Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies

Root Zone Cooling and Heating Systems

Agriculture & Food Technologies
Acquired by ClearVue on Dec, 2024
Public Beit HaLevi Founded 2009
Total raised
$11.4M
Last: PIPE 2022-10
Stage
Public
Founded
2009
Headcount
7
HQ
Beit HaLevi
Sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies

About

Roots addresses plant climate-management and irrigation issues. The company specializes in two core technologies: root zone temperature optimization, which can help increase yield, improve quality, save energy, and mitigate extreme heat and cold stress; and irrigation by condensation, which provides water for irrigation from the moisture in the air and soil. Roots leverages the principle of ground-source heat exchange by installing a closed-loop system of pipes and a circulation pump. The lower heat-charging component is placed at depth, and the upper heat-discharging device is located in the target crop's root zone. By heating the root zone during the winter and cooling it during the summer, the root zone temperature is maintained at a relatively stable, favorable range year-round.

Funding history · 6 rounds · $11.4M total

2022-10
PIPE $417K
2021-12
PIPE $1.0M
2020-12
PIPE $2.5M
2020-02
PIPE $321K
2019-05
PIPE $1.1M
2014-06
Series A $1.0M

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies
Sub-sectors
Agriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechPrecision AgFarm Equipment & TreatmentClimate TechFood & Land UseSustainable FarmingEnergy TransitionEco-Efficient Energy Usage
Technologies
Sensing
Target customers
Agriculture & FoodCrops
Business model
B2B

Highlights

1 PatentsVerified

Tags

energy-usagecropsirrigationtemperature-controlclimate-techagtechwaternovel-farming-systemsprecision-agriculturefarmersplant-protectionsustainable-farming