FarmDroid, an agtech company based in Vejen, Denmark, has secured a €10.5 million investment to drive its global expansion.

The FarmDroid robot can sow, remove weeds, and reduce pesticides usage with a new micro spray system, all while operating continuously in the field, powered by solar energy.

With the funding, led by Convent Capital, with participation from EIFO and Navus Ventures, providing a total of nearly DKK 80 million, FarmDroid is set to expand further globally, targeting both organic and conventional open-field farming.

The company’s robot is capable of sowing, weeding and precision spraying, and autonomously operates around the clock. The recent introduction of the spot spraying application now opens the door to broader adoption in conventional farming.

The robot’s propulsion is provided by electric motors powered by solar panels mounted above the robot. The robot is designed like a food processor, where new modules can be added and removed, and the sowing and weeding rows can be adjusted in width and number.

“This investment contributes both with competences and financial resources dedicated to scaling the business, increasing our impact, and promoting sustainable and economically attractive solutions for agriculture,” says René Jannick Jørgensen, CEO of FarmDroid.

FarmDroid was founded by brothers Jens and Kristian Warming from Vejen, who built the first prototype themselves from scrap parts. Today, FarmDroid claims it has the world’s best-selling sowing and weeding robot, with over 500 robots sold in more than 20 countries across three continents.