Outdoor Farming requires lots of water and nutrients and is exposed to pest and pollutants
R&D Focus
Vertical Farming
Innovative Solution
Groots offers a technology that utilizes a vertical production system that allows them to produce forty times and with no soil
Solution Effectiveness
Groots enables its users to get their plants pesticide-free
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
$2.32M
Last Funding Amount
$1.6M
Last Funding Date
Oct 04, 2023
Startup Stage
Early-Stage
Lead Investors
Tech Transfer Agrifood, EIT Food, Clave Capital
Customers
Carrefour, Eroski, Sorli, Alcampo
People
Founders
Alessandro Calcagno
Carlos Chereguini
Joaquim Bas
Board Members
CEO
Joaquim Bas
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Groots has set an ambitious expansion plan to reach the Community of Madrid and other areas of Spain
Investment Funding
the start-up is about to close a financing round of 3 million euros (the intention is to raise it during the first quarter of the year, although half of the round is already closed)