San Francisco poyambira Hippo Harvest wapeza $ 21 miliyoni mu Series B ndalama kukulitsa yodzichitira wowonjezera kutentha ntchito, Mobile Robot Guide lipoti April 16. Kampani ikukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama kuyendetsa kukula mu ntchito makina wowonjezera kutentha ndi kukulitsa ntchito zake. Mitundu ya mankhwala idzaphatikizapo gulu latsopano la masamba obiriwira a masamba.
Idakhazikitsidwa mu 2019, Hippo Harvest imagwiritsa ntchito njira zotsitsimutsa zotsekeka kukulitsa zokolola zatsopano pogwiritsa ntchito njira zowongolera zachilengedwe (CEA). Pogwiritsa ntchito ma modular greenhouse designs, kampaniyo ikufuna kuchepetsa mtengo wamadzi, feteleza ndi mphamvu ndikubweretsa zinthu pafupi ndi ogula.
Kukolola kwa Hippo, komwe kumagwiritsa ntchito malo otenthetsera owonjezera ku Pescadero, California, akuti ndikowopsa komanso kotsika mtengo kuposa nyumba zobiriwira zachikhalidwe. Kampaniyo imayang'ana kwambiri kugawa kwazinthu zolondola kudzera m'miyendo yake yothirira, mapulogalamu ndi Zebra Technologies Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), kuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito yotsika mtengo komanso yothandiza kwambiri.
Kuphatikiza apo, Hippo Harvest imati njira zake zokulira zimathandizira chitetezo chazakudya ndikukulitsa moyo wa alumali popatsa mbewu zosakaniza zosakanikirana ndi michere kuchokera pansi, kuchepetsa chiwopsezo cha tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi nkhungu. Kampaniyo imagwiritsa ntchito ma AMR apadera omwe ali ndi zomangira zapadera kuti akule ndi kukolola mbewu, kupereka milingo yeniyeni yamadzi ndi michere yazomera zathanzi.
Mosiyana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo, Hippo Harvest imasunga machitidwe opanda tizilombo topindulitsa, mafuta achilengedwe ndi mankhwala ena ophera tizilombo, kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe komanso kusinthasintha kwaulimi komwe kumachitika panja. Kampaniyo imawonetsetsanso kuti zinthu zonse zimayikidwa pamalopo, pogwiritsa ntchito pulasitiki yokonzedwanso 100% kuti apake.
Standard Investments, kampani yogulitsa ndalama ku New York yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri pamphambano zamakampani ndiukadaulo, idatsogolera ndalama za Hippo Harvest Series B. Congruent Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Hoson Food Ventures, Energy Impact Partners ndi ena nawonso adatenga nawo gawo.
Kudzipereka kwa Hippo Harvest ku Amazon ndi Global Optimism's Climate Pledge kuti akwaniritse mpweya wopanda mpweya wokwanira pofika chaka cha 2040 akutsimikizira kudzipereka kwake pothana ndi kusakhazikika kwanyengo pazakudya zatsopano. Njira yoyambirayi ikufuna kuchepetsa kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito madzi ndi feteleza ngakhale m'malo ocheperako, ndikuchepetsa mpweya wa methane wokhudzana ndi zinyalala zaulimi.
Kampaniyo ikukhulupirira kuti njira yake ingathe kuwonjezera mwayi wopeza zakudya zatsopano, zomwe zimalimidwa kwanuko, kupereka malo aukhondo komanso kupereka ntchito zaulimi zotetezeka komanso zokhazikika m'madera. Anthu okhala ku San Francisco atha kupeza zinthu za Hippo Harvest pamsika wawo wa Gus's Community kapena pa intaneti ku Amazon Fresh. Pali mapulani otsegulira masitolo owonjezera ku Northern California posachedwa.