Kebai Science and Technology

What Kebai Science and Technology does

Kebai Science and Technology (科百科技), founded in 2008 and headquartered at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, develops and deploys wireless agricultural IoT systems and the CaipoCPS Cyber-Physical Fusion precision cultivation platform for digital farming. Its product portfolio includes the CaipoBase wireless micro base station (covering up to 6,000 mu per unit), CaipoWave sensor nodes (supporting 1,000+ sensors), IoT wireless irrigation and greenhouse control systems, and a library of proprietary digital models for ET0-based irrigation, frost/heat early warning, and pest/disease prediction. The architecture uses China's 780MHz dedicated IoT frequency band alongside 4G/3G/2G, enabling wireless deployments priced at roughly one-third to one-fifth of comparable Dutch and Israeli wired systems.

The company generates revenue through four streams: agricultural IoT hardware sales and deployment to government bureaus, industrial parks, and large farms; cloud-based full-cycle managed cultivation services (托管) where farmers only handle harvesting; professional planning, design, and consulting services; and software/data platform subscriptions. Customer concentration spans government and enterprise agricultural parks (Laiwu 1,000-mu park, Shanghe Yugang 619-mu park, Wuhan Yongwang Smart Farm), high-value specialty crop operators (tea gardens, orchards, vertical plant factory), and research institutions (CAAS Institute of Urban Agriculture). Operations run through seven subsidiary entities across China (Beijing, Shandong, Ningbo, Xinjiang), Russia (Krasnodar CAIPOS), and Austria (Gleisdorf CAIPOS GmbH R&D center), supporting deployments in 30+ countries and Belt and Road agricultural cooperation programs.

Kebai holds the EU EMC certification (first and only Chinese agricultural IoT system) and Ministry of Science and Technology domestic leading ag-IoT certification, and was named to FastCompany's 2017 China Top 50 Most Innovative Companies as the sole Agricultural IoT & Big Data entrant. Cumulative disclosed funding totals approximately $6 million across 2017, 2019, and 2021 rounds (Creadev-led Series A in 2021). Leadership is founder-led: Liu Zongbo (Chairman, co-founder of Austrian Caipos) and Liu Qingyu (CEO), with Luo Bin as President and Yan Licai as CTO.

Name

Kebai Science and Technology

Legal name

Shandong Kebai IoT Technology Co., Ltd. (山东科百物联网科技有限公司)

Website

https://kebaiiot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kebai Science and Technology develops wireless agricultural IoT systems and the CaipoCPS Cyber-Physical Fusion precision cultivation platform, serving government agricultural bureaus, industrial parks, large farms, cooperatives, and research institutions across China and 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural IoT and Precision Agriculture Systems

