CANOPII INC.
Fully automated robotic greenhouse production system for leafy greens and herbs
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Portland, OR
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $50K, May 2022
- Total capital
- $1.9M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 2 awards · 2023–2025
- Rank in peer group#3 of 199
- Private capital raised
- $50K
- 1 Form D · last May 2022
- 53 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 3 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantAgriculture · Small And Mid-sized Farms In The United States Are Facing Significant Challenges In Maintaining Profitability, Particularly When Competing With Large-scale Agricultural Operations. These Smaller Farms Often Turn To Specialty Crops Like Herbs And Vegetables To Differentiate Themselves, But The Labor Costs Associated With Manual Harvesting And Packaging These Crops Can Be Prohibitively High. This Project Aims To Address This Issue By Developing A Novel Automated System For Harvesting And Handling $175K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II:Full-Scale Demonstration of Autonomous Robotic Greenhouse for Sustainable Local Food Production$1.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$50K
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Standing among 199 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#3 · top 2%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- David AshtonResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $1.7M in grants as PI
- Justin GravettExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 3- PendingAutonomous GreenhouseUSPTOApplication 17938212
- PendingSystems And Methods For Robotic FarmingUSPTOApplication 63363474
- PendingSystems And Methods For Robotic FarmingUSPTOApplication 63363467
Related companies, and why
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- Acadia Harvest, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AGRAFILMS INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Vesprsolar, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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