Sabanto, a Chicago-based startup offering autonomous driving system solutions, has raised USD 17 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Fulcrum Global Capital. Investors including DCVC Bio, Hico Capital, Yara Growth Ventures, Johnsonville Ventures, and Trimble Ventures also participated in the round.

The funds will support the company’s mission to make its solution an affordable, reliable, and scalable solution for farmers globally, and expand its farming-as-a-service operations to more farmers and more crops covering more farm acres across states.

Sabanto also reported planting over 750 acres of corn and soybeans in one season using a single 60-horsepower tractor integrated with its advanced mission control platform, demonstrating the company’s ability to deploy systems for multiple days of non-stop operation.

Analyst QuickTake : With total funding of USD 17 million, Sabanto is working towards its aim of accelerating autonomy in agricultural machinery. The company adopts a different approach to conventional autonomous agricultural machinery manufacturers offering low-cost retrofits that integrate into existing machinery, regardless of make or model, to transform them into autonomous agricultural machines.