Grodi, a company
focused on autonomous robotics and computer vision for intensive agriculture,
has secured a €2.5 million investment round led by Swanlaab Innvierte Agri FoodTech, with participation from Axon Desarrollo Andalucía and Innvierte, SICC del
CDTI.
Founded in 2022 in
Almería by Samuel Ruíz, Natalia Gálvez, and Ana Molina, Grodi has built a
multidisciplinary team spanning engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence,
and agronomy. The company develops technology tailored to the specific needs of
Mediterranean intensive agriculture, enabling growers, cooperatives, and seed
companies to work with objective, standardised, and continuous data to reduce
uncertainty and improve decision-making.
At the core of its
offering is VEGA 11, an autonomous robot designed to operate independently in
Mediterranean greenhouses while delivering full plant visibility through
advanced computer vision.
The system combines
proprietary hardware, machine-learning algorithms, and large-scale data
analytics to help growers optimise agronomic management, anticipate plant
health issues, and estimate crop yields with high precision. Grodi’s digital
platform centralises this information in real time to support safer, more
efficient, and more sustainable operations.
Providing practical
tools that simplify farmers’ day-to-day production management remains a central
objective for the company. As CEO Ana Molina noted:
The
sector needs solutions that reduce costs, improve resource-use efficiency, and
standardise processes. VEGA is demonstrating that automation and computer
vision can radically transform daily crop management.
Grodi is now in a
key growth phase, focused on scaling the commercial deployment of VEGA 11 while
expanding its broader technology portfolio with additional products designed
for real-world agricultural use.
The new funding
will support the industrialisation of the VEGA 11 robot, strengthen the
company’s commercial presence across Spain’s main horticultural regions, and
advance its international expansion strategy in a market increasingly demanding
productivity, efficiency, and sustainability gains.