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Precision Sensing & Monitoring (Soil/Weather Stations, In-Field Sensors, IoT) (AFAGALAB), Pest/Disease/Weed Detection & Forecasting Analytics (AFABAMAI), Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Digital Recordkeeping (AFABAMAD), Nutrient Management & Fertility Optimization Analytics (AFABAMAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural IoT systems
• Precision agriculture solutions
• Smart irrigation control
• Greenhouse monitoring systems
• Digital farming platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural IoT System Sales and Deployment: Sale and deployment of end-to-end agricultural IoT systems including sensors, wireless nodes, base stations, controllers, and cloud platforms. Systems are sold to agricultural parks, government bureaus, large farms, and research institutions. The company also provides planning, design, construction, and commissioning services for digital agriculture parks.
2. Managed Services (Full-Cycle Cultivation Management): Full托管 (full-service management) model where the company remotely manages agricultural operations via its IoT cloud platform. Customers (farmers/cooperatives) pay for ongoing management services and only handle harvesting. Applied to tea gardens, fruit orchards, and high-value crops. Revenue is recurring in nature through ongoing service contracts.
3. Professional Services and Consulting: Expert consulting, digital agriculture park planning, design, and operational management services provided to government and enterprise clients. Includes standardized, precise full-service managed cultivation of high-value economic crops.
4. Software Platform and Data Services: Cloud platform-based management of IoT systems, data storage, processing, and analytics. Digital models provide decision support for irrigation, pest control, frost/heat protection. Revenue derived from platform subscriptions and usage-based data services.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kebai Science and Technology designs, manufactures, and deploys agricultural IoT systems integrating wireless sensor networks, controllers, and a cloud-based CPS (Cyber-Physical System) platform for precision crop cultivation. Its product portfolio covers wireless environmental monitoring, smart irrigation control, greenhouse automation, and digital agronomic models (ET0 irrigation, pest/disease prediction). The company also delivers full-cycle managed cultivation services (全托管) and end-to-end digital agriculture park construction for government bureaus, large farms, and cooperatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CaipoCPS Crop Precision Cultivation Cyber-Physical Fusion System (科百CaipoCPS作物精准栽培管理信物融合系统) A networkable cyber-physical fusion system that integrates IoT sensors and agricultural equipment (hardware) with digital models (software) to enable remote digital management and monitoring of physical farm components (crops, equipment) via APP and cloud platform. Key features include full-dimensional real-time data collection, remote precision control, sensor-node-microbase robustness, autonomous prediction and early-warning, and any-data-controls-any-device orchestration. Targeted at agricultural parks, large farms, and research institutions.
• IoT Full-Dimensional Crop Growth Environment Monitoring System (物联网作物生长环境全维度监测系统) A high-cost-performance wireless sensor network with distributed CaipoWave wireless monitoring nodes connecting 1,000+ sensors, monitoring full-dimensional parameters of plant growth environment (soil, meteorological, plant physiology). A single CaipoBase micro base station covers 6,000 mu of agricultural land with low-cost real-time monitoring of plant growth environmental data. Targeted at large-scale agricultural operations.
• IoT Wireless Irrigation Automatic Control System (物联网无线灌溉自动控制系统) Each system controls up to 200 wireless irrigation nodes within 3-5 km². Each wireless node connects 2 solenoid valves or relays. Performs rotational irrigation programming and collects solenoid valve/pipeline flow pressure, soil moisture, agricultural meteorological data, and fertilizer EC/pH information, adjusting irrigation parameters in real time. Targeted at field crops, tea gardens, and orchards.
• IoT Greenhouse Intelligent Monitoring and Control System (物联网温室智能监测控制系统) Low-cost wireless automation system for any greenhouse, using a central CaipoBaseLite controller plus multiple GHWave wireless nodes. Each wireless node manages irrigation valves, shade devices, ventilation, windows, water-fertilizer integration, and supplemental lighting. One micro base station controls up to 500 facility equipment across different greenhouses within 3-5 km². Targeted at greenhouse operators and modern agricultural parks.
• Agricultural Digital Models (农业数字模型) Suite of digital agronomic models including ET0-based smart irrigation model, frost/heat damage early warning models, and pest/disease early warning models (e.g., rice blast, apple scab). Models use accumulated local data to progressively refine and optimize key factors affecting pest/disease outbreaks and crop growth, enabling increasingly accurate localized predictions and crop management. Targeted at farmers, cooperatives, and agricultural parks.
• IoT Water-Fertilizer Integrated Intelligent Control System (物联网水肥一体化智能控制系统) Integrated water-fertilizer automation system combining soil moisture, fertilizer EC/pH, and pipeline flow pressure sensors with automated control of solenoid valves for precision fertigation. Targeted at high-value economic crop growers, greenhouses, and modern agricultural parks.
• CPS Cyber-Physical Space-Ground Integration System (CPS信物融合空天地一体化系统) Space-air-ground integrated intelligent collaborative system combining Beidou (BDS), IoT, Big Data, digital models, AI, 5G, remote sensing, drone patrols, unmanned agricultural machinery, and farm production records. Enables full-process unmanned and precision farming (plowing, planting, managing, harvesting). Targeted at large-scale unmanned farming operations and research institutions.
• Full-Cycle Managed Cultivation Service for Field Economic Crops (大田经济作物精准化栽培全程托管) Recurring managed service where Kebai remotely monitors and manages agricultural operations end-to-end (irrigation, fertilization, pest/disease control, frost protection, environmental optimization) via its IoT cloud platform. Farmers only need to harvest. Applied to tea gardens (Zhejiang Lishui) and fruit orchards. Reported farmer income uplift of approximately 7,500 yuan/mu/year. Targeted at tea garden cooperatives, fruit orchards, and SMB farmers.

