Gardin provides a cloud‑based crop intelligence platform for controlled‑environment farms, using plug‑and‑play optical sensors that measure chlorophyll fluorescence to deliver real‑time photosynthetic performance data. The system generates early stress alerts and growth insights, enabling growers to fine‑tune lighting, shading, and nutrient regimes, which can increase yields, improve quality, and reduce production costs.
Funding
$4.5M 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.
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Product
Problem
Controlled environment farms often lack real-time insight into plant physiological status, leading to suboptimal lighting, nutrient, and climate decisions that cause yield losses, reduced quality, and higher input costs.
Solution
Gardin offers a cloud‑based crop intelligence platform that uses proprietary, plug‑and‑play optical sensors to measure chlorophyll fluorescence, providing continuous, real‑time data on photosynthetic performance. The system generates early stress alerts, plant‑level targets, and growth insights days before visual symptoms appear, enabling growers to fine‑tune LED lighting, shading, and nutrient regimes. Data are streamed to a cloud service where they can be accessed via a comprehensive API and integrated with existing farm management software, allowing automated or manual adjustments to the environment. By aligning inputs precisely with plant needs, the platform helps increase yields, improve crop quality, and lower production costs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are growers of controlled environment agriculture—such as greenhouse, vertical farm, and indoor lettuce or strawberry producers—who require precise, data‑driven environmental control.
Features
- Scalable chlorophyll fluorescence sensors that capture photosynthetic performance in real time
- Plug‑and‑play hardware that operates autonomously after installation
- Cloud analytics delivering performance alerts, plant targets, and growth insights before visible stress
- API for seamless integration with any farm management system or custom software
- Early light‑stress warnings that prevent up to 10% yield loss and enable precise shading decisions
- Demonstrated yield increases of up to 40% and cost savings of €4,000 per hectare annually