alt Hacker NewsI invested in Small Robots Co (https://smallrobotco.com/) who were doing something similar. They had a good product, good brand, raised some funding, and were starting to get traction, with robots in trials on a number of farms, but at the end of the day they ran out of funding before they reached default-alive.
It's a tough space - convincing farmers to give it a go and running trials takes time and the UK isn't a very startup-friendly environment - investors are too often looking for a quick return.
This is such an important area - it's only going to become more critical to be able to grow more food whilst using less fertiliser and weed killer - so I wish you the very best of luck!
Nice to meet an SRC investor :)
Yes, it was all very sad the way SRC ended.
Coincidentally, we're based fairly close to where they operated. We are in touch with some of the people that used to be involved with SRC, and have been able to learn from some of their experiences. There is agreement that the UK can be difficult for this kind of startup, but also about the importance of the product area.