Tortuga AgTech is a Denver-based robotics startup developing robotic systems to harvest fresh produce in controlled environments, from indoor hydroponics to greenhouses, beginning with strawberries. The company says its products will enable advanced growing methods to compete with scale agriculture and allow growers to produce higher-quality, more planet-friendly produce. Tortuga targets the harder problem of specialty-crop harvesting, which the article notes remains elusive because fruit and vegetables vary in size, height, color and delicacy and require immediate assessment and packing. The company is positioning robotics for indoor agriculture where working conditions are easier and more stable than field environments. Market context in the article references other indoor/vertical farms and automation efforts (Spread, Plenty, Ichigo) and strawberry-focused harvest efforts outdoors (Agrobot, Harvest Croo). Tortuga completed a financing that will support its product development and go-to-market in controlled-environment growers.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2017