Purdue Ag-celerator Fund has injected capital into farming robot developer Rogo Ag, which is aiming to make farming more efficient by reducing errors in soil sampling.
US-based agricultural soil sampling robot developer Rogo Ag yesterday obtained $200,000 in a round backed by Purdue Ag-celerator Fund, an investment vehicle aligned with the university’s agtech accelerator competition.
The deal also featured Ag Alumni Seed, a nonprofit popcorn seed breeding company affiliated to Purdue University. Ag-celerator Fund and Ag Alumni Seed each contributed $100,000 to the round.
Rogo Ag is developing an autonomous robot, dubbed SmartCore, that is able to move through farmland gathering appropriate soil samples…
