Saia Agrobotics closes financing round with Navus Ventures & Oost NL
Summary
This paradigm creates a highly automated Food Factory of the Future in which a data-driven autonomous greenhouse with the help of artificial intelligence is getting closer to realization. "After a 20-year trajectory of developing mobile harvesting robots at Wageningen University & Research, it was time to enter the market with a spin-off," says Dr. Ruud Barth, co-founder, and CEO of Saia. After an initial seed investment by impact and deep tech investors SHIFT Invest, Innovation Industries, and Oost NL (from ION+), the new financing round allows Saia to continue preparing the new revolution in greenhouse horticulture and food production for the market.Eduard Meijer, director at Navus Ventures, says, "Saia Agrobotics has developed innovative concepts and technology in the field of plants, automation, and logistics, creating a new approach to greenhouse growing, with the potential to take a major step in efficient and sustainable food production. "Arnaud Zwaal, investment manager at Oost NL, also states: "Saia is a good example of a startup that has developed from Wageningen University & Research and has an innovative solution for a major social challenge. Saia has developed strongly over the past two years and is ready for the further commercialization of their product, which is why we, as Oost NL, are investing again in the company."