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Connecterra
Helping farmers streamline operations
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Environmental
- Buiksloterham, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Company mission
To train an Artificial Intelligence to learn how to farm, so we can empower farmers of all sizes to increase productivity of their farms, while reducing the impact of farming on the planet.
-29% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Farming practices need to change to help the world become more sustainable, while also keeping up to date with modern technological advances. This is where Connecterra is coming in. They are looking to increase farmers' productivity and reduce the impact of farming on the planet.
In order to do this, Connecterra has developed Ida. This uses sensors and Artificial Intelligence to turn raw data into insight-driven efficiencies for the benefit of people, companies, and the natural habitats in which they operate.
The Amsterdam-based company has teams in the United States & New Zealand, and a product presence in 18 countries. They are focused on forming strategic partnerships with industry leaders as part of expanding access to AI technology for farms around the globe.
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Company values
- Fearless: We’re a young company of radical thinkers. We’re unafraid to challenge, disrupt and experiments to free technology as a force for good in the real world
- Innovative: We never stand still. We’re continuously innovating at the forefront of current technological thinking to pioneer new solutions in support of progress
- Human: We always seek to power human intelligence, never replace it. We put the well-being of farmers, communities and the environments in which they work, first
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2020
$8.3m
SERIES B
Jan 2019
$2.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $19.2m
Leadership
Yasir Khokhar
(CEO)Yasir Khokhar is Founder and CEO of Connecterra. Prior to founding Connecterra, Yasir held various roles with Microsoft across technology and business management.