Ecorobotix was honored to participate in the recent 4H Ignite by 4H event in Washington, DC, where passionate young minds gathered to explore their futures in science, technology, and agriculture. The event provided an inspiring platform for youth to connect with industry leaders and learn about career opportunities in agriscience.
The experience began with the Spark Celebration, a breathtaking evening set in the stunning National Building Museum. The highlight of the night was the speeches given by 4H youth—filled with ambition, resilience, and a deep commitment to making a difference. The event’s music, performed by exceptionally talented 4H students, made the evening even more memorable, showcasing the depth of talent and passion within the organization.
During the Ignite Event, Ecorobotix had the privilege of participating in the Career Exploration Expo. Representing our company at the Agriscience booth, Chrissy Wozniak, US Marketing & Communications Manager, engaged with students eager to learn about the intersection of artificial intelligence and agriculture. She shared insights into Ecorobotix’s mission, her own career journey, and the exciting future of precision agriculture.
"It was incredible to see the confidence, curiosity, and enthusiasm of these students. They asked insightful questions about our technology, my career path, and how they can contribute to the future of agriculture. The level of interest and engagement was truly inspiring." - Chrissy Woznaik
At Ecorobotix, we believe in supporting the next generation of agriscience professionals. The 4H Ignite Event reaffirmed the importance of fostering innovation and education to drive the future of agriculture. We look forward to continuing our engagement with young leaders and empowering them to explore careers that will shape the future of our industry.
We are happy to announce that we won the 2025 Tech Tour Growth Award for Sustainability, with Ecorobotix ranking at the top of the 2025 Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Listing. Our company was recognized for its AI-powered Plant-by-Plant IATM Spraying technology through our ARA: Ultra-High Precision Sprayer.
A New Recognition for Ecorobotix
Ecorobotix was selected from a pool of 500+ European scale-ups by a panel of 70+ leading investors from Garnier & Co to JP Morgan. The ARA Ultra-High Precision Sprayer played a key role for us in securing the award. Its AI-driven technology ensures flexibility across multiple crop types with automatic detection. Farmers who use ARA have praised its ease of use and herbicide savings.
Celebrating the Award in Paris
Ecorobotix was honored at the Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Summit's Awards Dinner in Paris on March 4, 2025. Our CEO, Dominique Mégret, represented the company, delivering a powerful speech during the Earth Session. We sincerely thank Tech Tour and its selection panel for this incredible recognition. Being named the Tech Tour Growth Award Winner for Sustainability is an honor that reinforces our commitment to revolutionizing agriculture with precision and sustainability. We also extend our gratitude to our investors, partners, and the farming community for their trust and support. This award motivates us to push further, innovate faster, and continue making a meaningful impact in the agricultural industry.
We want to congratulate the other winning companies, especially Shippeo a global leader in real-time multimodal transportation, who also won for their innovation in sustainability. We also want to thank all the other scaleups that took part in this Tech Tour Growth50 Europe ceremony. We hope to create new connections with other scaleups in Europe to drive the technology ecosystem to new horizons.
A New Milestone for Ecorobotix
The award validated Ecorobotix’s innovation in modern agriculture and reinforced our position among Europe’s top tech scale-ups. The event provided exposure to 100+ leading investors and highlighted the company’s key role in advancing deep tech solutions for agriculture. We thank Tech Tour and its selection panel for the recognition and the investor support in driving a sustainable future. At Ecorobotix we remain deeply committed to our mission of making the lives of farmers easier. This award strengthens our resolve to continue innovating and supporting the agriculture industry in its transition to smarter practices.
We will continue to work closely with farmers and partners to develop powerful solutions that address the most pressing challenges in agriculture today. Together, we will pave the way for a more prosperous future for farming!
About Ecorobotix
Founded in Switzerland, Ecorobotix is on a mission to transform agriculture through sustainable innovations. Its AI-driven ARA precision sprayer enables plant-by-plant treatments that drastically reduce chemical inputs, enhance yields, and lower CO2 emissions.
We’re reaching new heights! Ecorobotix is proud to be recognized as one of the 42 high-growth companies awarded the Scale-Up Vaud 2025 label by Innovaud. This milestone underscores our commitment to innovation, sustainability, and global impact. By joining this elite community, we become part of a dynamic network of industry leaders driving technological and economic growth.
