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Out of 205, the Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Top Agriculture Transportation Startups
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The Global Startup Heat Map below reveals the distribution of the 205 exemplary startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. Further, it highlights five agri startups that we hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, and more. You get to explore the solutions of these five startups & scaleups in this report. For insights on the other 200 agriculture transportation solutions, get in touch with us.
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Future Acres develops Autonomous Crop Transport Robots
Founding Year: 2017
Location: Santa Monica, USA
Funding: USD 1,66 M
Partner for: Harvest Robots
US-based startup Future Acres manufactures autonomous robotic farming tools to increase farming efficiency. The startup’s smart and autonomous robot, Carry, uses computer vision and machine learning (ML) to identify people, obstacles, and fellow workers. It is also capable of carrying crop loads of up to 500 pounds. Moreover, the robot features a clean power battery with a lifespan of up to 10 hours and a 10-mile range. This allows workers to harvest and transport a greater amount of crops, providing benefits to farmworkers, managers, and operators.
Nexyst 360 provides Smart Transport Containers
Founding Year: 2016
Location: St. Cloud, USA
Funding: USD 100 000
Partner for: Crop Traceability
US-based startup Nexyst 360 creates a smart shipping container to improve the quality and traceability of crops during transportation. The startup’s Nexbox is a steel container that has a globally unique identifier, global positioning system (GPS) tracker, and air quality monitoring system. Each of the containers is sealed after the commodity is tested for quality specifications. Then, the smart monitoring data provides visibility into the status of the crops during transit. This enables both buyers and sellers of crops to maintain visibility and traceability of crops between supply chains.
Crofarm builds a Transportation Routing App
Founding Year: 2016
Location: Gurgaon, India
Funding: USD 3,8 M
Partner for: Farm Produce Transport
Indian startup Crofarm develops supply chains solutions for the agricultural industry. The startup’s end-to-end supply chain solutions include a procurement engine for traceability, a distribution center engine for AI-based predictions, a transport engine for produce transport and delivery route optimization, and more. The supply chain solutions improve the procurement and transparency of agricultural produce from farms to businesses.
AppCircular offers a Grain Transportation Coordination Platform
Founding Year: 2018
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Funding: USD 2,1 M
Partner for: Circular Supply Chain
Argentina-based startup AppCircular develops a cloud-based collaboration platform for the logistics of grains and oilseeds. The platform provides solutions according to the type of users such as truckers, port or plant operators, transportation coordinators, or crop producers. The features include trip route reports, documentation management, fleet monitoring, and order scheduling, among others. The app provides an end-to-end collaboration and management tool for the agricultural transportation supply chain.
Gricd advances Agricultural Cold Chains
Founding Year: 2017
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Funding: USD 262 800
Partner for: Food Waste Prevention
Nigerian startup Gricd provides supply chain solutions to optimally store and ship agricultural products. It utilizes sensors to continuously monitor the temperature and humidity of agricultural and fresh produce while in storage or during transit. Moreover, Gricd’s cold box’s active cooling technology reduces post-harvest agricultural losses with its ability to maintain stable internal temperatures down to -24C for up to a day. This way, Gricd enables the agricultural industry to expand its reach by enabling long-distance transportation and shipping of products.
Discover more AgriTech Startups
AgriTech startups such as the examples highlighted in this report focus on autonomous crop transport robots, smart transport containers, agricultural cold chains as well as grain transportation coordination. While all of these technologies play a major role in advancing agricultural transportation, they only represent the tip of the iceberg. To explore AgriTech solutions in more detail, let us look into your areas of interest. For a more general overview, download our free AgriTech Innovation Report to save your time and improve strategic decision-making.
