Ag robot startup from the UK raises Ł1.5M to fix farming

Added on 24 August 2022

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Ag robot startup from the UK raises Ł1.5M to fix farming

Muddy Machines, an AgTech and robotics company that helps automate crop harvesting, has received Ł1.5M in seed funding. Regenerate Ventures led the latest round of funding, which specialises in investing in technologies that help farmers produce food with less environmental impact.

Ponderosa Ventures, Jude Gomilla, Thrive/SVG Ventures, Science Angel Syndicate, and others also participated in the funding round.

Fund usage

The funds will be used to assist the company in continuing to develop a robotic platform capable of deploying a variety of harvest tools in specialty field crops. It will also be used to strengthen the company's engineering team and build capacity to deal with increased technological adoption.

Muddy Machines, also part of the Startlife Accelerate Programme at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, has won nearly Ł2.5M in grant funding from Innovate UK and DEFRA.

Tech at play to fix labour issues

Farmers can harvest crops like asparagus with precision thanks to the company's technology. Its Sprout robot can drive through fields harvesting accurately for up to 16 hours a day with no breaks and no performance degradation. Muddy Machines tested its Sprout robot on Chinn's property this year.