Fermata

What Fermata does

Fermata is an Israel-based computer vision company founded in 2020 that provides digital scouting and agronomic decision support for high-tech commercial greenhouse operators. Its flagship product, Croptimus, is an AI platform that ingests imagery from standard 25x zoom cameras installed across greenhouse zones, performing daily detection of 20+ pest, disease, and plant-stress classes (including powdery mildew, botrytis, downy mildew, whitefly, Tuta absoluta, spider mites, thrips, ToBRFV, and mosaic virus). Image processing occurs on edge hardware at the customer site, with results transmitted to a dedicated AWS Virtual Private Cloud; the architecture explicitly avoids cross-customer model training and shared tenancy. Disclosed outcomes include 30% reduction in crop loss, 50% reduction in routine scouting labor, and 25% lower treatment costs versus calendar-based blanket spraying, with a typical payback inside 8–12 months for a mid-size greenhouse.

The company monetizes through annual software subscriptions priced as a small percentage of crop revenue, complemented by sales of off-the-shelf 25x zoom camera hardware (€400–600 per unit) sourced from partners such as Hikvision and Luminys. Standard contract terms are one year with 30-day cancellation, lowering buyer risk. Distribution is enterprise field sales: a four-step funnel from 30-minute introductory call through demo/ROI assessment, risk-free single-greenhouse pilot, and site-by-site scaling. As of 2024–2025, Fermata is active in 60+ greenhouses across 10+ countries spanning North America, Europe, Israel, Oceania, and Latin America, with strategic partnerships including Bayer Crop Science, Syngenta, Microsoft (AI for Good), NVIDIA, and Wageningen University & Research. Customer evidence is anchored in named deployments such as Ridge Farms, Zabartek, Decibel, Drip Cultivation, GreenKom Group, and BioBest-affiliated crop consultants. The legal entity is Fermatagro Technology LTD., registered in Cyprus, with operational headquarters in Herzliya/Tel Aviv, Israel.

Name

Fermata

Legal name

Fermatagro Technology LTD.

Website

https://fermata.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fermata provides AI-powered computer vision digital scouting and agronomic decision support for high-tech commercial greenhouse growers. Its Croptimus platform uses standard cameras to detect 20+ pest and disease classes daily, deployed across 60+ greenhouses in 10+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Agriculture Software

NAICS

Vegetable and Melon Farming (1112)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Scouting & Pest/Disease Detection (Digital Scouting, Computer Vision, Alerts) (AFAGALAI)

Keywords

• Computer vision agriculture
• Greenhouse crop monitoring
• AI pest detection
• Digital scouting platform
• Precision agriculture software

Headquarters

HQ city

Herzliya

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (Croptimus Platform): Annual subscription model for access to Croptimus digital scouting platform. Pricing based on greenhouse size, monitored crops, and selected product features. Represents small percentage of crop revenue with typical payback within 1-2 years. Standard contract term is 1 year with 30 days notice cancellation at no cost.
2. Camera Hardware Sales: Sale of standard 25x zoom cameras for Croptimus deployment. Recommended camera models from multiple brands, typically costing €400-600 per unit depending on geography and distributor. Hardware can be supplied by Fermata or purchased directly by customer. Cameras are purchased separately and remain customer property.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fermata sells Croptimus, an AI-powered computer vision platform that performs daily digital scouting in commercial greenhouses using standard 25x zoom cameras. The platform detects 20+ pest, disease, and plant-stress classes, generates per-zone heatmaps and treatment alerts, and delivers agronomic decision support for early intervention. Croptimus is sold as an annual subscription to high-tech greenhouse operators, propagators, nurseries, and seed producers, with optional camera hardware sold or supplied separately.

Product overview

Fermata offers a single unified product called Croptimus – an AI-powered digital scouting and agronomic decision support platform for high-tech greenhouse growers. The platform consists of the core Croptimus monitoring engine complemented by Digital Scouting capabilities, Agronomic Decision Support features, Heatmap Visualization for spatial tracking, and an ROI Calculator tool. The product ecosystem also includes a Detection Library knowledge base cataloguing all detectable threats. Croptimus uses computer vision AI with standard 25x zoom cameras to provide daily consistent coverage, detecting 20+ pest and disease classes across crops including tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cannabis, and ornamentals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Croptimus: AI-powered digital scouting and agronomic decision support platform for greenhouse crop monitoring. Detects 20+ pest and disease classes using computer vision, providing daily consistent coverage across camera-equipped greenhouse zones.

