FarmWise
farmwise.io
Farm Machinery
Agricultural Robotics
Agriculture AI
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$79.2M
8 rounds on record
Latest round
$8M
Venture round · Nov 2024 · 23 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
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The money's age
Due for its next round
23 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
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Last sign of life
1 mo ago
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 4, 2025
Acquired Taylor Farms acquires ag robotics company FarmWise · thepacker.com
Nov 15, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $8M · SEC Form D
Jun 20, 2024
Took on debt financing $3.7M · SEC Form D
Feb 15, 2024
Took on debt financing $10M · SEC Form D
May 12, 2023
New executive Garrick Kremesec, Executive Officer · SEC Form D
Jun 14, 2022
Board appointment Clay Mitchell, Director · SEC Form D
Apr 21, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $51.4M · SEC Form D
Sep 18, 2019
Board appointment Jason Schoettler, Director · SEC Form D
Sep 17, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $14.5M
Dec 11, 2017
Took on debt financing $1M · SEC Form D
Nov 16, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $4.7M · SEC Form D
Feb 8, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $615k · SEC Form D
2016
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | $8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Jun 2024 | $3.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Feb 2024 | $10M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2022 | $51.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2019 | $14.5M | — | businesswire.com |
| Debt Financing | Dec 2017 | $1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2017 | $4.7M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Feb 2017 | $615k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Farmwise Labs, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Thomas PalomaresExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Sebastien BoyerDirectorSEC Form D
Tjarko LeiferExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Garrick KremesecExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Daniel KirsteinExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Overview
FarmWise develops autonomous weeding machinery that uses deep learning to tell crops from weeds at high speed. Founded in 2016 in San Francisco, it started as a service business working California vegetable fields before selling implements directly. Its models are trained on millions of labelled field images collected by its own machines.
News
Tractor-towed Vulcan automatically spots and pulls weeds
Nobody likes the idea of herbicides in their veggies, yet hiring workers to pick weeds by hand can be prohibitively expensive. The Vulcan farm implement offers an alternative, as it automatically spots and yanks weeds while leaving crop plants alone.
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Tangram Vision Blog Sensing Breakdown: FarmWise FT35 Robotic Weeder
The Tangram Vision team takes its best stab at guessing what goes into the FarmWise FT35
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FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but a number of robotics and autonomy companies are giving it their best shot. FarmWise seems to have impressed someone - it just raised $14.5 million to conti
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People
Thomas Palomares
Executive Officer, Director
Sebastien Boyer
Director
Tjarko Leifer
Executive Officer, Director
Garrick Kremesec
Executive Officer
Daniel Kirstein
Executive Officer
Bruce Leak
Director
Jason Schoettler
Director
Clay Mitchell
Director
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
Salinas
United States
Plant / site
Senior Farm Manager, Taylor Farms
1037 Abbott St., Salinas, CA 93901, 2045 Martin Ave Suite 203, Santa Clara, CA 95050
Financials
Total raised
$93.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
8
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $8M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2024 | $3.7M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2024 | $10M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | $51.4M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | $14.5M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2017 | $1M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $4.7M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $615k | Details |