Participated · Series D · Jun 2025

Beewise develops the BeeHome™, an AI-driven, solar-powered robotic beehive that enables real-time autonomous treatment and remote management by beekeepers and growers. The company’s BeeHome™ 4 includes Heat Chamber Technology that eliminates 99% of lethal Varroa mites without chemicals. Beewise says all 1,240 BeeHomes currently in operation use machine learning to continuously monitor hive health, and the company reports pollinating 300K+ acres annually for hundreds of growers. Its system combines precision robotics, proprietary software, and machine learning (RNNs, reinforcement learning) to deliver active interventions rather than passive monitoring. Beewise positions the product as a climate adaptation solution to address extreme weather, pesticides, and pathogen threats to bees. The company plans to use new capital to accelerate technological innovation, market expansion, and research in service of its mission to save bees and secure the global food supply. Beewise, founded in 2018, produces the Beehome: a solar-powered automated apiary enclosure that monitors beehives and provides climate control, feeding, and automated harvesting. The company sells the product to farmers on a RaaS model—$400 monthly plus a $2,000 delivery/setup fee—for 24 colonies with ongoing maintenance. The system monitors for issues (including intrusive animals) and adjusts conditions to prevent swarming, aiming to improve yields and pollination and support bee population recovery. Beewise recently unveiled a new Beehome that is 32% smaller and 20% lighter than its predecessor, with faster harvesting and improved feeding and heating. The firm reports thousands of orders placed in the U.S. in the last few months and plans to increase manufacturing and develop additional product iterations. Beewise has raised over $120 million to date, including a recent $80 million Series C to help meet market demand and scale operations. Beewise develops Beehome, a retrofitted shipping-container system that houses ~40 colonies (about 2 million bees) and uses computer vision, robotic arms, sensors, and software to monitor, treat, and harvest hives. Its ML models (trained on thousands of images) detect pests such as varroa mites and a decision-making AI on an Nvidia Jetson platform can quarantine affected hives, control climate, apply targeted treatments, and automatically extract honey. Beehome also detects swarm risk and sends actionable alerts to beekeepers via an iPad app. The product is currently in beta, priced at $15 per hive per month, and Beewise reports a 15-person team with over 40 customers. The company aims to ramp production and contract manufacturers to deliver hundreds to thousands of devices per year, targeting a global market it estimates at 100 million hives (~$14.4B opportunity).