Ụgwọ nke ụlọ ọrụ Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) na ndị Ngwa ngwa teknụzụ Flex Lab IX etinyela ego na ya CropX, onye na-eweta ogbugba mmiri n'ubi na-agbanwe agbanwe. CropX na-ezube iji mmekorita atụmatụ iji mee ka mmepe ngwaahịa dị ngwa ma gbasaa nkuchi ahịa. Na tandem, CropX kpughekwara ụdị ọhụrụ nke sensọ ala ya.
Sayensị ikike nke CropX na-enyere ndị ọrụ ugbo aka ịghọta ojiji mmiri n'ofe ubi ha, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kwuru. Igwe mmetụta ala ya dị ọnụ ala nwere ike ịbawanye mkpụrụ osisi ebe a na-egbutu mmiri n'otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ, dịka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ siri kwuo. N'ime otu oge ịgba mmiri, arụnyere ihe mmetụta CropX n'ọtụtụ puku acres nke ihe ọkụkụ niile bụ isi wee gosipụta uru dị ukwuu, CropX kwuru.
RBVC, ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ụlọ ọrụ nke Bosch Group, tinyere ego na CropX n'ihi ọganihu ya na-eme onwe gị ka nkà na ụzụ ihe mmetụta ala, ikpo okwu IoT, nyocha dị ike na ihe mgbochi dị ala, ụdị azụmahịa SaaS, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kwuru.
CropX ewepụtakwala ụdị ihe mmetụta ala ya. Ndị ọrụ ugbo nwere ike ịwụnye ihe mmetụta screw dị ka ihe na-erughị nkeji anọ, dịka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ siri kwuo. Ihe mmetụta sensọ na-ere ahịa maka $380, na ndenye aha kwa afọ, nke a na-enweta site na smartphone, na-amalite na $220/ihe mmetụta.
Ego nke ụlọ ọrụ Series A, nke agbatịgoro site na nde $9 ruo nde $10 iji nabata mmasị ndị ọchụnta ego, emechiela ugbu a. Ndị na-eduga AgTech investors Finistere Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, GreenSoil Investments na OurCrowd nabatara mgbakwunye nke RBVC na Flex. Ego a ga-akwado ụlọ ọrụ na-aga n'ihu na-eto eto na mmepụta ngwaahịa, gụnyere ọganihu na oriri na-edozi ahụ, nchebe osisi, ihe ọkụkụ na owuwe ihe ubi, CropX kwuru. Jan Westerhues, onye mmekọ ego na RBVC, ga-esonye na bọọdụ dị ka onye na-ekiri ihe. Na mgbakwunye, Katharine Gregorio na-adụ ọdụ ụlọ ọrụ ugbu a dabere na ọrụ mbụ ya na Cargill na The Climate Corporation.