About Us
We are a multidisciplinary team, from engineering to agronomy to ICT! With years of expertise in digital agriculture and precision farming, we can provide answers to the most demanding requirements. Professionalism, teamwork, precision and expertise are our key words to satisfy all our clients.
Vision & Mission
Agrobit is aninnovative startupfounded in February 2022 that develops solutions for Digital Agriculture (Agriculture 4.0). Based in Florence, the company aims tohelp and support farmers and field technicians in optimizing agronomic practices, through a holistic approach to agritech technologies, in order to achieve the goals of environmental, social and economic sustainability, in line with the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm-to-Fork Strategy.
The idea was born out of the founders’ passion for the agricultural sector, with the intention of developing products and services to help farmers and technicians monitor in an quickly and easilytheir crops and support them in making decisions toimprove production and product quality while reducing costs.
Team
National and international projects
Winners of the 2014-2020 Tuscany RDP call for proposals – submeasure 16.2 with the “iVine” project (budget €200,000, biennium 2023-2024), for the optimization of pesticide management in the vineyard through the iAgro mobile app, in collaboration with 2 Tuscan farms, University of Florence, CNR-Ibimet and CIA Toscana.
Winners of the EIT Food – Test Farms 2022 call for proposals, with the “iOlive” project (budget €3,000, year 2023), which aims to demonstrate the potential of the iAgro mobile app for variable foliar fertilization on olive groves in Cilento, with field tests in collaboration with the Cilento Farm House.
Winners of the call for proposals Icaerus Push Open Call with the AgroTwin project (budget €60,000, year 2023-2024), in which an innovative DSS will be created from 3D point clouds obtained with commercial drones in order to create “digital twins” of vineyards and provide farmers and technicians with biometric information about vines, vigor maps, and to optimize phytosanitary treatments.
Announcement winners Chameleon 2nd Open Call with the VINESCALE project (budget €60,000, year 2024-2025), in which 11 vineyards from northern to southern Italy will be monitored by drone equipped with RGB, multispectral and thermal cameras to test the Chameleon platform and provide feedback for its validation and improvement.
Winners of the call for proposals PRE-SEED Plus – POR ERDF. Lazio 2014-2020 (budget €59,987.70, biennium 2024-2025), aimed at hiring SM staff and specialized services for business development and go-to-market of the iAgro app with expansion into new markets.
Winners of the Tecnonidi Puglia call for proposals – Initiative financed with resources from the ESF+ PR Puglia 2021-2027 – Priority Axis I “Competitiveness and Innovation” (budget €128,498, biennium 2024-2025), aimed at hiring RD staff, acquiring specialized services for updating and validating the iAgro app and marketing activities.
Awards and Recognitions
Winners of the I-Tech Innovation 2022 acceleration track sponsored by G-Factor, Fondazione Golinelli and CRIF SpA.
Winners of the Italian Lifestyle Program 2023 acceleration path promoted by CRF Foundation and Nana Bianca srl.
Winners of the “Florence and Work” 2023 award for the innovative startup category, sponsored by the Florence Chamber of Commerce.
Winners of the “Tuscany Innovation Award” 2023 for the innovative startup category, sponsored by Tuscany Region, Confindustria Toscana and DIH Toscana
Winners of the “Technology Innovation Award” at Enovitis in Campo 2024 for the iAgro app as the best innovation.
Brand
Remote sensing by drone with multispectral and thermal cameras, production of vigor and water stress maps, geospatial data analysis, resale of drones and sensors, training.
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Partners
Agricolus is the complete agritech platform for precision agriculture, created to simplify and enhance field work with a view to environmental, social and economic sustainability.
iFarming manufactures and resells weather stations, foliar wetting sensors, soil sensors, and predictive models to optimize phytosanitary treatments and better manage water resources.
Awentia develops imaging solutions and optical sensing systems using tractor-mounted stereoscopic cameras for yield monitoring and fruit counting in tree crops such as grapevines.
The ‘association representing the Italian innovation ecosystem and aggregating startups, scaleups, innovative SMEs, innovation centers, science and technology parks, incubators, accelerators, enablers, investors, professional and corporate firms.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is an innovative platform that offers support to startups at every stage of their journey, providing a range of benefits and resources designed to accelerate startup growth.
Zephyr Aerospace is a Forli-based company that focuses on designing ad hoc drones for every industry and need, as well as integrating sensors and cameras into remotely piloted aerial vehicles.
Aerovision is one of the first drone flight schools in Italy. If you need training and to get your APR pilot’s license, the school can help you in any application area.
DJI is a world leader in the design and sale of professional drones for every budget and every need, from thermal remote sensing to multispectral remote sensing to aerial spraying.
Pix4D is the world’s leading manufacturer of drone photogrammetry software. The Pix4Dfields suite is specifically for digital agriculture and prescription map making.
Parrot is Europe’s leading drone manufacturer. Simple, functional, and inexpensive drones in addition to the Sequoia+ multispectral sensor, which can be integrated into a breadth of aerial media.
