2025 | Robots stay still, plants move – SAIA Agrobotics raises €10 million for its inverted greenhouse automation model | SAIA Agrobotics, a developer of robotics for greenhouse growing out of Ede, has completed a new €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its automated greenhouse system, which aims to boost crop yields and ... |
| 06.11.2025 | Adaptronics Secures €3.15M to Revolutionize Robotic Gripping | Adaptronics, a Bologna-based DeepTech startup, secured €3.15 million in funding. This significant investment fuels the development and market expansion of its revolutionary electro-adhesive robotic grippers. The company's proprietary Electr... |
| 05.11.2025 | Adaptive grippers allowing robots to grasp any object drives €3.15 million investment in Italy’s Adaptronics | Adaptronics, a Bologna-based DeepTech startup specialising in electro-adhesive grippers for robotic systems with industrial automation and space applications, today announced the closing of a €3.15 million round. The round was led by Europe... |
| 09.09.2025 | В американской долине Напа использовали роботов для уборки винограда. Автоматика может полностью заменить ручной труд... | На виноградниках Калифорнии проходит испытание новая технология борьбы с мучнистой росой — одной из главных угроз для урожая. Норвежский стартап Saga Robotics в партнерстве с винодельческим хозяйством Bien Nacido Estate тестирует автономных... |
| 14.08.2025 | Norway’s Saga Robotics harvests €9.5 million to grow its fleet of autonomous farm robots | Oslo-based Saga Robotics, the company behind Thorvald, a leading autonomous platform for grapevine and strawberries, has raised €9.5 million in equity capital to scale its commercial operations in the UK and US. The round was backed by new ... |
| 09.10.2024 | BRP Systems presents new board of directors to drive European market expansion | BRP Systems presents new board of directors to drive European market expansion Wed, Oct 09, 2024 08:00 CET Report this content - Nina Bjornstad appointed as the new Chairperson, with Lisa Åberg and Tomas Liljeborg joining as new directors o... |
| 11.04.2024 | Biologicals are ‘economically unfeasible’ for growers. Equipment manufacturers could change that | Collaboration is one of those words used so often in the ag biologicals space it’s in danger of becoming meaningless. While few would argue the point that more stakeholders must work together to advance the space, we so far have only a hand... |
| 02.09.2020 | Saga Robotics raises $11m to develop robo-strawberry pickers | Saga Robotics, a UK and Norwegian startup developing fleets of autonomous strawberry pickers and agri-robots that blast fungus with UV light, has just raised €9.5 million ($11.3 million). The funding round saw participation from three major... |
| 27.07.2020 | Has the UK’s latest $31m agrifoodtech shellout gone anywhere useful? | Last October, I wrote a lightly scathing article on how the UK government, prodded by a rising public concern over climate change, wants its agriculture sector to be carbon neutral by 2040. It was hardly putting its money where its mouth is... |
| 24.10.2018 | Norway AgriTech: Punching Above its Weight | Editor’s Note: Anders Torud is a senior advisor at Inkubator Aas, the campus Startup Incubator at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Inkubator Aas has companies like N2Applied and Saga Robotics among its incubator companies. Edvard ... |
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