Being named a Scale-Up isn’t just a title—it’s a testament to our rapid expansion and dedication to transforming agriculture through cutting-edge AI technology. Stay tuned as we continue to revolutionize the industry with precision, efficiency, and sustainability!
Press release of Innovaud - Switzerland, February 27th 2025
42 companies are awarded the Scale-Up Vaud 2025 Label by Innovaud
Innovaud unveils the list of 42 scale-ups, including 9 new companies, that have been awarded the Scale-Up Vaud 2025 label. These Vaud-based companies have created more than 4,550 jobs in Switzerland and worldwide. Dive into this ultra-connected community with high potential.
We’re here! The traditional list—published for the past nine years—showcasing the Vaud-based companies recognized with the Scale-Up Vaud label is now available. For 2025, we are proud to feature 42 companies that meet the scale up criteria set by the OECD and followed by Innovaud.
What is a scale-up?
Spoiler: it’s neither a startup nor an SME (well, maybe a little bit of both). Confused? That’s normal. An SME, beyond having fewer than 250 employees, is not necessarily looking to expand. Meanwhile, a startup is constantly seeking investment and still refining its exact business model.
A scale-up has developed a market-validated business—like an SME—while continuing to to scale rapidly often through external funding—like a startup! To be considered a scale-up, a company must meet specific criteria, including an annual growth rate of at least 20% in either workforce or revenue over the past three years, with at least 10 employees or 1 million in revenue at the start of the period.
9 new Faces
The 2025 cohort includes 9 new companies spanning various innovation sectors, such as medtech, foodtech, and cleantech. Joining this community confirms a company’s positive trajectory, as highlighted by Pierrick Poulenas, CEO of Picterra:
"Joining Scale Up Vaud marks an important milestone for Picterra as we continue to scale our impact globally. Switzerland has been a fantastic place to build and grow our company, and we’re excited to be part of a community that supports innovation-driven businesses at this critical stage. With the right network and resources, we can accelerate our mission to make GeoAI more accessible and effective for industries worldwide."
Pierrick Poulenas, CEO of Picterra.
This community consists of CEOs, HR managers, CFOs, and CTOs from these 42 scale-ups and alumni, with over 170 members to date. Its goal is to connect these executives so they can share their experiences in managing a fast-growing tech company and learn from one another. The network is driven by around 30 events organized by Charlotte Ducrot and Caroline Schwarz, who lead the Scale-Up Vaud community. These privileged exchanges are highly valued by CEOs, as explained by Christophe Haldi, CEO of eeproperty:
"We are honoured to have been awarded the Scale-Up Vaud label by Innovaud. This recognition, which underlines our continued growth, is above all a mark of our commitment to innovation. Joining this dynamic community gives us greater visibility on the market, as well as valuable opportunities for peer exchange and synergies with other innovative companies. We look forward to working with the members of Scale-Up Vaud to strengthen the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem."
Christophe Haldi, CEO of eeproperty
A crucial Step
Moving from startup to scale-up is a critical step, full of challenges and potential pitfalls. Doubling the workforce, welcoming new investors, and making numerous strategic decisions—how can one avoid missteps?
LeadiNNg to Scale-Up is a program jointly offered by Innovaud and IMD, designed to support CEOs through this transition. Four editions have already taken place, featuring startups that have since evolved into scale-ups. « Once again we have a few companies getting the Scale up Vaud label for the first time who have been part of the LeadiNNg to Scale up Program. Not only do they come more prepared to get the most out of the community but they also know how much the peer exchange they experienced during the program will increase as the Scale up Vaud community is bigger and will benefit the rest of their C-level team” commented Charlotte Ducrot, co-Head of Scale up Vaud “We look forward to getting the whole community together in the coming weeks, introducing the new companies and integrating them into this amazing network who goes way beyond than just a Label”.
The 9 new Vaudois Scale-ups a glance:
Argusa SA : Argusa SA is a Swiss consultancy specializing in data-driven solutions. They help businesses leverage data for better decision-making through enterprise analytics, data governance, and data literacy. Serving industries like finance, luxury, and manufacturing, they focus on making data accessible and actionable.
