FarmWise

Market context

FarmWise develops robotic systems for precision vegetable farming. Its Vulcan platform combines computer vision and mechanical weeding to automate crop-care tasks in commercial produce fields.

Products

• Vulcan

Facts

• Website: https://farmwise.io/
• HQ: Salinas, United States
• Segment: agricultural robotics
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2022-06-01 - Series B - $45M - FarmWise raises $45M Series B for robotic weeding - source: prnewswire.com

Investors

• Calibrate Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• Fall Line Capital; Middleland Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• GV - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• Playground Global - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• SVG Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• Taylor Farms - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01
• Wilbur-Ellis - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-01

Events

• 2025-04-04 - Acquisition - Taylor Farms acquires FarmWise business - The acquisition followed FarmWise winding down operations in April 2025. Taylor Farms positioned the deal around sustainable agriculture and grower productivity tools. The event adds concrete context for agricultural robotics and outdoor autonomy workflows.
• 2023-02-14 - Product Launch - FarmWise launches Vulcan weeding implement - Vulcan was named to the World Ag Expo Top-10 New Products list. Pre-orders opened for single-bed and triple-bed models with first deliveries scheduled for late Q3 2023. The event adds concrete context for agricultural robotics and outdoor autonomy workflows.
• 2022-06-01 - Funding - FarmWise raises $45M Series B for robotic weeding - Fall Line Capital and Middleland Capital led the round. GV, Taylor Farms, Calibrate Ventures, Playground Global, SVG Ventures and Wilbur-Ellis participated. The event adds concrete context for agricultural robotics and outdoor autonomy workflows.
• 2020-06-20 - Deployment - FarmWise operates Titan weeders in Salinas Valley - FarmWise offered Titan as a service charged by the acre. The deployment put autonomous weeding robots into commercial specialty-crop field operations. The event adds concrete context for agricultural robotics and outdoor autonomy workflows.

Team

• Tjarko Leifer - Chief Executive Officer - Leifer leads FarmWise as its AI-based precision weeding technology moves into Taylor Farms field operations and broader agriculture automation.

Context tags

• Agriculture robotics builder - Peer Group - Profile source supports this robotics context.
• Agriculture robotics companies - Peer Group - Profile source supports this robotics context.
• Crop weeding - Workflow - Profile QA added approved context tag matching company robotics exposure.
• Field agriculture robotics - Peer Group - Profile QA added approved context tag matching company robotics exposure.

Articles

• FarmWise is building Vulcan into precision vegetable weeding - 2023-02-14 - A February 14, 2023 Vulcan launch, sub-inch weed removal, and live teleoperations support give FarmWise a vegetable-crop automation anchor.