Livermore, CA
Leading the digital transformation of farming
Job no longer available
Leading the digital transformation of farming
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
Livermore, CA
21-100 employees
Monarch's mission is to elevate farming practices to enable clean, efficient, and economically viable solutions for today’s farmers and the generations of farmers to come.
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Monarch's mission is to elevate farming practices to enable clean, efficient, and economically viable solutions for today’s farmers and the generations of farmers to come.
The agriculture industry is coming under increasing pressure to become more sustainable and reduce its carbon emissions, while continuing to face problems like falling profits, labor shortages, and worker safety.
Monarch is a company that aims to tackle many of the issues facing farmers, with an electric driver-optional tractor solution that combines automation, machine learning, and data analysis. The result? Reduced emissions, lower overheads, and greater productivity.
While still in the early stages, Monarch has secured hundreds of farms as customers, with the first deployment of its pilot series appropriately rolling out on Earth Day in April 2021. With more than 570 million farms in the world, Monarch may not be short of potential customers, although the company is not alone in its offering, with Bear Flag Robotics currently developing its own automated tractors.

Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Nov 2021
$61m
Mar 2021
$20m
Praveen Penmetsa
(CEO)Studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Is also CEO and founder of Motivo Engineering and a member of the board of Feuerlabs.
Carlo Mondavi
(Chief Farming Officer)An expert viticulturist from the renowned Mondavi wine family. Also founded RAEN Winery and is a partner at Continuum Estate.
Mark Schwager
(President)Studied at Cornell and Washington University before joining The Nanz Company as Director of Production. They were head of the Tesla Gigafactory and was CPO of Romeo Power Technology.
Zachary Omohundro
(CTO)Holds a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon. Was Senior Mechanical Engineering at MillenWorks and Senior Scientist at Motivo Engineering.