Four Growers raises a $9M Series A led by Basset Capital to scale its GR-100 tomato-harvesting robot

Four Growers/GR-100 Tomato Harvester

Pittsburgh-based Four Growers closed a $9 million Series A led by Basset Capital, with Y Combinator and Ospraie Ag Science, bringing its total to $15 million. The money goes to building more GR-100 robots and expanding across North America, Europe and Oceania.

• Its robot arms have picked millions of tomatoes for a handful of customers
• CEO Brandon Contino: greenhouse tomatoes are 50% of US fresh tomato consumption
• Longer term the company aims at outdoor farms and other fruit and vegetables