What Gardin does

Gardin (legal entity: Gardin Agritech Ltd) is a UK-based agritech company founded in 2020 that develops optical phenotyping hardware and analytics for commercial greenhouse operators. Its core product is a proprietary optical chlorophyll fluorescence sensor that continuously and autonomously scans crop canopy across 10m² areas, directly measuring photosynthesis efficiency — the fundamental driver of plant growth — rather than relying on indirect indicators such as climate or irrigation data. Raw optical signals are streamed to the cloud where AI models convert them into quantified plant health metrics (Gardin Plant Vitals) and actionable insights, delivered via a real-time dashboard and API (Gardin Pulse), with native integration into Priva and Ridder greenhouse automation platforms.

The company sells a combined hardware-plus-software solution: growers purchase optical sensors and pay an ongoing platform subscription for data analytics, alerts, and integration services. Gardin targets enterprise greenhouse growers in segments including vegetables, ornamentals, berries, vertical farming, and agricultural research, with named customers including Bayer, Fromboer, KP Holland, Delphy, Ljusgårda, IGS, Inagro, Harvest House, De Peelkroon, SK Quality Roses, and Berry Farming. Reported customer outcomes include 5–35% yield gains, >€20k/ha/yr lighting savings, >2 weeks earlier stress detection, and up to 10x return on investment; in the 2025 Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, Gardin's biofeedback technology demonstrated a 45% yield increase and €200k/ha/yr additional revenue.

The business model combines direct enterprise field sales with demo-led conversion, complemented by technology integration partnerships with established greenhouse automation vendors as distribution channels. Gardin has raised approximately $15.3M in total disclosed funding across three rounds (Jan 2021, Dec 2021, May 2025) from investors including Molten Ventures (lead in 2021), Navus Ventures (lead in 2025 Seed 2), LDV Capital, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Oxford Innovation Finance, and Alchimia Investments. The company is registered in England & Wales (company number 12423953), headquartered at Milton Park, Abingdon, with 11–50 employees and operating geographies in the UK and Netherlands.

Name

Gardin

Legal name

Gardin Agritech Ltd

Website

https://gardin.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gardin is a UK-based agritech company that builds proprietary optical chlorophyll fluorescence sensors and AI analytics to measure crop photosynthesis in real time, enabling commercial greenhouse growers to detect stress early and optimize yields, lighting, and inputs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Agriculture Sensors

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

In-Field Sensor Hardware (Soil Moisture/Nutrient, Weather, Canopy Sensors) (AFABAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Precision Sensing & Monitoring (Soil/Weather Stations, In-Field Sensors, IoT) (AFAGALAB), Pest/Disease/Weed Detection & Forecasting Analytics (AFABAMAI), Controlled Environment Lighting (LED Grow Lights, Controls) (AFAAAHAC)

Keywords

• Precision agriculture sensors
• Crop health monitoring
• Greenhouse analytics platform
• Photosynthesis measurement technology
• Agricultural AI analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Sensor Hardware + Platform Subscription: Gardin generates revenue through the sale of optical photosynthesis sensors combined with an ongoing software platform subscription for data analytics, alerts, and integration services. The platform delivers real-time plant insights via Gardin Pulse dashboard and API, with integration into greenhouse automation systems like Priva and Ridder.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gardin develops and sells proprietary optical chlorophyll fluorescence sensors combined with AI-driven analytics to directly measure photosynthesis efficiency in greenhouse crops in real time. The integrated sensor-plus-platform offering delivers Gardin Plant Vitals (AI-derived plant health metrics) and the Gardin Pulse dashboard and API, providing commercial growers with early stress detection (>2 weeks before visible symptoms) and integration with major greenhouse automation systems such as Priva and Ridder.

