Futura Gaïa designs an automated soil-based vertical farming solution complementary to open-field and greenhouse agriculture, targeting pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry needs for pesticide-free, high-quality local produce. The company built a 1,900 m² indoor experimental farm in Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) with 50 growing systems and a rotating geopony using the Canadian GiGrow cultivation system. The Tarascon site is described as the most advanced GiGrow implementation in the world. Led by co-founder and CEO Pascal Thomas, Futura Gaïa combines agronomical and technological innovations in its systems. The company says it will use the funds to enhance agronomical and technological R&D capacities and to install its first vertical farm at industrial scale. The article frames the business as commercializing ready-to-use vertical farms for industry clients.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2023