hexafarms Crop Intelligence Platform

hexafarms is a German horticulture technology company that sells hardware and software as one crop operating system for greenhouse growers. Its hardware is engineered and manufactured in Germany.

The platform has three modules: yield forecasting, disease and pest detection, and environmental sensing. Wireless sensors record climate, fertigation, substrate and light data every five minutes, solar Insight Station cameras count fruit and flowers, and robots scan plants for pests. Customers include growers in about 13 countries such as Dyson Farming, Landgard and Gardeners Pride.

• Yield forecasting: Rolling four-week forecast built on 80+ parameters.
• Disease and pest detection: Cameras and robots flag problems earlier than manual scouting.
• Environmental sensing: Sensors log temperature, CO2, VPD, EC and pH every 5 minutes.
• Insight Station: Solar camera counts fruits and flowers every 4 hours.
• Connectivity: LTE-M and NB-IoT gateways and an API for data access.

High-tech tomato, cucumber and strawberry greenhouses in Da Lat can monitor climate and pests continuously. Large vegetable producers can use yield forecasts to commit volumes to retailers. Greenhouse integrators can bundle the sensors into turnkey projects.

Pest and disease detection is claimed to come 3 to 5 days earlier than manual scouting. Rolling four-week yield forecasts help growers plan labor and sales. The sensor system needs no gateway, and the page states no hidden SIM fees or mandatory service contracts. A named strawberry case study reports 4.0x ROI in the first full season.

Greenhouse growers face labor shortages and tight margins, which drives adoption of sensor-based monitoring and yield forecasting. Vietnam and Thailand are expanding high-tech greenhouse vegetables and fruit, creating demand for climate and pest monitoring.

Raised EUR 4.8 million in October 2026, led by Ananda Impact Ventures and Green Generation Fund with Speedinvest, Mudcake and Techstars among existing backers. Also received a Rentenbank startup grant. Works with Priva, Hoogendoorn and Ridder climate computers.