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences — Institute of Urban Agriculture (中国农业科学院都市农业研究所)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023Kebai provided the CPS cyber-physical fusion management system as the core technology platform for the world's first 20-layer unmanned vertical plant factory. System enables full-year unmanned vegetable production with annual output exceeding 50 tons. Covered by CCTV Finance, People's Daily Online, and Global Times.
• Wuhan Yongwang Smart Farm (武汉永旺智慧农场)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023CPS space-air-ground integrated system deployed at Wuhan Yongwang Smart Farm. 2023 National Agricultural Mechanization Main Push Technology Field Demo Event held at the farm, hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Hubei Provincial Agricultural Rural Affairs Department.
• European American Agricultural IoT Partners (European partners including Austria Caipos, international experts)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2019At the 2019 Agricultural Science and Technology Conference Forum, Austrian Caipos GM Michael Oeschlmueller and Russian plant protection digital model expert Ilya Prokutin shared European advanced digital agriculture concepts and IoT/big data technology. Long-standing technology cooperation with Austrian R&D center and international network.
• Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences — Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (中国农业科学院农业环境与可持续发展研究所)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2019Joint establishment of Smart Agriculture Technology Laboratory. Introduced CaipoCPS crop precision cultivation cyber-physical fusion system. Implements the 'dual-wheel drive' strategy for scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation.
• Shandong University (山东大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2019Strategic cooperation agreement signed at the 2019 Kebai New Product Launch. Aims to integrate agricultural academic research with commercial application, leveraging university expertise in technology R&D.
• Qidi IoT Group (启迪物联网集团)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2019Strategic cooperation agreement signed at the 2019 Kebai New Product Launch. Collaboration on IoT technology integration and digital agriculture market development.
• Harbin Institute of Technology Robotics Research Institute (哈工大机器人研究院)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2019Strategic cooperation agreement signed at the 2019 Kebai New Product Launch. Partnership focused on agricultural robotics and intelligent equipment integration.
• Aerospace Wanfu (航天万福公司)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2019Strategic cooperation agreement signed at the 2019 Kebai New Product Launch. Space-aerial-ground integrated agriculture technology collaboration.
• Agricultural Big Data Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance / Beijing Regional Sub-center (农业大数据产业技术创新战略联盟北京区域分中心)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Kebai serves as the Beijing Regional Sub-center Secretary General unit. Liu Zongbo elected as Vice Chairman of the alliance. Promotes agricultural big data innovation, technology transfer, and industry collaboration across Shandong and Beijing.
• Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Long-standing academic partner. Hosted the 3rd (2019) Agricultural Big Data Alliance Executive Council meeting at Shandong Agricultural University. Collaboration on agricultural IoT R&D and talent cultivation.
• FAO / China Agricultural Academy / International Carbon Neutral Partners (联合国粮农组织/中国农科院/国际碳中和认证机构)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2018Lishui tea garden carbon neutral project. FAO and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences jointly assessed the project as having unique ecological advantages in Lishui. The project introduced international third-party carbon neutral certification. Project outcomes to be promoted in Kenya and other developing countries through South-South Cooperation.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CropX Technologies: Israeli agricultural IoT company providing soil-sensor-based precision irrigation and fertigation analytics for farms. Directly comparable as a wireless IoT + cloud platform competitor targeting similar digital-decision-support value propositions, particularly in irrigation optimization.
• Semios: Canada/US-based precision agriculture platform combining IoT sensors, AI, and pest/weather modeling for orchards, tree crops, and vineyards. Highly comparable to Kebai in deploying wireless sensor networks and digital models for high-value specialty crops, especially orchard and pest management.
• Tule Technologies: California precision agriculture company offering field-sensor-based forecasting of crop water stress and related agronomic analytics. Competes with Kebai's ET0-based smart irrigation model and full-dimensional crop growth environment monitoring in field-crop segments.
• Sentek Technologies: Australia-based precision agriculture company specializing in soil moisture and salinity sensors used worldwide for irrigation scheduling. Comparable to Kebai's wireless soil moisture monitoring and irrigation-control nodes in tea, greenhouse, and field deployments.

Broad incumbents

• John Deere (See & Spray / Operations Center): Global agricultural equipment giant whose See & Spray and Operations Center offerings bundle precision agriculture hardware, software, and analytics for large-scale farms. Overlaps with Kebai in precision farming and digital agriculture but operates at vastly larger scale and via dealer networks.
• Climate Corporation (Bayer): Bayer-owned digital agriculture platform delivering field-level data analytics, agronomic decision support, and farm management software. Comparable to Kebai in digital models, weather/pest prediction, and farm management functionality, though it leads in row-crop geographies like the US and Brazil.
• Trimble Agriculture: Provider of precision agriculture hardware and software (guidance, sensing, analytics) used globally. Overlaps with Kebai in field-sensor and variable-rate application technology but is hardware-led with deeper reach into large mechanized farms.

Emerging players

• DJI Agriculture: DJI's agricultural drone and precision spraying business is a major Chinese precision-agriculture platform. While drone-focused rather than sensor-network-focused like Kebai, it addresses overlapping Chinese farm customers and competes for the same government demonstration projects.
• 京东农场 (JD Farm): JD.com's digital agriculture initiative deploying smart farms, IoT traceability, and supply chain integration in China. Competes with Kebai in Chinese government-backed smart agriculture parks by bundling e-commerce, logistics, and digital farm infrastructure.
• 阿里巴巴数字农业事业部 (Alibaba Digital Agriculture): Alibaba's digital agriculture arm building smart agriculture bases, IoT-enabled farms, and direct-from-farm supply in China. Directly competes with Kebai for government digital agriculture park projects and large farm IoT deployments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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