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£1,088,930
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£400,000

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Farmer-backed agtech startup building sustainable farming robots. Small Robot Company has now transitioned from prototype to commercial service, using an autonomous robot and their AI software to deliver a weed map to paying customers, including Waitrose.

  • Lead investor VC 7percent Ventures, who followed from previous round
  • Non-chemical weeding robot prototype now in field trials
  • 104 farmers managing over 53,000 hectares have signed EOI
  • We overfunded by 298% in our 2020 Crowdcube campaign
Information This is a private pitch, open to the company's existing investors only. It is therefore not necessary for Crowdcube to approve this pitch as a financial promotion. As Crowdcube has not carried out any due diligence on this pitch, the Due Diligence Charter does not apply. Investors should carry out their own due diligence and take professional advice where necessary. Investors who choose to participate in this funding round should read all available documentation before investing. The Company will be applying to the Future Fund for funding to match the amount raised through Crowdcube. Matched funding will be on the same terms as those being offered to the Crowd. Please see the key terms document below for a summary of these terms.

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Tom, Dick & Harry will plant, monitor & treat arable crops autonomously. Field-ready prototype of our non-chemical weeding robot Dick is now in field trials. This was a key goal from our last raise.
A field-ready prototype of our Dick non-chemical weeding robot is now in trials. This was a key goal from our last raise. Commercial non-chemical weeding is anticipated in autumn 2021.
A field-ready prototype of our Dick non-chemical weeding robot is now in trials. This was a key goal from our last raise. Commercial non-chemical weeding is anticipated in autumn 2021.
We are now manufacturing a small fleet of commercial Tom robots with our partner, Tharsus. This was a key goal from our last raise. Tom is now delivering SRC's first commercial service, weed mapping.
We are now manufacturing a small fleet of commercial Tom robots with our partner, Tharsus. This was a key goal from our last raise. Tom is now delivering SRC's first commercial service, weed mapping.
Artificial Intelligence Advice Engine Wilma is now complete and being tested. She will be commercially available from October.
Artificial Intelligence Advice Engine Wilma is now complete and being tested. She will be commercially available from October.
Media coverage includes a feature article in the Economist (with the cartoon of our robot), as well as articles in the Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Times, Guardian, Farmers Weekly, BBC News and WIRED.
Media coverage includes a feature article in the Economist (with the cartoon of our robot), as well as articles in the Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Times, Guardian, Farmers Weekly, BBC News and WIRED.
Selected for the prestigious Department for International Trade Agritech Lookbook, we've attended multiple trade missions. Picture here at UK-Africa investment summit, with Africa Minister Andrew Stephenson.
Selected for the prestigious Department for International Trade Agritech Lookbook, we've attended multiple trade missions. Picture here at UK-Africa investment summit, with Africa Minister Andrew Stephenson.
SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company have signed an agreement to co-develop swarms of fourth generation autonomous aerial and terrestrial robots to transform Latin American Agriculture with Per Plant Farming.
SpaceTime Labs and Small Robot Company have signed an agreement to co-develop swarms of fourth generation autonomous aerial and terrestrial robots to transform Latin American Agriculture with Per Plant Farming.
Our ethos is by farmers, for farmers: 104 farmers managing over 53,000 hectares have signed expressions of interest, including the National Trust and Waitrose estate farms, investing £500k+ in pre-seed rounds.
Our ethos is by farmers, for farmers: 104 farmers managing over 53,000 hectares have signed expressions of interest, including the National Trust and Waitrose estate farms, investing £500k+ in pre-seed rounds.
SRC has been hand-selected for the UK Government TechNation's first ever Net Zero programme - the first cohort of an exclusive network of UK tech companies that are scaling towards a more sustainable tomorrow.
SRC has been hand-selected for the UK Government TechNation's first ever Net Zero programme - the first cohort of an exclusive network of UK tech companies that are scaling towards a more sustainable tomorrow.
TechCrunch Europas awards: SRC won Europe’s Hottest Ag Tech/Food Tech Startup 2019. Other awards include CogX Best AI Product in Agriculture 2019 and finalist London Business Awards 2020, Impact: Environment.
TechCrunch Europas awards: SRC won Europe’s Hottest Ag Tech/Food Tech Startup 2019. Other awards include CogX Best AI Product in Agriculture 2019 and finalist London Business Awards 2020, Impact: Environment.

Imagine a world in which we could use swarms of lightweight, smart machines to replace tractors and make food production more accurate, sustainable and profitable.

Our mission is to work with farmers to create a farming system without compromise: we call this Per Plant Farming. Our three small robots, Tom, Dick and Harry and our AI brain Wilma will plant, monitor and treat arable crops autonomously.

Goldman Sachs estimates that the market for digital agricultural technology will be $240bn by 2050 (up from just over $5bn today).

Our valuation is due to see a significant uplift in the autumn when we will already hit all the milestones from our last raise. We are filing key patents and delivering on multiple technology and commercial goals.

Our ambition is to get at least £1million of pilot contracts in place by the middle of next year.

Covid-19 has seen an increased focus on food security. With a 40% rise in funding for farm robotics sector start-ups, this is a signal to accelerate. Led by VC 7percent Ventures, our government Future Fund raise will fuel this.

Due to high demand, this investment round will be exclusive to existing investors only, and may close early. Invest at minimum 20% discount before next raise.

Agriculture is a $5 trillion global industry on the cusp of transformative change and we are well-positioned to be at the centre of it.

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