Blume Ventures-backed agritech robotics startup TartanSense raises $5 Mn

TartanSense, an AI-powered robotics solutions provider empowering small farm holders, has raised $5 million in its Series A round led by FMC Ventures and Omnivore with participation from its existing backer Blume Ventures.

With this round, the total funds raised by TartanSense stands at $7 million. Earlier in March 2019, it had raised $2 million in its seed round led by Blume Ventures, BEENEXT and Omnivore.

According to the Bengaluru-based startup, the funding proceeds in this round will be used for expanding its business and growth.

Founded by Jaisimha Rao, TartanSense builds small agricultural robots equipped with AI-assisted computer vision to help small farms reduce their expenditures and improve their incomes.

The company claims that its latest robot, BladeRunner can identify, precisely locate, and mechanically uproot undesirable weeds as well as spot spray on the desired crop, reducing chemical usage by 45% along with increasing weeding efficiency by seven-folds.