Tevel Aerobotics Technologies
A.I.-driven fruit harvesting robots
Startup B Agriculture & Food Technologies Est. 2017
Total Raised
$37.2M
B
Last Round
Undisclosed
7 rounds
Investors
7
6 public
Team
6
51-200 employees
Confidence
100/100
News
12
articles
Patents
1
About
Tevel is addressing the critical shortage in agricultural labor through its revolutionary fruit-picking Flying Autonomous Robots (FAR). Powered by AI, machine learning, and computer vision algorithms, Tevel's flying robots delicately pick fruit with unparalleled accuracy and maneuverability. They offer easy and reliable operation, 24/7 harvesting capabilities, and cost efficiency to farmers. The robots can identify the ripeness level of each fruit to perform selective picking and can also identify diseases on the fruit in real time. Tevel's autonomous harvesting technology is successfully picking a variety of fruits, including apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, and pears, across Italy, the United States (California and Washington), Chile, and Israel. In addition to harvesting, Tevel’s robots also act as data agents by continuously collecting granular information in real-time on every fruit they pick. Tevel’s user-friendly software reports to growers data such as amount of fruit picked, total fruit weight, size and weight distribution, ripeness level, disease detection, heatmap, geolocation, and more. This empowers growers with precise knowledge of each bin's contents before delivery to the packing house. Tevel has over 60 employees with headquarters in Israel and subsidiary branches in Italy and the United States. Tevel’s user-friendly software reports to growers data such as amount of fruit picked, total fruit weight, size and weight distribution, ripeness level, disease detection, heatmap, geolocation, and more. The FAR stands alone as the world's only robot that safely interacts with foliage, continuously flying in and out of trees without causing harm. Tevel has over 60 employees with headquarters in Israel and subsidiary branches in Italy and the United States.
Classification
Sector
Agriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechFarm Equipment & TreatmentPrecision AgClimate TechFood & Land UseSustainable Farming
Core Technology
Artificial IntelligenceMachinery & RoboticsDrones
Target Customer
Agriculture & Food
Business Model
B2B
Tags
climate-techroboticsfarmerssmart-farmingagricultureagtechprecision-agriculturemachine-visiondronesautomationartificial-intelligenceautonomous-vehicles
Funding & Events
Oct 2020
B Round $20M
Maverick Ventures IsraeI (Lead), Ziv Aviram, Amichai Steinberg, OurCrowd, Kubota, AgFunder
Nov 2023
SAFE $5M
Kubota, AgFunder, Amichai Steinberg, Maverick Ventures IsraeI, Ziv Aviram, OurCrowd
Nov 2017
Non-equity $800K
Israel Innovation Authority
Jun 2017
Seed $1.4M
Undisclosed Investor(s)
Jan 2024
SAFE Undisclosed
OurCrowd
Jan 2022
Non-equity Undisclosed
BIRD Foundation
Apr 2019
A Round $10M
OurCrowd, Maverick Ventures IsraeI
News (12)
May 31, 2023 · www.fruitnet.com
growth-positive
Tevel partners with Unifrutti
PartnersInvestment
Apr 26, 2023 · thenewstack.io
growth-positive
Fruit-Picking Robots Powered by Kubernetes on the Edge
PartnersExpand
Mar 9, 2023 · mobilerobotguide.com
growth-positive
Tevel Aerobotics ready for deployment - Mobile Robot Guide
PartnersExpand
Mar 3, 2023 · www.forbes.com
growth-positive
With Labor And Climate Challenges, Farmers Turn To Robot Beehives, Tractors And Fruit Pickers
InvestmentExpand
Sep 29, 2022 · nocamels.com
growth-positive
Flying Robots Pick Fruit 24/7, And Know Exactly When It's Ripe
CustomersInvestmentExpand
Aug 17, 2022 · www.israel21c.org
growth-positive
Fruit-picking drones can solve the farm labor shortage - ISRAEL21c
InvestmentExpand
Dec 15, 2020 · www.hortidaily.com
growth-positive
Tevel Aerobotics wins award for Best Field Robot Concept 2020
Customers
Nov 2, 2020 · www.timesofisrael.com
Fresh fruit picked from the tree by Israeli robots - Sponsored Content The Times of Israel
Oct 27, 2020 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Fruit-picking drone company raising $20 million to begin manufacturing
InvestmentCustomers
Feb 5, 2020 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
CTalk: Drones Are Needed to Keep Up With Fruit Picking, Says Tevel Chairman
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Apr 29, 2019 · www.timesofisrael.com
Startup says time is ripe for fleets of drones to help farmers pick fruit
Mar 8, 2019 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
This Drone Will Stop Fruit Growers From Going Bananas
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Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
51-200
Exact Count
79
District
Center District
Founded
2017
Registrar
515506418
Crunchbase
tevel-aerobotics-technologies
Locations
Gedera, Israel
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
Admin
Last Update
Feb 18, 2025
Verified by
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets
Team (6)
Eyal Desheh
Chairman of the Board
Yaniv Maor
Founder & CEO
Founder
Dov Fettman
CFO
Nir Hazout
COO
Mali Nemni
VP HR
Danielle Efargan Hager
Marketing & Communications Manager
Internal
Created by
Shmuel (Sam) Rausnitz (shmuel.rausnitz@sncentral.org)
Created
2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Ortal Wein (ortalw@sncentral.org)