ʻO Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) a me ka ʻO Lab IX ka mea hoʻolele ʻenehana Flex ua hoʻokomo i loko ʻO CrX, he mea hoolako i ka irrigation adaptive. Hoʻolālā ʻo CropX e hoʻohana i nā hui hoʻolālā e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻomohala huahana a hoʻonui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mākeke. Ma ka tandem, ua wehe pū ʻo CropX i kahi mana hou o kāna mau ʻike lepo.
Kōkua ka ʻepekema proprietary o CropX i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai ma kā lākou māla, wahi a ka hui. Hiki i kāna mau mea ʻike lepo haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ke hoʻonui i nā hua hua i ka manawa like e ʻoki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai e ka hapakolu, e like me ka hui. I ka manawa hoʻokahi wale nō irrigation, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea ʻike CropX ma nā kaukani ʻeka o nā mea kanu lālani nui a hōʻike i ka waiwai nui, wahi a CropX.
ʻO RBVC, ka hui ʻoihana ʻoihana o ka hui ʻo Bosch, ua hoʻopukapuka ʻia ma CropX ma muli o kāna ʻenehana ʻike ʻike lepo e hana pono iā ʻoe iho, scalable IoT platform, mana analytics a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻo SaaS pāʻoihana, wahi a ka hui.
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo CropX i kahi mana hou o kāna mau ʻike lepo. Hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hoʻokomo i nā mea ʻike like ʻole ma lalo o ʻehā mau minuke, e like me ka hui. Kūʻai nā sensor no $380, a me nā kau inoa makahiki, hiki ke loaʻa ma o ka atamai, hoʻomaka ma $ 220/sensor.
Ua pani ʻia ka waihona kālā Series A o ka hui, i hoʻonui ʻia mai $9 miliona a i $10 miliona no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoihoi o nā mea hoʻopukapuka. ʻO nā mea hoʻopukapuka alakaʻi AgTech Finistere Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, GreenSoil Investments a me OurCrowd i hoʻokipa i ka hoʻohui ʻana o RBVC a me Flex. E kākoʻo ke kālā i ka ulu mau ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana, me ka holomua o ka meaʻai, ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu, ke kanu ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana, wahi a CropX. ʻO Jan Westerhues, hoa hoʻopukapuka kālā ma RBVC, e hui pū me ka papa ma ke ʻano he mea nānā. Eia hou, ke aʻo nei ʻo Katharine Gregorio i ka hui e pili ana i kāna hana mua me Cargill a me The Climate Corporation.