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Bear Flag Robotics
Autonomous farming tractors
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Transport
- Robotics
- Agriculture
- Automation
- Newark, CA
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Company mission
Bear Flag Robotics' mission is to use technology to help farmers improve efficiency and productivity.
Our take
Increased demand, labor shortages, high costs and tight deadlines have put farmers under enormous pressure. Bear Flag Robotics is setting out to help solve this problem with its autonomous farming machinery.
Through their autonomous tractors, farmers are able to execute all the work they need, regardless of how successful they are at sourcing labour. The company are not focused on replacing farmworkers entirely, but instead free them from mundane, time-sensitive tasks. Bear Flag Robotics have successfully deployed autonomous tractors solutions at multiple farms within the US, and are now looking to scale their operations.
Bear Flag Robotics main challenge was securing funding and competing with other automation and robotics companies. However, the company was bought by agriculture giant John Deere in 2021 for $250 million, and with this backing is likely to see impressive wins in the next decade.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Annual & incentive bonuses
- Healthcare & 401(k)
- Health & wellness stipend
- Cell phone & internet stipend
- Open vacation
- Flexible work hours & location
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2021
$7.9m
SEED
Sep 2018
$3.5m
SEED
Total funding: $11.4m
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Leadership
Igino Cafiero
(CEO)Previously worked as a Software Engineer at Broadcom and Insieme Networks. Was a Product Manager at Cisco and part of Y Combinator's 2018 cohort.
Aubrey Donnellan
(COO)Previously worked as a Senior Strategy Consultant at Accenture, before joining Techstars as a Business Associate.