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

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/four-growers-raises-a-9m-series-a-led-by-basset-capital-to-scale-its-gr-9aef291f
Date: 5 Dec 2024
About: [Four Growers](https://technooptimist.io/companies/four-growers.md) · [GR-100 Tomato Harvester](https://technooptimist.io/agriculture/gr-100.md)
Original source: https://globalaginvesting.com/four-growers-secures-9m-in-series-a-round-for-ai-powered-crop-harvesting-robots/

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.

## Key facts

- 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

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