Regenerative agriculture practices, such as weed control that would otherwise be handled by spraying chemicals, can be labor intensive, as even a casual gardener can attest. With nearly 40% of farmers in Germany aged 55 or older, that’s a lot of aching backs.
Nature Robots, a spin-off from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, makes software and autonomous field robots for precision agriculture for use on organic, regenerative agriculture and photovoltaic farms and vineyards.
The startup raised €4 million ($4.5 million) in seed funding from Climentum Capital, Bayern Kapital, and food-focused Planetary Impact Ventures. Its software maps plants to identify crop stress, enables 3D navigation, and eliminates weeds with precision lasers, which the company says reduces chemical inputs by up to 90%.
“Our autonomy platform enables machinery manufacturers to embark on the necessary transformation very quickly without having to invest billions in in-house development,” said Nature Robots’ Sebastian Pütz.
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Nature Robots last year landed €6.5 million, including €4 million in equity, from the European Innovation Council Accelerator. The ag robotics sector has seen funding grow from $837 million in 2024 to $898 million last year. Switzerland-based Ecorobotix recorded 2025’s largest deal, raising $105 million in a series D round. US-based maker of humanoid robots Beyond Imagination, which has applications in agriculture and surgical assistance, raised $100 million.
Other notable raises include Greece-based Terra Robotics which landed €1.8 million for laser weeding, US-based automation company for vineyardsOrchard Robotics which raised $22 million last year, Norway-based Saga Robotics with €9.5 million and Denmark-based FarmDroid which landed €10.5 million for its solar-powered farm robots.
