Pollen Systems

Pollen Systems, based in Bellevue, Washington, applies advanced agricultural analytics to farms in the US, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and South Africa. The company uses drones with near-infrared and thermal cameras, incorporates measurements from IoT devices, and enables manual data collection using the Pollen PrecisionView mobile application. Data is analyzed and synthesized in the company's PrecisionView Manager portal, where crop vigor, variability, and yield predictions are exposed, providing insights to its customers.

Pollen Systems claims that farmers can capture a 360-degree digital twin of their farm by combining customer and Esri-supplied layers from aerial imagery, soil maps, topography, etc. They use drones and satellites to scout issues, cutting time and labor costs for detecting pests and diseases by up to 90%.

Key customers and partnerships

The company's sample customers include Seven Hills Vineyard, Brothers in Farms, Sierra Gold Nurseries, and La Rosa Sofruco. Pollen Systems has partnered with several companies to provide advanced agricultural analytics including DroneHive for drone services and Planet Labs to provide satellite data to users. Furthermore, the company's PrecisionView platform is built on Microsoft.NET Technologies. The company is a long-term partner of Esri, a multinational geographic information system software company. It has integrated its PrecisionView Portal with the ESRI ArcGIS platform, providing farmers with GIS-backed farm mapping and reports that combine multi-spectral and thermal crop image analysis with ground data to increase crop yield and quality.

Funding and financials

In April 2024, Pollen Systems has raised USD 2.4 million in new capital and further details are undisclosed. In 2019, the company raised USD 1 million in a seed round to build the business in North America and Chile and perform pilots in Peru and South Africa. The company raised an additional USD 2 million Series A round in 2020 to expand into other crops and geographies.