SweGreen

SweGreen is the #1 Agtech company of Sweden and a vertical farming innovation venture based in Stockholm. We are offering the world's most efficient and automated InStore farming solution and the most hyper-local and climate-smart greens … grown in our sustainable, circular, futuristic and controlled-environment systems. SweGreen is a pioneering enterprise in offering urban farming in a service model enabled by our AI-driven farm management, cloud-based monitoring and highly automated hardware platforms - which we call Farming as a Service, FaaS. Our InStore growing system secures hyper-local production of leafy greens and herbs of quality for our customers with 100% taste and minimum resources required ... a planet and prosperity win-win model which dedicates to smarter, more sustainable and attractive urban communities.   The future of farming ...

<div>SweGreen is a Swedish AgTech company that provides automated in-store vertical farming solutions to produce lettuce, leafy greens, herbs, and spices. SweGreen uses AI-driven farm management systems, cloud-based monitoring, and automated hardware platforms to run its systems in an indoor setup, reducing transport charges and last-mile delivery systems.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>

Bringing fresh produce closer to consumers with efficient, advanced technology.

Vertical Farming

Swegreen 2023 - SweGreen AB

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 SweGreen is a Swedish AgTech company that provides automated in-store vertical farming solutions to produce lettuce, leafy greens, herbs, and spices. SweGreen uses AI-driven farm management systems, cloud-based monitoring, and automated hardware platforms to run its systems in an indoor setup, reducing transport charges and last-mile delivery systems.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 The company offers three types of vertical farming units, depending on size: Freja, designed for large supermarkets and retailers, with a daily production capacity of approximately 450 crops (around 13,500 per month) within a compact 60 sq m area; Elsa, with a 45 sq m footprint, has a daily production capacity of around 300 crops (around 9,000 per month); and Saga, its newest and smallest model for smaller grocery stores, hotels, and eateries, has a floor space ranging 6&ndash;12 sq m, delivering 68&ndash;116 crops daily.
 
 
 
 
 The company also operates its own research center and laboratory, Swegreen X, where new leafy greens are developed and tested.
 
 
 
 
 SweGreen claims to use 99% less water than traditional farming methods and recycles all irrigation water at its facilities.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of October 2023, SweGreen&rsquo;s customers included Vattenfall and Ostenssons.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 In August 2023, the company partnered with EDEKA, a German supermarket corporation and its merchants Stadler + Honner to establish an in-store facility in Munich, Germany. In May 2023, Swegreen partnered with ICA Kvantum Emporia in Malm&ouml; to install an in-store farm. As of December 2023, the company&rsquo;s in-store farms were located in over 15 stores.
 
 
 
 
 The company works with the Research Institutes of Sweden and the Malardales University to keep its AI technology up to date.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In October 2022, Swegreen received EUR 40,000 (~USD 44,000) from the Nordic Project Fund (Nopef) to support its international expansion, with a focus on the American market.
 
 
 
 
 SweGreen raised USD 1 million in funding in November 2020 from Vinnova to further develop Swegreens&rsquo; platform for AI-driven vertical farming.&nbsp;
 
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Based in Germany, Agrilution produces and sells small container farms (known as Plantcubes) that can be placed inside kitchens. Its growing system is suitable to grow lettuce, microgreens, and herbs. The farm can be controlled via a mobile phone.

Agrilution

Based in Belgium, Urban Crop Solutions produces growing systems inside shipping containers (called PlantFactories). The company also builds custom farms inside buildings (e.g. warehouse, basement). The company's modular " PlantFactories " are deemed ideal for highly urbanized areas, since they take up little space and can be stacked. As of March 2020, it had 28 projects in operation with its main customers located across Europe and in the US.The company launched an e-shop in February 2023 to better support existing and new customers in the day-to-day and long-term operation of their indoor farming businesses. The e-shop offers from seeds and substrates to sensors and container parts.In April 2023, the company appointed <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17741">AlfaTech </a>, an engineering consulting firm, as the integration and service partner for UCS’s products in the Southeast Asian region.

Urban Crop Solutions

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 Based in Massachusetts, Crop One Holdings operates hydroponics-based vertical farming that produces herbicide and pesticide-free leafy greens. As of December 2021, the company operates a facility in Millis, Massachusetts, and serves more than 30 stores in the US through its subsidiary—FreshBox Farms, producing greens such as spinach, kale, and romaine as well as a spicy mix, spring mix, and a power blend.   
 
 
 The company claims to have a longer commercial production history than any other vertical farmer in North America. It further claims that its proprietary technology and plant science help generate among the highest crop yields in the industry, up to 20%–60%, and at 25% to 50% of the capital cost of other vertical farming companies. It is also able to produce output that uses 99% less water compared to outdoor fields.
 
 
 The company states that scaling its production is the most challenging aspect and has now begun expanding its operations seven years after commencement. As part of their expansion plans, the company announced a Joint Venture with Emirates Flight Catering in June 2018, and 
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 the two companies announced plans to build a 130,000 sq ft farm in Dubai, reportedly the largest vertical farming facility in the world. Crop One also plans to build a new facility every year for the next five years. The Dubai facility is expected to produce about 6,000 pounds of leafy greens per day, which will also serve Emirates’ customers, including 105 airlines and 25 lounges. In July 2022, the company announced the opening of its second farm, “Emirates Crop One” (ECO 1), a 330,000+ sq ft facility that is expected to produce up to 2 million pounds of leafy greens per year.  
 
 
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 , Crop One and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory received a USD 1.5 million grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) to develop aquatic plants of the Lemnaceae (Lemna) family to provide high-quality protein for human consumption.
 
