Aerobotics - About the company
Aerobotics is a series B company based in Cape Town (South Africa), founded in 2014 by Benjamin Meltzer and James Paterson. It operates as an AI-powered yield forecasting for fruit growers, packers, and marketers. Aerobotics has raised $27.1M in funding from investors like Naspers, 4Di Capital and Nedbank. The company has 968 active competitors, including 150 funded and 35 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like The Climate, Ceres AI and Fyllo.
Company Details
AI-powered yield forecasting for fruit growers, packers, and marketers. The company provides a platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence and smartphone imagery to deliver accurate fruit size, color, and quality measurements. This enables better yield forecasting, business planning, and sales decisions. The platform combines AI measurements with user inputs, offering solutions for various crop types. Key features include precise fruit sizing and forecasting, automated blemish measurements, and post-harvest quality classification. The company's suite of tools enhances farming methods, helping improve profitability by optimizing packouts. The platform supports data-driven decision-making throughout the fruit production and distribution chain. The company offers pricing details and demo requests on its website.
- Website
- aerobotics.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@aerobotics.com
- Phone Number
- +27 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$27.1M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 968 active competitors
Employee Count
95 as on Aug 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Aerobotics
Aerobotics is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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AEROBOTICS PTY LTD CIN: 618811760 , Australia, Active | Apr 29, 2017 | - | - |
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Aerobotics's funding and investors
Aerobotics has raised a total funding of $27.1M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Dec 11, 2020 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Aerobotics has 20 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Aerobotics:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 11, 2020 | 3309358 | Series B | 2891800 | 7751665 | 3805101 | 6256358 |
May 20, 2020 | 5159763 | Series B | 4573023 | 4958287 | 5765813 | |
Feb 27, 2019 | 1553882 | Series A | 9321078 | 1482511 | 4411156 |
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Aerobotics' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Aerobotics are Benjamin Meltzer and James Paterson. James Paterson is the CEO of Aerobotics.
Here are the details of Aerobotics' key team members:
- Benjamin Meltzer: Former Co-Founder of Aerobotics and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
- James Paterson: Co-Founder & CEO of Aerobotics and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 2 email addresses
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Aerobotics' employee count trend
Aerobotics has 95 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Aerobotics's employee count trend over the years:
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Aerobotics's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Aerobotics include The Climate, Ceres AI and Fyllo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Aerobotics, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  The Climate 2006, St. Louis (United States), Acquired | Digital farming solutions to maximize results and empower farmers | $109M | 67/100 | |
2nd | Aerobotics 2014, Cape Town (South Africa), Series B | AI-powered yield forecasting for fruit growers, packers, and marketers | $27.1M | 65/100 | |
3rd | Ceres AI 2014, Oakland (United States), Series D | AI-powered aerial imagery for sustainable agriculture, risk management, and optimized resource use | $96.8M | 65/100 | |
4th | Next-gen agri-intelligence platform using soil, climate, crop sensors, AI analytics, and mobile apps | $6.52M | 64/100 | ||
5th | Garuda Aerospace 2015, Chennai (India), Series B | Provider of unmanned aerial vehicles for agricultural and industrial applications | $49.5M | 64/100 | |
6th |  Pyka 2016, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Autonomous electric aircraft for agriculture, cargo, and defense applications | $88.1M | 64/100 | |
7th | IntelinAir 2015, San Jose (United States), Series B | Aerial data insights for agronomic decisions, nitrogen management, and field scouting | $24.5M | 61/100 | |
8th |  Sentera 2014, Saint Paul (United States), Acquired | Developer of precision agriculture technology providing imagery and data-driven insights | $54.7M | 61/100 | |
9th |  Vivent Biosignals 2012, Gland (Switzerland), Series A | Provider of artificial intelligence solution to decipher plant signals and provides crop health insights directly from plants | $10.3M | 60/100 | |
10th |  Guardian 2017, Woburn (United States), Series A | Provider of drone-based crop protection solutions | $36.5M | 59/100 |
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Aerobotics's Investments and acquisitions
Aerobotics has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Aerobotics
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News related to Aerobotics
Filter this listMedia has covered Aerobotics for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about partnerships.
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Advexure and Aerobotics Partner to Deliver Precision Agriculture SolutionGeospatial World•Aug 28, 2023•Advexure, Aerobotics
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Venture capital firm 4Di raises R423mITWeb•Nov 30, 2022•4Di Capital, DOTEXE, IBL, Aerobotics and 3 others
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SA agri-tech startup Aerobotics launches new platform for growersDisrupt Africa•Jul 29, 2022•Aerobotics
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SA tech startup Aerobotics raises $17-millionVentureburn•Jan 25, 2021•Aerobotics, Naspers, FMO, Cathay Innovation and 1 other
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In a Series B funding round, South African startup Aerobotics raises $17 millionTechgist Africa•Jan 23, 2021•Aerobotics, Naspers, Cathay Innovation, FMO and 1 other
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Aerobotics raises R250-million in Naspers-led funding roundTechCentral•Jan 20, 2021•Aerobotics, Naspers, FMO, Platform Capital and 1 other
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Naspers leads R253m funding in agritech start-up AeroboticsITWeb•Jan 20, 2021•Aerobotics, Naspers, Platform Capital
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South Africa agritech startup Aerobotics raises funds for global expansionAfrica Business Communities•Dec 16, 2020•Aerobotics, FMO, Naspers
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