Last deal

$10M

Amount

Series A

Stage

04.05.2017

Date

2

all rounds

$12M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Abundant Robotics delivers robotic systems for the hardest jobs in agriculture.

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founded date

01.01.2015

Operating Status

Closed (01.01.2021)

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

The company develops apple-picking robots that offer automated harvesting for apple orchards, which helps agricultural growers increase productivity while saving on cost and time. As a spinout of SRI International®, Abundant Robotics is bringing the world's first commercial robotic apple harvester to market. The company's mission is to solve important and large problems in Agriculture by providing robotic systems for the hardest jobs in agriculture.
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Dan Steere
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Dan Steere

Dan is co-founder and CEO of Abundant Robotics, who are driving major leaps in productivity with robots in agriculture. After growing up in Louisiana and Texas, Dan was drawn to Silicon Valley where he discovered a love of creating and launching new products, starting as an Intel product manager. Dan soon gravitated to startups and has helped launch and grow successful companies in a variety of domains including semiconductors, enterprise software, mobile hardware, and robotics. He’s still on a mission to help build the next great technology company. Dan played varsity football and earned a bachelor’s degree concentrating in Computer Science from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Dan is passionate about sports and an advocate of youth athletics

current job

Abundant Robotics
Abundant Robotics

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Michael Eriksen
Michael Eriksen

Michael Eriksen

Michael Eriksen is the Co-Founder & Senior Software Architect at Abundant Robotics.

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Curt Salisbury
Curt Salisbury

Curt Salisbury

Curt Salisbury is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Abundant Robotics, Inc.

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Abundant Robotics

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