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Crop One Holdings

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 Agricool, a French startup, operates vertical farms in containers using an aeroponic growing system. The company sells its leafy greens, herbs, and strawberries to grocery stores. It currently operates container farms (which it calls “cooltainers”) in Paris and Dubai. By 2021, it plans to operate around 100 farms. The light-emitting diode (LED) lighting used in its containers are powered by 100% renewable energy. The company claims that its locally grown strawberries contain 30% more vitamin C than supermarket strawberries. 
 
 
 
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Agricool

Berlin-based Infarm is a startup that produces herbs and green leaves such as basil, pak choi, coriander, and thyme via a hydroponic vertical farming system. It also produces modular growing systems for grocery retailers, restaurants, schools, and shopping malls in a farming-as-a-service model that sets it apart from competitors. Infarm handles the installation, cultivation, harvesting, and maintenance of its modular farms.&nbsp;&nbsp;The company's cloud-based platform “Growing Centres” is designed to be scalable and can add more modules provided there are no space constraints. Each module can produce 500,000 plants per year using 430 sq ft of space. The farms are monitored and controlled by Infarm’s central control center. As of December 2021, Infarm revealed it was conducting R&amp;D to expand its portfolio with 40 new crops in 2022 including mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, peas, and strawberries, while increasing its presence to 100 growing centers across 20 countries by harvesting a variety of fruits and vegetables by 2030.&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/14648">In November 2022</a>, the company announced that it has successfully grown wheat at its indoor farms without the use of soil, chemicals and pesticides, projecting yields of up to 11.7 kg per square meter per year based on initial results.Infarm strengthened its US presence in February 2022, with plans to open a new <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8415">73,000 sq ft vertical farm</a> in Kyle, Texas with a capacity to produce 2.2 million pounds of salad per year. In June 2022, Infarm said that it would be building a 200,000 sq ft Growing Center in Maryland, its third and reportedly largest farm in its network. In Europe, the company began constructing a 10,000 sq meter (~107,000+ sq ft) vertical farming facility in Bedford in August 2021, which may be one of the largest vertical farming facilities in Europe, with the ability to produce up to 18 million plants per year at full capacity (equivalent to 360,000 sqm of farmland). The facility was opened in June 2022. Infarm also revealed plans to open its first growing center in Qatar in 2023, with a focus on fruits such as strawberries, alongside leafy greens, herbs, and salads (December 2021).In October 2023, Infarm’s <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22462">UK branch</a> entered administration under the laws of England and Wales and the Insolvency Rules following the bankruptcy of its <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22225">Dutch</a> branch in September 2023. Previously in April 2023, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17740">closed its facilities</a> in Frankfurt and Copenhagen due to escalating energy prices, inflation, supply chain disruptions, rising material costs, and tough financial markets.Key customers and partnershipsInfarm expanded in Canada, via its partnership with Sobeys (Canada’s second-largest food retailer), to construct four production facilities in Calgary, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Hamilton by 2023, to supply to over 1,000 Canadian grocery stores (July 2021). It aims to operate a capacity of 3 million sq ft in Canada by 2025. The company also has partnered with the virtual supermarket <a href="https://sp-edge.com/sectors/sustainability/updates/6154">Rohlik.cz </a>to offer its greens in the Czech Republic, marking its foray into the Eastern European market. Infarm also partnered with Swedish multinational ready-to-assemble furniture company IKEA <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11069">in June 2022 </a>to supply modular vertical farming solutions to grow herbs at three IKEA stores. Infarm expanded its presence to the Netherlands, where it announced an exclusive supply partnership with online retailer Crisp ( <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/7874">January 2022 </a>). As of February 2022, the company had partnered with over 30 retailers across North America, Europe, the UK, and Japan including Kroger, Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, and <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8769">Coop Danmark </a>, supplying its fresh produce to over 2,850 stores. It also plans to enter new markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.Funding and financialsIn June 2021, it was reported that it was in talks with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/sectors/sustainability/updates/1022">Kernal Group </a>to go public via the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) route. The possible transaction was likely to value the combined company at over USD 1 billion.Infarm raised USD 200 million in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/sectors/sustainability/updates/7389">Series D funding </a>in December 2021. The round has brought the company’s total funding to around USD 605 million at a valuation of more than USD 1 billion. The fresh funds were to be used for Infarm’s global growth strategy.

Infarm

A soilless growing method that combines aquaculture with hydroponics. A crop's roots are placed directly in containers of nutrient-enriched water connected to fish farming tanks, allowing crops to absorb a continuous supply of nutrients from the waste produced by the fish.

A soilless growing method that places crops' roots directly in containers filled with nutrient-enriched water.

A soilless growing method that suspends crops in the air with a sprinkler or misting system used to spray the exposed roots with a nutrient-rich solution.

Startups that produce and sell modular growing systems that can be placed within containers (e.g. small containers, shipping containers) and buildings or rooms. The containers can be located in a variety of places, such as retail stores, parking lots, and kitchens.

Urban indoor farming maximizes land use by providing controlled environments for efficient crop production

Certain vertical farming systems use IoT and related sensor technologies

Techniques enable better land use management

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 Swegreen, a vertical in-store farming industry pioneer, has unveiled Saga, a novel farming unit, at ICA Supermarket Rimforsa. The firm has another set-up rationed for ICA Supermarket Sävja in the forthcoming weeks.
 Saga strives to expand the reach of in-store farming by making it accessible to smaller markets. The platform has the potential of producing 2,000 to 3,000 units of salads and herbs on a weekly basis. It offers flexibility in production volumes and an ability to deliver fresh, locally cultivated produce every season of the year.
 
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