The company will use the funding to industrialise its VEGA 11 robot and expand its commercial presence across key horticultural regions.
Grodi, a company focused on autonomous robotics and computer vision for intensive agriculture, has secured a €2.5 million investment round led by Swanlaab Innvierte Agri FoodTech, with participation from Axon Desarrollo Andalucía and Innvierte, SICC del CDTI.
Founded in 2022 in Almería by Samuel Ruíz, Natalia Gálvez, and Ana Molina, Grodi has built a multidisciplinary team spanning engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence, and agronomy. The company develops technology tailored to the specific needs of Mediterranean intensive agriculture, enabling growers, cooperatives, and seed companies to work with objective, standardised, and continuous data to reduce uncertainty and improve decision-making.
At the core of its offering is VEGA 11, an autonomous robot designed to operate independently in Mediterranean greenhouses while delivering full plant visibility through advanced computer vision.
The system combines proprietary hardware, machine-learning algorithms, and large-scale data analytics to help growers optimise agronomic management, anticipate plant health issues, and estimate crop yields with high precision. Grodi’s digital platform centralises this information in real time to support safer, more efficient, and more sustainable operations.
Providing practical tools that simplify farmers’ day-to-day production management remains a central objective for the company. As CEO Ana Molina noted:
The sector needs solutions that reduce costs, improve resource-use efficiency, and standardise processes. VEGA is demonstrating that automation and computer vision can radically transform daily crop management.
Grodi is now in a key growth phase, focused on scaling the commercial deployment of VEGA 11 while expanding its broader technology portfolio with additional products designed for real-world agricultural use.
The new funding will support the industrialisation of the VEGA 11 robot, strengthen the company’s commercial presence across Spain’s main horticultural regions, and advance its international expansion strategy in a market increasingly demanding productivity, efficiency, and sustainability gains.