Fyto develops automated cropping systems that utilize the aquatic plant lemna to enhance nutrient management on farms while producing high-value agricultural products. This technology addresses nutrient pollution and resource inefficiencies in farming by enabling sustainable crop production with reduced land, water, and labor inputs.
Funding
$18M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Current agricultural practices often lead to nutrient runoff, causing environmental pollution and regulatory challenges for farmers. Traditional farming methods can also be resource-intensive, requiring significant land, water, and labor inputs.
Solution
Fyto offers automated cropping systems leveraging the aquatic plant lemna to address nutrient management issues and produce valuable agricultural products. Their technology enables sustainable crop production with reduced land, water, and labor requirements by recovering nutrients that would otherwise be lost. Fyto's system integrates into existing agricultural operations, alleviating nutrient management problems while creating new revenue streams for farms. The system's modular design allows for simple integration into a range of existing farming operations.
Target Audience
Fyto's primary customers are dairy producers and other farmers seeking to improve nutrient management, reduce resource consumption, and create new revenue streams.
Features
- Automated GrowGrid: A durable, automatically-controlled raised growbed for aquatic plants, designed for efficient nutrient management.
- Autonomous Harvester: An industrial machine that continually travels over the GrowGrid to cultivate, monitor, and harvest aquatic crops.
- ReCover™ Process: Seamless integration into existing agricultural operations for nutrient recycling and sustainable crop production.
- Ultra-resilient crops: Lemna tolerates a wide range of environmental conditions while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
- Modular system architecture: Designed for simple integration into a range of existing farming operations.