FruitScout develops a smartphone app that uses computer vision and AI to measure trunk size and analyze buds, flowers and fruit to estimate predicted yield and pruning needs. The tool relies on standard cell phones rather than proprietary hardware, enabling growers to perform precision crop load management. The company began with a focus on apple growers in Washington state and is expanding its technology to agave crops in Mexico with interest from tequila manufacturers. FruitScout is a two-year-old, seven-person startup led by CEO and founder Matt King, who previously served as CTO at precision agriculture company iUNU and worked on computer vision instrumentation for Boeing and Intel. Financially, the company has raised a $4 million round and previously completed a $350,000 angel round. The funding is intended to further develop the technology and support broader crop applications.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2021