Tortuga Agricultural Technologies
Robotic harvesting system with computer vision and machine learning for automated fruit picking in controlled environment agriculture
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- DENVER, CO
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $12.8M, Feb 2021
- Total capital
- $21.6M
- Federal grants
- $1.2M
- 2 awards · 2019–2020
- Rank in peer group#20 of 28
- Private capital raised
- $20.3M
- 3 Form D · last Feb 2021
- 68 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 2 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#2 of 28
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$12.8M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Autonomous harvesting, mapping, and forecasting for fresh produce through application of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$5M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Autonomous harvesting, mapping, and forecasting for fresh produce through application of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning$225K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.6M
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Standing among 28 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#2 · top 7%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Tim BrackbillResearcherDirectorLinked by $1.2M in grants as PI
- Eric AdamsonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Larry PageDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Marc TarpenningDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rob VeresDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Timothy BrackbillDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 6- GrantedEnd Effector For HarvestingUSPTOUS 12,178,160
- GrantedEnd Effector For HarvestingUSPTOUS 11,716,934
- GrantedEnd Effector For HarvestingUSPTOUS 11,406,060
Show all 6 patent records
- End Effector For HarvestingDec 31, 2024 · US 12,178,160Granted
- End Effector For HarvestingAug 8, 2023 · US 11,716,934Granted
- End Effector For HarvestingAug 9, 2022 · US 11,406,060Granted
- Robotic Harvesting System With A Gantry SystemDec 21, 2021 · US 11,202,409Granted
- End Effector For HarvestingApplication PCTUS2022014955Pending
- Robotic Harvesting System With A Gantry SystemApplication PCTUS2021060359Pending
Related companies, and why
- TORTUGA AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES INCShares a founder: Tim Brackbill
- MANZANITA COOPERATIVE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- RARE EARTH GENOMICS TEXAS, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- VinSense, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- OPERA BIOSCIENCE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- LUMINOVA BIOTECH LLCSimilar 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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