Four Growers
fourgrowers.com
Agricultural Robotics
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$22.2M
7 rounds on record
Latest round
$9M
Series A · Nov 2024 · 23 mo ago
Team
24
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +140% in a year
Grants
$100k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Due for its next round
23 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
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Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team of 24 was 10 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Nov 22, 2024
Raised a round Series A $9M
Jun 1, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $7.2M · SEC Form D
Dec 29, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $250k · SEC Form D
Jan 19, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $560k · SEC Form D
Aug 15, 2018
Won a grant $100k · CORDIS
Jun 2018
Went through Y Combinator
2017
Founded
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Nov 2024 | $9M | Basset Capital, Y Combinator | bizjournals.com |
| Venture round | Sep 2024 | $4.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jun 2021 | $7.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Dec 2020 | $250k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2020 | $560k | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Aug 2018 | $100k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Jul 2018 | $1.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | FOUR GROWERS, INC | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Yun-Nuo ChiExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brandon ContinoExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
John QuayleExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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News
YC-backed Four Growers builds robots to help solve greenhouse labor shortages
Four Growers built robots that can pick maneuver around greenhouses and pick tomatoes with more crop capabilities on the way.
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Four Growers' Robotics and Computer Vision make Automated Greenhouse Harvests Reality
Revolutionizing Agriculture with AI-powered Robotic platform Solutions for Industrial Greenhouses
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5 Q's for Brandon Contino, Co-founder and CEO of Four Growers
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Brandon Contino, co-founder and CEO of Four Growers, an agricultural robotics company based in Pennsylvania. Contino explained how automation can boost productivity, reduce operational costs, and promote sustainab
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New robot uses vacuum system to harvest tomatoes
New robot uses vacuum system to harvest tomatoes
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Faster-than-humans harvesting robot now also picks cucumber
Faster-than-humans harvesting robot now also picks cucumber
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People
Yun-Nuo Chi
Executive Officer, Director
Brandon Contino
Executive Officer, Director
John Quayle
Executive Officer
Aldo Zini
Director
Chris Papouras
Director
John Overbeck
Director
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Pittsburgh
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff
Financials
Total raised
$22.3M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
7
Funding rounds