Friday, June 29, 2018

GroGuru Gets $250K In Seed Funding

GroGuru, a startup developing irrigation automation technology for the agriculture industry, has raise $250,000 in a seed funding from Western Growers and Radicle Growth. GroGuru is part of San Diego- and Irvine's EvoNexus startup incubator, and develops a precision soil and irrigation monitoring system. The funding was part of the Radicle Automation Challenge, a competition which focused on technology to improve on-farm efficiencies in the light of a severe labor shortage in the agricultural market. According to Western Growers and Radicle Growth, the new funding will help GroGuru advance its automation technology. GroGuru is led by CEO Patrick Henry. EvoNexus operates incubator locations in San Diego and Irvine.

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