BloomX has raised $13 million in Series A funding to expand its AI- and robotics-powered pollination technology across international agricultural markets and prepare for entry into the U.S. The round was led by Elah Fund, with participation from Rothschild Fund, Sadot Innovation, Tene Fund, OurCrowd, BioBee, Gidulei Sade Dagan, the Mishkey Hevel Aza Group, Kibbutz Eyal, Horashim, Magal, Kfar Glikson, private investors, and the Israel Innovation Authority. The financing brings BloomX’s total funding since its founding to $20 million.
BloomX plans to use the new capital to expand in its core markets of Peru, Mexico, South Africa, and Israel while preparing to enter the U.S., additional Latin American markets, and new crop categories. The company said growers using its technology have recorded an average yield increase of approximately 20%, along with improvements in fruit size and quality.
Founded in 2019, BloomX develops biomimetic pollination systems that combine robotics with AI-based algorithms. The company’s technology complements natural pollinators and turns pollination into a managed, measurable agricultural input. BloomX offers its systems through a Pollination-as-a-Service model, reducing the need for growers to make large upfront equipment investments.
The company currently offers two commercial systems. Robee is designed for blueberries and mimics bumblebees’ buzz pollination by applying controlled vibrations that stimulate plants to release pollen. Yahav 2400, which launched commercially this year for avocado orchards, uses high-voltage electrodes to create a controlled electric field that attracts and releases pollen grains. The system collects pollen on a technical textile designed to mimic a bee’s body, then transfers it to receptive female flowers.
BloomX said growers using its systems have generated returns on investment of up to 10.5 times. A single operator can cover up to 3.5 hectares, or about nine acres, per day, and the systems can keep operating in extreme weather when bees may not pollinate effectively.
Customers include ACP and Fruitist, formerly Agrovision, in Peru, Allesbeste in South Africa, and the Granot Group in Israel. BloomX plans to expand its technology to additional crops, including almonds and blueberries in the U.S.
The company has 19 employees, 15 of whom are based in Israel. It was founded by CEO Thai Sade, CTO Avi Keren, and VP Of Software Development Ido Senesh.
KEY QUOTES:
“Over the years, modern agriculture has learned to manage irrigation, fertilization and crop protection with remarkable precision. Pollination, a critical link in fruit production, has remained entirely at the mercy of nature. This funding round is a tremendous vote of confidence in the biomimetic technology we have developed, which does not replace bees but works alongside them, giving growers an unprecedented level of operational and economic certainty. With this investment, we will strengthen our position in existing markets and prepare for global expansion, including bringing our technology to almond and blueberry growers in the United States and to more countries in Latin America. Our goal is clear: to help the world grow more food, of higher quality, in a sustainable way suited to a changing climate.”
Thai Sade, Co-Founder And CEO Of BloomX
“BloomX addresses a real and costly pain point for large-scale growers with a dynamic technological solution that combines robotics, AI, and deep agronomic expertise. What ultimately convinced us to lead this investment round was the fact that BloomX’s systems were developed in the field, alongside agricultural customers, in response to existing market demand, rather than as a solution looking for a problem. This is deep technology with a measurable impact on crop yields, growers’ economics, and food security. We see tremendous potential for BloomX to transform the way growers around the world manage pollination.”
Calanit Valfer, Managing Partner At Elah Fund
“Bees make a lot more than honey. They make a lot of the world’s $1.8 trillion specialty crop production possible. Pollination is critical to plant growth and evolution and bee populations globally are not nearly as plentiful as they once were. BloomX completely changes that dynamic and brings practical, scalable, and automated pollination to a wide variety of places and crops. They’re changing specialty crop farming.”
Dr. Mark DeSantis, Strategic Advisor At BloomX
