Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) le Flex theknoloji accelerator Lab IX ba tseteletse ho Lijalo, mofani oa nosetso e ikamahanyang le maemo. CropX e rera ho sebelisa litšebelisano tsa maano ho potlakisa nts'etsopele ea lihlahisoa le ho holisa kamohelo ea 'maraka. Ka tandem, CropX e boetse e senotse mofuta o mocha oa li-sensor tsa eona tsa mobu.
Saense ea thepa ea CropX e thusa lihoai ho utloisisa hamolemo tšebeliso ea metsi masimong a tsona, k'hamphani e boletse. Li-sensor tsa eona tsa mobu tse theko e tlase li ka eketsa chai ha ka nako e ts'oanang li fokotsa tšebeliso ea metsi ka karolo ea boraro, ho latela k'hamphani. Ka nako e le 'ngoe feela ea nosetso, li-sensor tsa CropX li kentsoe lihekthere tse likete tsa lijalo tsohle tse kholo tsa mela le ho bonts'a boleng bo boholo, ho boletse CropX.
Khamphani e boletse hore RBVC, k'hamphani ea khoebo ea Bosch Group, e tsetelelitse ho CropX ka lebaka la katleho ea eona ea theknoloji ea sensor ea mobu, sethala sa scalable IoT, litlhahlobo tse matla le litšitiso tse tlase, mohlala oa khoebo oa SaaS.
CropX e boetse e hlahisitse mofuta o mocha oa li-sensor tsa mobu. Hona joale lihoai li ka kenya li-sensor tse kang screw ka nako e ka tlase ho metsotso e mene, ho latela k'hamphani. Li-sensor li rekisoa ka $380, le lipeeletso tsa selemo le selemo, tse fumanehang ka smartphone, li qala ho $220/sensor.
Chelete ea khamphani ea Series A, e neng e atolositsoe ho tloha ho $ 9 milione ho isa ho $ 10 milione ho amohela thahasello ea batseteli, e se e koetsoe. Batseteli ba etelletseng pele ba AgTech Finistere Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, GreenSoil Investments le OurCrowd ba amohetse tlatsetso ea RBVC le Flex. Tšehetso ea lichelete e tla tšehetsa khōlo e tsoelang pele ea k'hamphani le nts'etsopele ea lihlahisoa, ho kenyelletsa le tsoelo-pele ea phepo e nepahetseng, tšireletso ea limela, ho lema le kotulo, CropX e boletse. Jan Westerhues, molekane wa botsetedi ho RBVC, o tla kena boto e le molebedi. Ho feta moo, Katharine Gregorio o se a eletsa k'hamphani ho latela mosebetsi oa hae oa pele le Cargill le The Climate Corporation.