Product overview

Gardin offers a unified precision agriculture platform comprising four integrated products: the Gardin Sensor (proprietary optical chlorophyll fluorescence sensor), Gardin Plant Vitals (AI-generated plant health metrics), the Gardin Platform (cloud-based insight delivery and integration hub), and Gardin Pulse (real-time dashboard and API interface). Together, these products enable growers to measure photosynthesis in real time, detect stress weeks before visual symptoms, and optimize lighting, irrigation, and climate based on direct plant feedback rather than fixed schedules. The platform integrates with Priva and Ridder greenhouse control systems and reports up to 10x return on investment through yield gains of 5-35% and energy savings exceeding €20,000/ha/year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gardin Sensor Proprietary optical chlorophyll fluorescence sensor that scans crop canopy continuously and autonomously across 10m², measuring photosynthesis efficiency directly. Sold to commercial greenhouse operators as the primary data-collection hardware for the Gardin platform.
• Gardin Plant Vitals AI-generated numerical metrics derived from raw chlorophyll fluorescence signals, quantifying plant health, efficiency, balance, and productivity. Delivered as actionable insights through the Gardin platform for commercial greenhouse growers.
• Gardin Platform Cloud-based software platform that delivers plant insights, trends, and alerts to greenhouse growers. Integrates with Priva and Ridder climate control systems, enabling unified plant-health-and-climate workflows for commercial operators.
• Gardin Pulse Real-time plant monitoring dashboard and API delivering plant stress alerts, productivity insights, and actionable recommendations to growers. Provides real-time photosynthesis insights and stress alerts weeks before visual symptoms, with integration into Priva and Ridder.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-35% yield gains reported by growers
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PrivacoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with Priva greenhouse automation platform. Gardin Pulse delivers insights via integration with Priva systems, enabling seamless data flow between plant health monitoring and climate control.
• RiddercoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with Ridder greenhouse automation systems. Gardin platform integrates with Ridder to deliver plant insights alongside climate and irrigation data.
• Team MuGrowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge where Team MuGrow used Gardin's sensors and plant indicators to demonstrate algorithmic greenhouse control, achieving 45% yield increase and €200k/ha/yr additional revenue.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• WayBeyond: Digital agronomy platform combining in-greenhouse sensors, climate data, and AI-driven crop recommendations for commercial growers. Closely comparable to Gardin's sensor-plus-AI play for greenhouse optimization, with similar GTM into fruit and vegetable growers.
• Blue Radix: Provides AI-driven autonomous climate and irrigation control for greenhouses, integrating with the same Priva and Ridder platforms Gardin integrates with. Highly comparable as a software-defined greenhouse optimization peer competing for the same grower budgets.
• Vivent: Swiss startup using plant electrophysiology sensors to detect crop stress in real time, with an AI diagnostic layer. Direct competitor to Gardin on the 'measure the plant, not the climate' thesis, with comparable enterprise greenhouse customer base.
• Phenospex: Developer of PlantEye optical 3D phenotyping sensors for continuous crop monitoring in greenhouses and research settings. Comparable as an optical-sensor-based plant phenotyping company serving greenhouse operators and plant research institutes.

Emerging players

• Hiphen: Plant phenotyping company using aerial and ground-based imagery with computer vision analytics to measure crop traits. Comparable in the broader plant-sensing analytics category, though focused more on field-trial and breeding applications.
• Aranet (SAF Tehnika): Wireless IoT environmental and soil sensors deployed in greenhouses and agriculture. Comparable as a sensor-hardware-into-greenhouse operator peer, though Gardin's optical photosynthesis focus is more specialized than Aranet's broader environmental monitoring.
• Sencrop: Agtech company providing connected weather and crop sensors for farmers with subscription analytics. Comparable as an agtech sensor-plus-software subscription business, though focused on field crops and weather-driven decision support rather than greenhouse photosynthesis.

Broad incumbents

• Priva: One of the largest global providers of greenhouse climate, irrigation, and process automation hardware and software — and Gardin's primary integration partner. A broad incumbent with overlapping capability in climate-based growing optimization that Gardin's plant-vital layer sits on top of.
• Ridder Group: Major Dutch greenhouse technology group providing climate screens, irrigation, water treatment, and automation software — and Gardin's other named integration partner. Broad incumbent whose installed base Gardin leverages and whose adjacent capabilities could become competitive.

Others

• Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS): Scottish vertical-farming infrastructure provider and a named Gardin customer. Adjacent in the controlled-environment-agriculture stack as a platform vendor that uses Gardin's optical sensing for recipe development — a representative deployment environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GardinAgritech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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