Participated · Series B · Sep 2021

Fieldin provides an agricultural operating system (AgOS) that evaluates and manages the entire growing cycle from planning to execution, including equipment, workers and materials. The company installs sensors on tractors, machines and farm implements, turning operational equipment into connected ‘smart’ machines and transmitting operator and field data in real time to its platform. Aggregated data and dashboards create visibility and insight for key farm decision-makers, strengthening accountability, precision, practices and results. The AgOS leverages machine learning and AI to provide custom recommendations for the management of key work processes, supporting crop health and yields, improving sustainability, and boosting overall efficiency and profits. The technology is already deployed in 5 of the 10 largest farms in California and supports more than 20% of global almond production. Fieldin has operations in San Jose and Fresno, California, an R&D center in Yoqneam, Israel, and an office in Mildura, Australia; it intends to use funding to continue to expand operations and its business reach. Fieldin offers a one-stop data analytics and decision platform focused on the $25+ billion specialty crop market (fruits, nuts and vegetables). It captures IoT data from tractors, sprayers and harvesters, combines weather, satellite and manual inputs, and applies machine learning to present actionable recommendations through a single dashboard. The product suite includes an award-winning smart spraying module and a smart harvesting app and enables growers to compare equipment, operators and blocks to find efficiencies. Fieldin launched in 2013 and now has presence on over 300,000 acres; customers report quick ROI (as fast as two weeks) and the company experienced zero churn in the prior 12 months. The platform has driven measurable savings—for example, one almond grower reduced labor and harvest operation costs by more than 30%—which has supported rapid customer adoption. Fieldin plans to use new capital to triple its US sales, grower support and technical teams, and to expand R&D and product development at its engineering and data science headquarters in Israel. FieldIn provides an IoT-enabled analytics platform for AgPest management, combining sensor data with advanced analytics and AI to deliver real-time management of pesticide usage, patterns, and efficacy. The platform computes geospatial, chemical, biological, weather and other parameters to help growers improve yields, adapt to pest resistance and reduce costs. FieldIn serves the full AgPest supply chain, from growers to retailers, and offers data software services for operational control. The company is led by Founder and CEO Boaz Bachar and Chief Agronomist Officer Iftach Birger, and employs 25 team members in Ramat-Yishai with sales and support staff in Salinas, California and South Africa. FieldIn recently closed a $4M funding round to expand its global customer base and enhance its AgPest dataset.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2019

Talenya develops AI-powered bots that act as virtual recruiters, locating suitable talent by gathering and processing information from hundreds of online sources. Its bots can contact suitable candidates and invite them to job interviews on behalf of prospective employers. The company serves international customers and maintains offices in Hoboken, New Jersey, and in Israel. Founded in 2017 by Gal Almog and Doron Segal, Talenya completed a $6.5M funding round in 2019. The company said it will use the funds to expand its R&D and sales operations. Talenya focuses on automating candidate sourcing and outreach through AI-driven automation. Talenya is a Hoboken, Israel-based technology recruitment company. It has developed a recruitment platform that uses big data, AI and machine learning algorithms to find virtually any person with fingerprints on the web, collect relevant information, and match profiles with potential jobs. The technology also predicts the likelihood of people being interested in new career opportunities, enabling identification of quality talent off the radar of traditional recruiters. Talenya leverages a network of domain experts to contact and evaluate candidates for each job search; those talent experts can open their own recruitment practice and gain access to employer clients and matching candidates immediately. Financially, the company raised $3M in funding and received a grant from the Israeli Government’s National Authority for Innovation. Backers named in the report include Lool Ventures, Gal Ventures and recruitment executives such as Dalia Narkis and Stuart Marvin from Manpower.