Croptimistic Technology Raises $9.1M in Series B; Acquires CropPro Consulting
Summary
Led by Cory Willness, CEO, Croptimistic is an AgTech company known for their product SWAT MAPS, a turn-key variable rate solution that prioritizes Soil, Water, and Topography factors of fields for the creation of management zones. Croptimistic currently has 67 company partners executing their business model in four countries with their strongest presence in USA and Canada. In addition to their existing autonomous soil mapping hardware system called the SWAT BOX, the company recently released their newest hardware, the SWAT CAM – an affordable, low cost, camera system that mounts to sprayers and creates crop and weed population maps and performs plant stand counts using machine learning models. Founded and owned by Cory and Shannon Willness, CropPro employs 25 professional staff and manages over one million acres of crop consulting and SWAT MAPS precision agronomy services. The business will operate as usual under Croptimistic’s existing farmer services division and territories.