Attolight : Attolight’s unique knowledge in combined electron and light spectroscopy empowers researchers to gain new insights in materials science and to tackle the semiconductor industry’s advanced process development challenges at and beyond the nanoscale
BE WTR : BE WTR transforms water consumption with sustainable, high-quality filtration solutions for hospitality, businesses, and individuals. By eliminating single-use plastics, promoting local water sourcing, and offering elegant systems and glass bottles, BE WTR makes eco-conscious hydration both refined and responsible.
DHEH : DHEH (D’Heure en Heure) specializes in the innovation, development and manufacture of mechanical micro-connectors for the watchmaking, leather goods, jewelry and general microtechnology industries. Thanks to the integration of all stages, from the expression of need to the management of the product life cycle (R&D department, test laboratory, prototyping workshop and mass production plant), DHEH is able to offer unique, competitive and complete solutions.
DOPPL SA : Doppl's plateform integrates high-throughput organoid technology, AI-driven analytics, and biobanked patient-derived models, enabling pharmaceutical and biotech companies to screen drugs, assess toxicity, and validate efficacy with human-relevant data. Doppl’s standardized safety and toxicity assays ensure regulatory-grade insights, helping de-risk drug candidates early in development. Doppl's mission is to bring safer, more effective therapies to market with unprecedented speed and accuracy, ultimately transforming the future of medicine.
Eeproperty SA : eeproperty simplifies the management of resources and the use of shared spaces in buildings, by digitising access to common infrastructure devices and automating billing and monitoring when they are used. In this way, shared building spaces become on-demand services for their occupants.
Picterra : Picterra offers the only fully productized GeoAI system for monitoring physical assets. Picterra is the search engine for the physical world, bridging the gap between digital and physical. Discover patterns, identify any object, and unlock insights from every corner of the planet in near real-time.
Resilio : Resilio supports sustainable digitalization: from training teams, to advising CIOs, building data, tools and knowledge for professionals & governments. We make IT sustainable!
Swiss Motion Technologies : Motion Tech provides next-generation prosthetic liners thanks to our silicone 3D-printing technology. Riding the mass-customisation revolution currently ongoing in the prosthetics field, MotionTech's expertise on complex prosthetic fittings continues to prove its value through its fast adoption worldwide.
Ecorobotix has emerged as one of the leaders in sustainable technology innovation in the 2025 Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Listing. This recognition shows Ecorobotix's crucial role in shaping Europe’s deep tech ecosystem and its potential. Unveiled on January 21, 2025, the Growth50 Listing celebrates Europe's most promising tech companies driving innovation and growth.
Key points:
- Selection Process: Nominated and voted by the Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Selection Panel, consisting of over 70 top investors.
- Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Summit: The Summit will take place on March 4th in Paris.
- Speaking Engagement: Dominique Mégret (CEO) will present Ecorobotix during the Earth Session at 11:45 AM.
Press release of Tech Tour Growth50 Europe - Brussels, 21 January 2025
The Tech Tour Growth50 2025 Listing points to Europe’s deep tech potential
Today, Tech Tour announced the 2025 edition of the Tech Tour Growth50 Listing, as the prospect list of Europe’s future unicorns. The listing spotlights the European tech companies with the biggest growth potential. The Listing is deep tech heavy indicating the growth opportunities investors see in technology-driven companies. (See the Tech Tour Growth50 List below.)
This edition engaged over 70 investors on the selection panel [see list here] which first nominated and then voted to compose the Listing. The Listing Progamme is presided by Falk Mueller-Veerse of Bryan, Garnier & Co and the selection panel technology tracks were led by Yves Maitre of Jolt Capital (Digital), Remy de Tonnac of ETF Partners (Sustainability) and Sebastien Woynar of LBO France (Health).
“So far, it is undisputed that it is primarily US companies that have attracted investments in a global market in an almost unlimited amount. Nevertheless, this year's Tech TourGrowth50 list impressively shows that international investors are also looking very specifically at Europe and the respective market and technology leaders in a category. We see a remarkable number of European technology companies with high innovative strength that continue to be financed by increasingly selective investors,“ Falk Mueller-Veerse said. “Almost half of this year's Top 50 companies are also not on the list for the first time. It is increasingly becoming a 'the winner takes it all‘ situation in the various industry segments“.
Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan Garnier & Co, President, 2025 Tech Tour Growth 50 Europe
The Growth50 List and Data [see report] reveal further positive trends and valuable insights into the European tech entrepreneurship and investment scene:
All tech tracks attract substantial investments showing the diversity of potential across sectors: The average funding raised by the Growth50 companies in Health, Sustainability or Digital is showing only moderate variation. The average historic amount raised by the companies in the Digital sector is €187 million, in Health it is €176 million, and in Sustainability the figure stands at €148 million. This demonstrates that growth investment is now crossing over to all tech tracks, particularly to “deep tech” spaces, such as new space, quantum computing, photonics, AI for health, biotech, green energy, climate tech or regenerative agriculture.
Close to €2 Billion more raised by companies on the 2025 list: Total funds historically raised by companies on this year’s list are €8.6 Billion, compared to €6.7 Billion for 2024 Growth50 companies (at the moment of selection). This demonstrates even stronger evidence of unicorn potential, as well as higher concentration of investor interest.
French companies almost double y/y, Germany and The Netherlands score high: France leads this year in the number of Growth50 companies with 13 representatives – nearly twice as many as last year’s 7 –followed by Germany with 9 companies and Netherlands with 8 companies. The UK and Switzerland also score high on the list each with 5 companies, demonstrating geographic weight of the Listing in Northwestern Europe.
German companies with a solid funding lead: German growth companies on the list demonstrate a robust history of funding, with close to €3.5bn in amount raised, almost double that of French companies and close to triple that of Dutch companies on the list.
EU Growth investors are still in short supply: Although 41% of the estimated number of Growth50 investors are still outside the EU and 23% outside Europe - mostly in the US (18%) - this share decreased from last year’s Listing, where it was over 49%. It appears that the efforts of EU sovereign investors, such as the European Innovation Council (EIC) and its EIC Fund, acting as cornerstone investors, are having a positive crowding in effect.
Sovereign investors back the highest number of companies: 12 out of 18 investors backing 4 or more companies on the List are sovereign investors, with the EIC leading far ahead with 18 companies on the Listing of 50.
Tech Tour alumni represent almost half of the Listing: There is also much reason for Tech Tour to be proud, as 24 out of the 50 companies on the Listing have previously been selected and participated in one or more other Tech Tour Investment Event Programmes.
The gender imbalance persists: Despite the significant public debate and awareness surrounding gender diversity, only 12% of the founders and senior executives in the Growth50 companies are women. Over 60% of the entrepreneurs are serial, indicating that experience and track record count for investors.
The Growth50 companies will convene in Paris at the Tech Tour Growth50 Europe Summit on March 4th, 2025 with the Selection Panel investors. The event is organized by Tech Tour and partnered by Stifel, Jolt Capital, Silverpeak, Euronext, J.P.Morgan, Switzerland Global Enterprise, the EIC Scaling Club, and is co-hosted by EuroQuity Bpifrance. The 3 Winners of the 2025 Tech Tour Growth Awards will be announced over the Awards Dinner.
For further information, please check Tech Tour Growth50 Europe 2025 or contact
- Iva Tchetinova itchetinova@techtour.com
- Maya Filadska maya@techtour.com
Ecorobotix has been awarded the 2024 Avantgarde Award by the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss AmCham) Southern California. This honor celebrates our dedication to advancing Swiss-American business relations through forward-looking innovation and impactful contributions to sustainable agriculture. After placing as a finalist last year, we are incredibly proud to have achieved first place in 2024.
The Avantgarde Award acknowledges the achievements of businesses, non-profits, and individuals who foster strong, innovative, and mutually beneficial connections between Switzerland and the United States. Ecorobotix was recognized for its contributions to cutting-edge agricultural technology, our commitment to environmental stewardship, and the positive impact we’ve generated within the industry.
