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YC-backed Four Growers builds robots to help solve greenhouse labor shortages
Four Growers built robots that can pick maneuver around greenhouses and pick tomatoes with more crop capabilities on the way.
When Brandon Contino and co-founder Dan Chi were developing Four Growers’ produce-harvesting robots, they practically lived in a greenhouse for an entire year. The Pittsburgh-based company just raised a $9 million Series A round led by Basset Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Ospraie Ag Science, and other existing investors. Seso is an agtech startup that is tackling the industry’s labor shortage through a different lens: making it easier for farms to bring on migrant workers.
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