Guardian Agriculture company profile
Guardian Agriculture built the SC1 autonomous electric eVTOL aircraft for commercial crop spraying. The company raised a $20 million Series A in 2023 and reported FAA approval and customer orders, but Robot Report coverage in 2025 said the drone startup had shut down.
Facts
- Segment: Agriculture
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2017
- Website: https://www.guardian.ag/
Profile sections
- Summary
- Market context
- Facts
- Events
- Operations / Deployments
- Team
- Relationships
- Context tags
- Customers and deployments
- Sources
Summary
Guardian Agriculture built the SC1 autonomous electric eVTOL aircraft for commercial crop spraying. The company raised a $20 million Series A in 2023 and reported FAA approval and customer orders, but Robot Report coverage in 2025 said the drone startup had shut down.
Market context
Guardian Agriculture developed autonomous eVTOL crop-spraying drones for agricultural application workflows.
Facts
- Website: https://www.guardian.ag/
- HQ: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded: 2017
- Segment: Agriculture
- Funding total: $30.5M
- Known funding rounds: 2
- Latest funding date: 2023-06-20
Events
- 2023-12-04 - Deployment - Guardian begins commercial eVTOL crop-spraying operations in Salinas Valley - The event is a deployment because the aircraft were operating in a named agricultural region.
- 2023-05-09 - Regulatory - Guardian Agriculture receives FAA authorization for commercial eVTOL operations - The approval allowed Guardian Agriculture to operate crop-spraying eVTOL systems nationwide.
- 2022-06-28 - Partnership - Guardian Agriculture and Wilbur-Ellis sign autonomous aerial-application agreement - The agreement linked Guardian's eVTOL crop-spraying system with Wilbur-Ellis agricultural services.
Operations / Deployments
- 2023-12-04 - Deployment - Guardian begins commercial eVTOL crop-spraying operations in Salinas Valley - The event is a deployment because the aircraft were operating in a named agricultural region.
- 2023-05-09 - Regulatory - Guardian Agriculture receives FAA authorization for commercial eVTOL operations - The approval allowed Guardian Agriculture to operate crop-spraying eVTOL systems nationwide.
Team
- Adam Bercu - Co-founder and CEO - Bercu led Guardian during development and commercialization of its autonomous eVTOL crop-protection aircraft.
- Jeff Sparks - Co-founder - Founder context supports Guardian's electric crop-protection aircraft and agriculture robotics profile.
Relationships
- crop-spraying deployment - Guardian Agriculture began commercial eVTOL crop-spraying operations in California's Salinas Valley.
- go-to-market partner - Guardian Agriculture and Wilbur-Ellis signed a multimillion-dollar autonomous aerial-application agreement.
Context tags
- Autonomous drone operations - Capability - Guardian SC1 aircraft supported autonomous agricultural spray operations.
- Enterprise drone OEM - Peer Group - Guardian manufactured an autonomous agricultural UAS platform.
- Field agriculture robotics - Peer Group - Guardian built autonomous eVTOL crop-protection aircraft for farms.
Customers and deployments
- Acres Per Hour - up to 60 acres/hour - 2023-12-04 - commercial agriculture customers - crop spraying - Guardian says a single eVTOL system can cover up to 60 acres per hour. - source posture: Company Disclosed
- Deployed Aircraft Count - 4 eVTOL aircraft - 2023-12-04 - commercial agriculture customers - crop spraying - Guardian Agriculture began commercial crop-spraying operations with four eVTOL aircraft in California’s Salina…
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