Israeli agtech start-up AgriPass Robotics completed its seed round with $7.5 million in funding, led by Harbor Venture Consulting and existing investor E44 Climate Ventures, as the company works towards commercialising its robots, including through strategic partners with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Fyled.
Founded in 2023, AgriPass offers mechanized weeders, called Robot of Human Inspired Cultivation (RHIC), which use computer vision coupled with contextual AI to detect and remove weeds at the root level, the company shared. AgriPass’ AI is based on proprietary data, including soil, crop, and agronomy insights, and calculates how best to remove weeds without the use of chemicals, Liron Yanay, CEO of AgriPass, told AgTechNavigator.
RHIC is a rideable vehicle designed for small- and medium-sized fields, while Extended Robot Human Inspired Cultivation (ERHIC) is for larger operations, which is an implement towed behind tractors, she added.
Currently, the technology removes 80-85% of the weeds in a field, with more than 97% of crops staying intact, with these percentages expected to increase as the AI improves, Yanay explained.
“We are trying to mimic the most sustainable solution, which is manual labor, but we need to bring a solution that is doing it fast but [also sustainably],” Yanay said. “If we are not going to do something with less chemicals and less tillage, we will continue to see non-viable businesses in farming because the erosion affects the productivity, and the chemicals affect the resistance of the weeds.”
AgriPass’ growth trajectory: $1 million in revenues in 2026
AgriPass will use the seed funding to move from prototyping to pre-commercial activities, while the following round will be used to scale up commercial operations, Yanay explained. As part of the seed funding, AgriPass received $1.7 million in non-dilutive grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority.
The agtech start-up already has EU and U.S. customers lined up and is expected to generate more than $1 million in 2026 through contracted business, Yanay noted. Additionally, AgriPass is commercializing its software through a partnership with Italy-based OEM Fyeld.
As part of the partnership, Fyeld will integrate AgriPass’ adaptive sensing technology into its machinery portfolio, including harvesters, sprayers, weeders, and more across its various brands.
“The strategic partnership with AgriPass is consistent with our goal of maintaining a high level of innovation and expertise within the Fyeld Group, particularly in advanced optical systems based on optical vision and image processing systems, which drastically improve the performance of our machines,” Livio Marchiori, Fyeld Group chairman, said in a statement.
