What Hi-phen does

Hiphen is a French agricultural technology company that designs, develops, and operates high-end plant phenotyping and crop image analytics systems used by agricultural researchers, seed breeders, crop protection product developers, food processors, and crop scientists. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Avignon, France, the company processes imagery captured from a heterogeneous mix of platforms — drones, satellites, ground-based phenomobiles, IOT field sensors, and handheld devices — to deliver quantitative agronomic trait data at field scale across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.\n\nThe technical core is the Cloverfield data platform, a cloud-based service running on AWS that ingests raw imagery and returns structured agronomic outputs from a catalog of more than 40 off-the-shelf traits (e.g., plant height, leaf area, chlorophyll content, biomass, wheat head density, disease symptoms). The company bundles proprietary hardware including the AIRPHEN multispectral camera and the Literal handheld phenotyping system (inbound-licensed from Arvalis), the PhenoScale drone-phenotyping service line, and PhenoMobile, PhenoStation, and PhenoLite ground-and-station solutions. AI capability centers on Faster-RCNN computer vision, multi-modal sensor fusion (RGB, multispectral, LiDAR, thermal, IOT, satellite), and predictive analytics for yield, phenology, and disease risk; disclosed performance includes ~95% precision/recall on stem identification and ~7% relative RMSE on stem density estimation across experimental sites.\n\nHiphen monetizes through four streams: (i) recurring, quote-based annual subscriptions to Cloverfield data processing and analytics; (ii) hardware sales of AIRPHEN cameras and accessories; (iii) professional services including UAV flight operations, training, and custom imaging solutions; and (iv) licensing royalties on the inbound Literal technology. The company sells direct to enterprise customers via field sales and dedicated campaign managers, and has materially expanded geographic and capability scope through the May/June 2023 acquisition of California-based SlantRange and the January 2025 acquisition of Aurea Imaging's drone phenotyping division. Strategic collaborations with Planet Labs (satellite constellations), Bosch (IOT field sensors), the CAPTE/INRAE/Arvalis research unit (scientific validation), Moët Hennessy (viticulture AI), and CIMMYT (wheat breeding) anchor both commercial distribution and scientific credibility.

Name

Hi-phen

Legal name

HIPHEN

Website

https://hiphen-plant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hiphen (founded 2014, Avignon, France) provides AI-powered plant phenotyping and crop image analytics through its Cloverfield data platform, integrated drone, satellite, and ground-based hardware, and a 40+ trait catalog serving seed breeders, product developers, and food processors globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Imaging Analytics

NAICS

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111), Agricultural Implement Manufacturing (33311), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Imagery Analytics (Satellite, Drone, Aerial) (AFABAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

IoT Farm Sensors & Edge Devices (Soil, Weather, Crop, Water) (AFAAAFAC), Satellite Imagery & Monitoring Platforms (AFAAAFAI), Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Digital Recordkeeping (AFABAMAD), Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA)

Keywords

• Plant phenotyping systems
• Crop image analytics
• Agricultural imaging solutions
• Drone phenotyping services
• Remote sensing agriculture

Headquarters

HQ city

Avignon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Data Processing and Analytics Services: Processing and analysis of plant phenotyping data acquired from various sensors and devices through the Cloverfield platform. Delivered as cloud-based automated data processing with results available within hours or days.
2. Hardware Sales: Sale of AIRPHEN multispectral cameras and associated equipment for agricultural imaging. Cameras are provided with accessories including GPS, batteries, SD cards, and transport cases.
3. Professional Services: UAV flight operations, data acquisition support, training services, and custom solutions consulting for agricultural imaging. Includes UAV flight checklist development and operator training.
4. Licensing Royalties: Literal technology is licensed from Arvalis for automated plant trait assessment solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hiphen designs, develops and operates high-end plant phenotyping systems combining proprietary hardware (multispectral cameras, drone/ground/stationary platforms) with the AI-powered Cloverfield data analytics platform. The company delivers image-based trait measurements for agricultural research organizations, processing imagery from satellites, drones, ground robots, and handheld devices to produce scalable, repeatable plant phenomics data.

Product overview

Hiphen is a plant phenotyping and crop image analytics company founded in 2014, offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions for agricultural research. The core offering centers on Cloverfield™, an in-house data platform that processes and analyzes plant phenotyping data. This platform integrates with multiple acquisition hardware products including AIRPHEN® (multispectral camera), Literal® (handheld phenotyping system), PhenoScale® (drone/UAV phenotyping), PhenoMobile (ground robot phenotyping), PhenoStation, and PhenoLite (controlled environment systems). The company also offers IOT Field Sensors™ developed in partnership with Bosch for satellite-IOT data fusion. Together, these products enable researchers to capture and analyze images from satellites, drones, phenomobiles, and handheld devices for crop trait assessment using AI-powered algorithms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloverfield™: In-house phenotyping data platform designed to assist agricultural researchers in scaling up plant assessments with greater repeatability, precision, and consistency. Provides comprehensive data platform for extracting valuable insights from crop images.
• Literal®
• PhenoScale®
• PhenoMobile
• PhenoStation
• PhenoLite
• Airphen®
• IOT Field Sensors™