The rigorous selection process for this award includes evaluations by a distinguished jury composed of experts from Switzerland and the U.S., representing industry, academia, and government. This year, the jury included representatives from institutions such as the University of Southern California (USC) and ETH Zurich, who assessed submissions based on criteria like technological innovation, economic performance, job creation, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The three finalists included Ecorobotix, HILTI, and Georg Fischer (GF).
Our CBO, Claude Juriens, was honored to represent Ecorobotix at the Avantgarde Gala on November 8 at the California Club in Los Angeles, where our achievements in sustainability and circular economy practices were celebrated among distinguished peers and business leaders.
This recognition reinforces our commitment to fostering sustainable, impactful innovation that benefits both our customers and the broader Swiss-American business community. We extend our deepest gratitude to the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, the jury, and all those who continue to support our journey.
Ecorobotix’s ARA ultra-high precision sprayer addresses this problem head-on, reducing drift by up to 95%, as shown in recent studies in Germany and the Netherlands. While both certifications apply only to the current ARA model and are nationally recognized, these results demonstrate ARA’s strong potential for global drift reduction, making it a valuable solution to this widespread challenge.
The ARA sprayer has earned recognition on the Dutch DRT-list (Drift Reducing Technique), achieving a class 95% drift reduction, following a thorough assessment by the Technical Committee for Technology Assessment (TCT). This listing helps Dutch farmers comply with plant protection product regulations and environmental conservation efforts, provided the technique is used according to the prescribed settings.
In Germany, ARA has similarly been recognized by the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) and included in the "Verzeichnis Verlustmindernde Geräte" (Directory of Loss-Reducing Devices). The system achieved certification of 95% drift reduction, demonstrating that, when operated under specified conditions—including specific nozzle spacing and shielding—ARA can significantly reduce chemical drift. These certifications allow German farmers to comply with regulatory standards while minimizing environmental impact.
One of ARA’s key strengths is its ability to reduce drift even in difficult weather conditions. In areas prone to strong winds, ARA’s precise spray technology and protective covers help keep drift to a minimum, providing farmers greater flexibility in their operations. Ecorobotix’s ARA sprayer reduces the use of plant protection products by 60-95% compared to traditional broadcast sprayers, thanks to its ultra-high precision 6x6cm spraying footprint. This allows farmers to significantly lower both input usage and manual labor costs.
About the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label
The Solar Impulse Foundation, founded by environmental pioneer Bertrand Piccard, is dedicated to addressing sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth. Bertrand dedicates his life to demonstrating the opportunities lying in sustainable development and to raising interest in profitable solutions to protect the environment. The Foundation has identified over 1000 clean and profitable solutions, organizing them into the Solutions Explorer—a search engine designed to accelerate climate action by helping political and economic decision-makers adopt ambitious energy and environmental policies.
The Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label is awarded to products, services, and processes that combine environmental and economic performance, outperforming conventional alternatives. Solutions must pass a rigorous evaluation by three independent experts, meeting stringent criteria that ensure both sustainability and economic viability. This process makes the label an internationally recognized mark of quality and innovation.
Why ARA?
The ARA Ultra-High Precision Sprayer was recognized for its transformative impact on sustainable farming and met the stringent criteria set by the Solar Impulse Foundation, demonstrating significant environmental and economic benefits.
Environmental Benefits:
- Our product allows farmers to use up to 90% less chemical products such as fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides.
- Our product is extremely precise, it is able to detect and spray a plant within square of 6x6cm, leaving a plant outside of this surface untouched.
- ARA works at a speed of 7km/h, treating 4 hectares per hour day or night even in windy conditions with no drift.
- By significantly reducing chemical spraying, and therefore the drift cause by wind, soil and neighboring ecosystems are preserved and allow fields for higher regeneration rates. Increase in crop yields has however not been quantified precisely yet.
Financial Benefits:
- Due to drastic cost cuts for treatment products our solution already is profitable after a few years of use.
- Our solution leads to improved yields and crop quality therefore increasing their potential value once on market, consequently bringing more revenue to the customer.
For more information about the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label and see Ecorobotix on the company website please visit the Solar Impulse website.