Products and services

• Croptimus AI-powered digital scouting and agronomic decision support platform for high-tech greenhouse operators, propagators, nurseries, and seed producers. Uses computer vision with standard 25x zoom cameras to detect 20+ pest and disease classes across greenhouse zones, generating per-zone heatmaps, action alerts, treatment plans, and post-treatment review. Sold as an annual subscription with optional camera hardware available separately.
• Camera hardware for Croptimus deployment

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% decrease in crop loss - system catches outbreaks 2-3 weeks before weekly manual scouting
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bayer Crop SciencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Multi-year R&D collaboration on pest resistance, seed production monitoring, and ToBRFV detection across tomato and seed crops. Successful 2023 pilot expanded in 2024 to additional sites. Also targets seed-transmitted diseases, pollination tracking, and pest control for carrot and onion seed production.
• SyngentacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on crop health data, IPM strategies, and agrochemical optimization for commercial growers.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationSelected as one of 14 companies globally in Microsoft's AI for Good programme supporting sustainability in agriculture. Cloud infrastructure partner for AWS VPC deployments.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationGPU-accelerated inference powering real-time crop analysis at scale across greenhouse networks.
• Wageningen University & ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partnership on phenotyping and whitefly resistance assessment for commercial breeding. Joint project in Bleiswijk, Netherlands uses AI-based phenotyping cameras to accelerate pest-resistance assessment cycles for breeders.
• YieldComputercoreTechnology or IntegrationYield forecasting platform combining Croptimus vision with farm-management agronomy. Fuses local weather data, crop models, satellite imagery, and field-level detections for personalized fertilization and pesticide recommendations in single grower workflow.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Taranis: AI-powered crop intelligence platform combining aerial imagery and computer vision to detect pests, diseases, and weeds across fields. Closely comparable to Fermata's computer-vision scouting thesis, though Taranis focuses more on broadacre row crops via drone/satellite versus Fermata's greenhouse camera-based approach.
• Plantix (PEAT GmbH): AI-based plant disease and pest detection platform that uses image recognition on crop photos to diagnose issues and recommend treatments. Comparable to Fermata in the computer-vision-for-crop-protection category, though Plantix is mobile-first and targets smallholder farmers rather than commercial greenhouses.
• Semios: Precision agriculture platform providing pest management, disease modeling, and crop monitoring for orchards, vineyards, and tree crops. Comparable to Fermata's value proposition of data-driven pest/disease management, though focused on permanent crops rather than greenhouse vegetables.
• Augmenta: Camera-based precision agriculture system for variable-rate application of fertilizers and crop protection products in real time. Closely comparable to Fermata's computer-vision-on-equipment approach, with shared focus on zone-targeted treatment optimization in commercial crop production.
• Hummingbird Technologies: Remote sensing and AI analytics provider for precision agriculture, using satellite and drone imagery to deliver crop health insights. Comparable to Fermata's AI-driven crop protection mission, with overlapping computer-vision/scouting capabilities from an aerial perspective.

Broad incumbents

• Prospera (Valmont Industries): Computer-vision crop monitoring platform acquired by Valmont Industries, offering AI-driven insights for irrigation, fertilization, and pest management. Comparable AI-crop-intelligence technology but with broader scope and the backing of a large irrigation-infrastructure incumbent.
• Bayer Climate LLC (Climate FieldView): Bayer's digital agriculture platform providing field-level data, imagery, and prescription tools across millions of acres. Compares to Fermata as a broad-acre agtech platform — and notably, Bayer is also a Fermata partner, illustrating both overlap and coopetition.
• Blue River Technology (John Deere): Computer-vision and machine-learning pioneer for agriculture, now part of John Deere, focused on See & Spray precision weed control. Shares Fermata's computer-vision-for-crop-protection thesis but operates at a much larger scale within John Deere's equipment ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Arable Labs: Crop monitoring platform combining weather, soil, and plant sensors with analytics for decision support. Comparable to Fermata in the data-driven crop-monitoring category, but uses sensor fusion rather than computer vision and targets broader crop categories.
• xFarm Technologies: Farm management platform integrating IoT, satellite imagery, and AI for crop monitoring and decision support, with strong presence in European agriculture. Comparable to Fermata in serving European growers with digital crop intelligence, though broader in scope (sensors, satellite, machinery) than greenhouse-only computer vision.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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