hexafarms.

Berlin greenhouse-tech company (TechFundingNews 6 Oct 2026: “Berlin agtech hexafarms”). Official site hexafarms.com. Sells greenhouse sensors and the SPOT scouting robot by subscription, keeping ownership of the hardware (TechFundingNews). CEO/founder David Ahmed (FinSMEs; AgNavigator 6 Oct 2026 interview). HortiDaily / TechFundingNews / FinSMEs / AgNavigator 6 Oct 2026: €4.8M seed led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Green Generation Fund, with Grey Silo Ventures, better ventures, and existing backers Speedinvest, Mudcake and Techstars; also a Rentenbank Startup Grant plus a subordinated loan of up to €800,000. 50+ growers in 13 countries; ~50 cultivars (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines, berries); expansion across DACH, Benelux and Spain. Named customers SanLucar, Elo, Royal ZON. TechFundingNews: customers managed €300M+ of produce on the system in 2026, per the company.

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At a glance.

Markets: Greenhouse scouting · Protected horticulture
Regions served: DACH · Benelux · Spain · 13 countries (press, 6 Oct 2026)

People

The team.

David Ahmed

CEO and founder

Company funding · hexafarms

Funding & investors.

Oct 6, 2026

Seed

HortiDaily / TechFundingNews / FinSMEs / AgNavigator 6 Oct 2026: €4.8 million seed led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Green Generation Fund, with Grey Silo Ventures, better ventures, and existing backers Speedinvest, Mudcake and Techstars. Also a Rentenbank Startup Grant plus a subordinated loan of up to €800,000. Amount stored in EUR; USD equivalent not published — amount_usd left null.

hortidaily.com ↗ techfundingnews.com ↗ finsmes.com ↗ agnavigator.com ↗

Product family · 1 robot

The machines.

hexafarms

Announced

hexafarms SPOT

Official hexafarms.com/robotics (accessed 2026-10-06): greenhouse scouting robot. Specs on that page: 1,920 images captured daily; 1 m/sec continuous row navigation; zero facility modifications / no rails or greenhouse modification. Page invites growers to “Join the deployment” with “Early-mover pricing.” HortiDaily: robots scan every plant every day across 2–3 hectares, detecting early pests and disease. No price published. Official still on file (card-scouting JPEG; machine lettered hexafarms SPOT). The robotics-page robot-scene image is a CGI render and was not used.

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Catalog updates

News & developments.

Product news · Oct 6, 2026

Can computers grow better crops? Hexafarms raises €4.8m to find out ↗

agnavigator.com

David Ahmed · CEO and founder

AgNavigator 6 Oct 2026: interview with hexafarms CEO/founder David Ahmed covering the €4.8m seed and the greenhouse scouting/sensor stack.

Product news · Oct 6, 2026

Hexafarms Raises €4.8M in Funding ↗

finsmes.com

David Ahmed · CEO and founder

FinSMEs 6 Oct 2026: hexafarms raised €4.8M. Seed led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Green Generation Fund, with Grey Silo Ventures, better ventures, and existing backers Speedinvest, Mudcake and Techstars; also a Rentenbank Startup Grant plus a subordinated loan of up to €800,000. Names CEO/founder David Ahmed.

Product news · Oct 6, 2026

Berlin agtech hexafarms raises €4.8m to sell greenhouse sensors and scouting robots by subscription ↗

techfundingnews.com

TechFundingNews 6 Oct 2026: Berlin agtech hexafarms raised €4.8m. Subscription model, with hexafarms keeping ownership of the hardware. Named customers SanLucar, Elo, Royal ZON. Customers managed €300M+ of produce on the system in 2026, per the company.

Product news · Oct 6, 2026

Raising €4.8 million to cut the guesswork out of commercial horticulture ↗

hortidaily.com

HortiDaily 6 Oct 2026: hexafarms raised €4.8 million. Robots scan every plant every day across 2–3 hectares, detecting early pests and disease. 50+ growers in 13 countries; ~50 cultivars (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines, berries); expansion across DACH, Benelux and Spain.