Harvest CROO Robotics
Plant City, Florida developer of autonomous strawberry harvesters that carry 16 picking robots and use AI vision to judge ripeness.
Harvest CROO, LLC is a Florida limited liability company incorporated in 2012, and its SEC filings give addresses in Plant City, Florida. Its Form D filings name Gary Wishnatzki as manager, promoter and executive officer, signing in 2018 as manager and president, and later filings add Robert Pitzer, Joseph McGee and AJ Long as executive officers. CROO stands for Computerized Robotic Optimized Obtainer. The company offers strawberry harvesting as a service: each harvester carries 16 independently working robots, steers itself through the field using LiDAR that builds a 360 degree 3D view, and uses AI and machine learning to scan each berry for ripeness and health. It says it holds 13 patents in the US and abroad, runs an Early Adopter Program for growers who invest in its harvester, and plans to move from the US strawberry market into other crops and countries. Its Form D filings report $450,000 sold from a $1,000,000 offering in May 2014, $809,360 sold from a $1,500,000 offering begun in February 2015 as of a March 2017 amendment, $450,000 sold from a $3,000,000 offering filed in March 2017, $1,285,000 sold from a $4,500,000 offering in June 2018, and $500,000 each from offerings of $4,600,000 in August 2019 and $6,600,000 in October 2022.
- Latest funding
- $500K
- Total funding
- $3.99M
- Latest valuation
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- Founded
- 2012
- Country
- United States
- Oct 31, 2022Private offering (Form D, partial)$500K
- Aug 19, 2019Private offering (Form D, partial)$500K
- Jun 11, 2018Private offering (Form D, partial)$1.29M
- Mar 7, 2017Private offering (Form D/A, partial)$809K
- Mar 7, 2017Private offering (Form D, partial)$450K