Dutch startup Spatialise has secured €350,000 in funding from UNIIQ, an funding fund devoted to supporting proof-of-concept improvements. The funding will allow Spatialise to additional develop its AI-driven soil well being monitoring platform, which makes use of satellite tv for pc information and synthetic intelligence to evaluate the nutrient content material of farmland topsoils.
Based by Soufiane el Khinifri, Spatialise addresses the agricultural sector’s rising want for environment friendly and correct soil evaluation. The platform offers insights into key soil parts.
“Our digital soil evaluation expertise makes it potential to precisely measure the natural carbon (SOC) and different important vitamins reminiscent of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) within the soil. This enables farmers to optimise their use of fertilisers, leading to fewer emissions and price financial savings,” says Soufiane.
These insights assist farmers optimise fertiliser use, lowering emissions and decreasing prices, whereas additionally supporting land restoration and monitoring the carbon footprint of meals worth chains.
Commenting on the funding, Soufiane said: “Making regenerative agriculture accessible worldwide by AI-driven expertise, is our mission. This funding will allow us to additional develop and broaden our soil monitoring options in order that extra farmers can enhance the well being of their soil whereas saving prices.”
UNIIQ, a €50 million funding fund managed by InnovationQuarter, Leiden College, Erasmus MC, and TU Delft, focuses on accelerating improvements throughout the proof-of-concept section.
Jasper Geselschap, Fund Supervisor of UNIIQ at InnovationQuarter, highlighted the potential influence of Spatialise’s platform: “Spatialise is taking a giant step in making the agricultural sector extra sustainable by the usage of superior AI expertise. We’re delighted to spend money on an organization that gives each cost-saving options for farmers, and makes a big contribution to lowering the environmental footprint of agriculture.”
With this funding, Spatialise goals to boost its platform’s capabilities, making regenerative agriculture accessible to farmers globally.