FOUR GROWERS, INC.
Robotic tomato harvesting system with machine learning vision algorithm
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- TURTLE CREEK, PA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $4.1M, Sep 2024
- Total capital
- $10.2M
- Federal grants
- $100K
- 1 award · 2018
- Rank in peer group#13 of 87
- Private capital raised
- $10.1M
- 5 Form D · last Sep 2024
- 25 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 2
- 9 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#13 of 87
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$4.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$250K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$560K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.1M
- Federal grantAgriculture · A Novel Robotic Solution For Improving Tomato Harvesting Process In Greenhouses. Includes Design Of A New Machine Learning Vision Algorithm For Harvesting.$100K
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Federal first
4months
from FOUR GROWERS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Aug 2018
- Agriculture · $100K
- First Form D · Dec 2018
- $1.1M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 87 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#13 · top 15%
- Granted patents#13 · top 15%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Aldo ZiniDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brandon ContinoExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Chris PapourasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John OverbeckDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John P. QuayleExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Yun-Nuo ChiExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 11- PendingProduce Packing CartUSPTOApplication 18537210
- PendingProduce Harvesting SystemUSPTOApplication 18537272
- GrantedAutomated Packing CartUSPTOUS 11,993,468
Show all 11 patent records
- Produce Packing CartJun 13, 2024 · Application 18537210Pending
- Produce Harvesting SystemJun 13, 2024 · Application 18537272Pending
- Automated Packing CartMay 28, 2024 · US 11,993,468Granted
- Crop Harvesting RobotJan 31, 2023 · US 11,565,284Granted
- Automated Packing CartApplication PCTUS2020054539Pending
- Crop Harvesting RobotApplication PCTUS2020015795Pending
- Automated Packing CartApplication 62911500Pending
- Crop Harvesting RobotApplication 62799337Pending
- Produce Harvesting SystemApplication PCTUS2023083590Pending
- Produce Packing CartApplication 63432082Pending
- Produce Harvesting SystemApplication 63432085Pending
Related companies, and why
- AQUA YIELD OPERATIONS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Grubbly Farms Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- RIPELOCKER, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Forelight, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Zimitech, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Indoor Harvest CorpSimilar 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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