Products and services

• Cloverfield In-house phenotyping data platform for agricultural researchers providing trait distribution analysis, analytics dashboard, campaign management, and quality control over plant phenotyping data captured by multiple sensor systems.
• AIRPHEN Proprietary multispectral camera with 6 selectable spectral bands among 8 between 450-850nm, customizable focal lengths, and synchronization with RGB or thermal sensors, sold for agricultural imaging applications.
• Literal Automated plant feature detection, classification and quantification system combining hardware and integrated software for precise, repeatable phenotyping across a wide range of crops; technology licensed from Arvalis.
• PhenoScale Drone phenotyping service providing complete workflow from UAV image processing to analytics for fast and accurate extraction of crop trait value from aerial imagery.
• PhenoMobile Tractor-mounted sensor array with processing units providing high-resolution phenotyping and comprehensive data analytics on a wide range of plant traits with unlimited sensor capacity.
• PhenoStation Stationary phenotyping system designed for controlled environment plant assessment.
• PhenoLite Lightweight lighting and imaging system for controlled environment field phenotyping applications.
• IOT Field Sensors Field sensors co-developed with Bosch that collect near real-time data about plant health to support crop monitoring, fertilization management, and yield prediction models.
• UAV Data Acquisition Services Professional UAV flight operations, data acquisition support, and operator training for phenotyping campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• Stem identification precision and recall close to 95% using Faster-RCNN deep learning models
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Planet LabscoreTechnology or Integration · 7 November 2019Partnership with Planet Labs to enhance satellite solutions for agriculture. Leverages Planet's satellite constellations (PlanetScope and SkySat with 150+ satellites) providing daily imagery at 3-meter and 72-centimeter resolution. Hiphen developed methods to deliver daily field imagery by merging satellite data with IOT sensors for precision agriculture applications including plant breeding monitoring and crop management.
• CAPTE Research UnitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of UMT CAPTE research unit based in Avignon, France. Collaborative research unit including technical institutes (Arvalis) and INRAE. Partners have published over 40 scientific papers on high-throughput phenotyping methods and technologies.
• BoschstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of IOT Field Sensors for agricultural monitoring. Bosch manufactures the sensors while Hiphen provides data processing and analytics. Sensors collect real-time data on plant health and support crop models for fertilization management and yield prediction.
• Moët HennessystrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to deploy AI and robotics solutions for champagne winemakers. Hiphen developed deep learning algorithms for detecting diseases like Botrytis in grape crates and providing quality indicators for sorting decisions at wine press facilities.
• CIMMYTstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to address phenotyping challenges in wheat breeding and physiology programs. Hiphen provides imaging solutions expertise to support CIMMYT's international wheat research initiatives.
• Eurofins Agroscience ServicesstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EU-funded HiPheBiA project for developing high-throughput phenotyping solutions for biorational products. Eurofins provides field experiments as registered DIVA demonstration site.
• Certis FrancestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EU-funded HiPheBiA project focused on developing phenotyping services for evaluating biorational solutions against pests and pathogens in arable crops.
• INRAE (French National Institute for Agricultural Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore research partner through CAPTE unit. INRAE researchers including Professor Frédéric Baret contribute to method development and validation of phenotyping technologies.
• ArvaliscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical institute partner through CAPTE unit contributing expertise in agricultural applications and field trial methodology. Licensor of Literal technology.
• Amazon Web ServicescoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for Cloverfield platform. Secure cloud-based architecture running on AWS with docker technology for efficient algorithm processing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SlantRange: California-based drone phenotyping platform acquired by Hiphen in 2023. Was a direct competitor in drone-based crop measurement and prediction, now integrated as Hiphen's North American arm.
• Taranis: AI-powered precision agriculture platform offering aerial imagery analytics, leaf-level disease detection, and crop intelligence for ag retailers and growers. Competes with Hiphen in drone/satellite-based crop analytics.
• Sentera: Provider of drone-based imagery, sensors, and analytics for agriculture and research, including phenotyping analytics for breeding programs. Direct overlap with Hiphen's drone phenotyping offering.
• Phenospex: Netherlands-based provider of plant phenotyping systems using 3D laser scanning and imaging (PlantEye). Direct competitor in sensor-based phenotyping for plant research, with similar hardware-plus-software positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Climate FieldView (Bayer): Bayer-owned digital agriculture platform offering field data collection, satellite imagery, and analytics at massive scale across millions of acres. Broad incumbent overlapping Hiphen's analytics space but oriented to growers rather than breeders.
• Trimble Agriculture: Major provider of precision agriculture hardware and software including guidance, sensing, and farm management. Broad incumbent with imaging and field analytics capabilities overlapping Hiphen's remote sensing work.
• Prospera (Valmont Industries): Computer vision and AI for agriculture, acquired by Valmont Industries. Offers crop monitoring and analytics at scale, overlapping Hiphen's imaging analytics capabilities as part of a broader industrial portfolio.

Emerging players

• Arable: Provider of crop intelligence solutions combining in-field sensors, weather data, and analytics for agriculture. Emerging player with adjacent crop-monitoring focus relevant to Hiphen's IoT field sensor and analytics capabilities.
• Gamaya: Switzerland-based company specializing in hyperspectral imaging and AI for crop analytics, including phenotyping applications. Comparable niche focus on advanced imaging analytics for agricultural research and production.

Others

• Pix4D: Industry-standard photogrammetry software used to process drone imagery into maps and 3D models. Adjacent technology provider — Hiphen integrates with tools like Agisoft Photoscan for image processing pipelines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A1 record

Investments

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