For more details, read the full press release in French on Eureden’s website
Key Highlights from Eureden's Press Release:
Innovative Technology: The ARA tool, developed by Ecorobotix, utilizes real-time image analysis for ultra-localized weed control. This innovative approach targets weeds precisely, minimizing the treated surface area and maintaining effective weed management.
Proven Results: In the 2023 bean campaign lead by Eureden, over 100 hectares were cultivated using the ARA tool, resulting in an average reduction of 85% in treatments, with consistent quality and yield outcomes.
Expanded Implementation: In 2024, the partnership will scale up its efforts, offering ARA services for bean and flageolet crops to a broader range of Eureden members. Additionally, trials are underway for carrots and spinach.
Financial Support: A support scheme has been established to aid farmers in adopting ARA’s technology through commitment contracts. These contracts are 80% financed by the Morbihan department and 20% by Blavet terres & eaux from its own funds. It is therefore possible to obtain aid of €75/ha, up to a limit of 5 ha, i.e. €375 for each farm.
Who is Eureden and Blavet Terres & Eaux?
Eureden is a major Breton cooperative agri-food group, Eureden comprises 18,500 farmer-operators and 8,500 employees. It includes the Vegetable Producers' Organization, which supports nearly 1,200 farmers in sustainable practices, and markets produce under brands such as d'aucy and Paysan Breton.
Blavet Terres & Eaux is a public organization that manages water resources and aquatic environments. They also diffuse pollution, soil erosion, and runoff, manage rainwater in rural and peri-urban areas, and provide technical support for urban projects related to water. It oversees the Morbihan watershed territorial contract and conducts awareness campaigns for various groups, including farmers, local authorities, schools, and the general public.
To enhance our societal and environmental influence, we have enrolled in the STI initiative, which was launched by B Lab Switzerland. By utilizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a foundational framework, the STI program provides Swiss enterprises with the means to assess their contributions to the SDGs, thus advancing their sustainability performance.
Building upon this foundation, we identified the most critical SDGs aligned with our company's mission and formulated a practical strategy for implementation. Subsequently, these objectives underwent a thorough evaluation process, overseen by B Lab Switzerland, which scrutinized the significance and impact of each sustainability commitment, alongside the comprehensive action plan.
As a result of these concerted efforts, we have proudly secured a position in the esteemed STI Directory!
Our Commitments
As members of the STI Directory, we pledge to take tangible actions for a desirable and sustainable future. Here are our commitments:
- Commitment 1: By 2025, we will double the carbon saved per year via our ARA sprayer fleet, from an estimated 220 tCO2eq in 2022. [SDG 2, 3, 6, 13]
- Commitment 2: By 2028, 80% of our suppliers meet our responsible purchasing criteria and adopt our Charter, compared with none in 2022. [SDG 12, 8]
- Commitment 3: By 2025, we maintain our employee satisfaction rate at over 80% and obtain Great Place to Work® certification or equivalent. [SDG 3, 8]
If you would like to learn more about our commitments, you can find more information by visiting:
https://www.swisstripleimpact.ch/copy-of-companies/ecorobotix-sa
The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award, now in its 13th edition, is an annual celebration of Switzerland's most promising startups. Organized by Venturelab, this event has gained global recognition for its role in spotlighting the country's burgeoning startup ecosystem. However, due to the stipulation that startups cannot appear in the Top 100 Swiss Startup Awards for more than five years following their inception, a new category was introduced to recognize the burgeoning scale-ups.
Ecorobotix, with our innovative approach to precision agriculture, secured our spot in the Top 25 Swiss Scale-ups through our remarkable growth trajectory. Founded more than five years ago, we have continuously demonstrated our potential to be a future Swiss unicorn in the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector.
Key Player in FoodTech:
Ecorobotix's nomination as a Top 25 Swiss Scale-up is not just a recognition of our innovation but also a testament to our pivotal role in the FoodTech industry. With a commendable funding and a dedicated team of more than 90 employees, Ecorobotix is well-positioned to revolutionize the way agriculture is practiced.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the organizing committee and the esteemed members of the growth jury for this incredible honor and nomination. Being recognized as one of the Top 25 Swiss Scale-ups in the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award is a testament to our team's dedication and the support of our partners. We are truly humbled and appreciative of this recognition.