Farmwise Labs, Inc.
Autonomous agricultural robots for precision weeding and crop management
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, CA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $8M, Mar 2025
- Total capital
- $89M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $89M
- 8 Form D · last Mar 2025
- 20 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 11
- 24 pending · first 2019
- Rank in peer group#5 of 57
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$3.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$45.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$15.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$4.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$615K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1M
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Standing among 57 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Granted patents#5 · top 9%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Thomas PalomaresResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 3 patents
- Garrick KremesecResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 1 patent
- Bruce LeakDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Clay MitchellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel KirsteinExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jason SchoettlerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
- Sebastien BoyerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tjarko LeiferExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 11 granted of 35- New patentMethod For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldUSPTOUS 12,757,808
- GrantedAutomated Agriculture ImplementUSPTOUS 12,740,554
- PendingSpacing-aware Plant Detection Model For Agriculture Task ControlUSPTOApplication 18857770
Show all 35 patent records
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldOct 13, 2026 · US 12,757,808Granted
- Automated Agriculture ImplementSep 22, 2026 · US 12,740,554Granted
- Spacing-aware Plant Detection Model For Agriculture Task ControlOct 23, 2025 · Application 18857770Pending
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationOct 9, 2025 · Application 19244053Pending
- Automated Agriculture ImplementAug 21, 2025 · Application 19204248Pending
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldJun 3, 2025 · US 12,317,881Granted
- Crop Detection System And/or Method ThereforeApr 24, 2025 · Application 18921831Pending
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldFeb 13, 2025 · Application 18929185Pending
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldJan 21, 2025 · US 12,201,044Granted
- Crop Detection System And/or MethodJan 9, 2025 · Application 18891254Pending
- Crop Detection System And/or MethodOct 22, 2024 · US 12,120,973Granted
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationAug 15, 2024 · Application 18642591Pending
- Automated Agriculture ImplementAug 8, 2024 · Application 18435924Pending
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationMay 28, 2024 · US 11,991,940Granted
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldMar 7, 2023 · US 11,596,139Granted
- Spacing-Aware Plant Detection Model for Agricultural Task ControlJan 17, 2023 · US 11,553,636Granted
- Method For Analyzing Individual Plants In An Agricultural FieldFeb 1, 2022 · US 11,237,563Granted
- Method For Analyzing Individual Plants In An Agricultural FieldMay 20, 2021 · Application 17100780Pending
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationNov 24, 2020 · US 10,845,810Granted
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldOct 29, 2019 · US 10,455,826Granted
- Crop Detection System And/or Method ThereforApplication 63592046Pending
- Crop Detection System And/or MethodApplication PCTUS2024014848Pending
- Method For Analyzing Individual Plants In An Agricultural FieldApplication 62938026Pending
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldApplication 62925186Pending
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationApplication PCTUS2019046321Pending
- Method For Autonomous Detection Of Crop Location Based On Tool Depth And LocationApplication 62718330Pending
- Method For Autonomously Weeding Crops In An Agricultural FieldApplication 62626602Pending
- Automated Agriculture ImplementApplication PCTUS2024014887Pending
- Crop Detection System And/or MethodApplication 63468111Pending
- Automated Agriculture ImplementApplication 63463255Pending
- Spacing-aware Plant Detection Model For Agriculture Task ControlApplication PCTUS2023017941Pending
- Crop Detection System And/or Method ThereforApplication 63676813Pending
- Crop Detection System And/or MethodApplication 63443936Pending
- Automated Weeding SystemApplication 63443925Pending
- Method For Analyzing Individual Plants In An Agricultural FieldApplication PCTUS2020061679Pending
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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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