Smart Agri

What Smart Agri does

Smart Agri - Agricultura Inteligente is a Brazilian agtech firm headquartered in Piracicaba, São Paulo, that operates an integrated portfolio of precision agriculture offerings for agricultural producers, farming consultants, and agricultural input/machinery manufacturers. The portfolio pairs four professional services - agricultural consulting, remote data analysis, digital phenotyping, and large-scale agricultural experimentation - with four proprietary products: the SMART VRT variable rate application controller, the Smart MID multi-directional spore collector, an embedded-camera harvest loss mapping system, and a subscription-based irrigation management platform. Marketing is primarily digital (website, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) with direct WhatsApp-based sales to two named team members (Mateus, Marcos).

The company's technology stack explicitly combines artificial intelligence, computer vision, satellite remote sensing, and embedded electronics. AI image analysis systems are trained to recognize plant species, diseases, and microorganisms from camera imagery; agrometeorological algorithms predict pest and disease risk potential and estimate production potential from weather and satellite inputs; novel variable rate methodologies read prescription maps and adjust flow in real time based on machine speed variation. The Smart MID device is a solar- and battery-powered autonomous spore collector. According to the company, the team is multidisciplinary across agricultural technology, data analysis, agrometeorology, electronics and computing.

Commercially, Smart Agri generates revenue through mixed streams: professional services engagements (consulting, experimentation, digital phenotyping), hardware sales (SMART VRT controllers, Smart MID devices), data monetization (satellite-driven variable rate prescriptions), and a subscription irrigation management platform with mobile and web apps. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated directly through the sales team. The firm discloses a 1-10 employee range, no funding rounds, no institutional investors, no parent company, and operates exclusively in Brazil despite an entry on South America in served markets.

Name

Smart Agri

Legal name

Smart Agri - Agricultura Inteligente

Website

https://smart.agr.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smart Agri is a Brazilian agtech firm delivering precision agriculture consulting, AI-driven remote data analysis, digital phenotyping, and proprietary hardware (SMART VRT controllers, Smart MID spore collectors) plus a subscription irrigation platform to producers, consultants, and input manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Technology (Precision Agriculture)

NAICS

Crop Production (111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Crop Scouting Services (Satellite, Drone Imagery, In‑Field Sensing) (AFACACAA), Field Mapping, GIS & Remote Sensing Analytics (AFAAAFAB), Remote Sensing & Imagery Analytics (Satellite, Drone, Aerial) (AFABAMAB), Precision Sensing & Monitoring (Soil/Weather Stations, In-Field Sensors, IoT) (AFAGALAB), Precision Crop Protection Services (Spot Spraying, Weed/Stress Detection, Prescription Sprays) (AFACACAH)

Keywords

• Precision agriculture
• Agricultural consulting
• Variable rate application
• Crop disease monitoring
• Agricultural data analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Piracicaba

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Consulting Services: Expert consulting to help agricultural sector understand techniques, innovations and products used in farming. Includes team training, management guidance, and information processing.
2. Agricultural Experimentation Services: Large-scale product validation using precision agriculture technologies, moving from classic experimentation to evaluations in large areas.
3. Remote Data Analysis Services: Satellite data analysis for improving variable rate prescriptions for nitrogen, growth regulators, defoliants, and nematicides.
4. Digital Phenotyping Services: Physiological parameter digitization through cameras and sensors for experimental fields and greenhouses.
5. Spore Collector Hardware (SMART MID): Physical product for disease management, featuring multi-directional air intake, battery and solar panel system for autonomous operation.
6. SMART VRT Controller Hardware: Dose controller hardware for localized application, reading maps and controlling flow based on speed variation. Available for seed inoculation, nematicide application, fungicide, insecticide and herbicide applications.
7. Irrigation Management Platform: Smart irrigation management software platform with mobile app and web access for managing multiple areas.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smart Agri provides precision agriculture technology combining AI-based image analysis, agrometeorological algorithms, satellite remote sensing, and embedded electronics into hardware products (Smart MID spore collector, SMART VRT variable rate controller, harvest loss mapping system), a software irrigation management platform, and supporting professional services (agricultural consulting, remote data analysis, agricultural experimentation, digital phenotyping). The offering targets agricultural producers, agricultural consultants, and agricultural input/machinery manufacturers seeking data-driven decision support, input optimization, and large-scale product validation.

Product overview

Smart Agri offers an integrated portfolio of agricultural technology solutions combining hardware products and software platforms. Core products include: Coletor de Esporos (Smart MID) for disease monitoring through spore collection; SMART VRT for variable rate application control; Mapeamento de Perdas de Colheita for harvest loss quantification using embedded cameras; and Gestão da Irrigação platform for intelligent irrigation management. These are supported by services including Consultoria Agrícola, Análise de Dados Remotos, Experimentação Agrícola, and Fenotipagem Digital. The portfolio leverages AI, computer vision, remote sensing, and precision agriculture technologies to help producers optimize inputs and improve decision-making.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultoria Agrícola (Agricultural Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• Precise pest and disease risk prediction through integrated monitoring of pathogen (spores), climate conditions, and host susceptibility
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agrosmart: Brazilian agtech offering IoT-based precision agriculture, weather monitoring, and irrigation management. Direct peer given overlapping Brazilian precision-ag focus, sensor-based field monitoring, and irrigation decision support.
• Aegro: Brazilian farm management software platform covering financials, planning, and precision-agriculture modules. Directly comparable as a software-and-services platform serving Brazilian crop producers.
• Taranis: Global aerial imagery and AI platform for crop scouting, pest/disease detection, and prescription maps. Direct peer in AI image analysis and remote-sensing prescription services applied to agriculture.
• Strider (Lindsay Corporation): Brazilian-originated agtech (acquired by Lindsay) offering pest monitoring, field task management, and digital agronomy. Comparable in pest/disease scouting and digital agronomy services for Brazilian producers.
• Semios: Precision agriculture platform combining in-field sensors, pest/disease models, and decision support. Comparable in pest/disease monitoring, agrometeorological analytics, and integrated sensor-to-software workflows.

Regional players

• Solorrow: Brazilian precision-agriculture startup focused on sugarcane producers with field monitoring and yield analytics. Comparable as a Brazilian precision-ag services peer, particularly in the Piracicaba sugarcane belt.

Broad incumbents

• Climate FieldView (Bayer): Bayer's global precision-agriculture platform for satellite imagery, variable rate, and farm data. Broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities (satellite-driven prescriptions, data analytics) as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Trimble Agriculture: Global provider of precision-ag hardware, VRT controllers, and farm management software. Broad incumbent with overlapping variable-rate application and farm data capabilities, plus established OEM relationships.
• Granular (Corteva): Corteva-owned farm management software with agronomic analytics and field planning. Broad incumbent offering overlapping digital agronomy and farm data analytics capabilities.

Emerging players

• xFarm Technologies: European agtech offering farm management, irrigation, and remote sensing for crop producers. Comparable on irrigation management and remote-sensing analytics, though focused on European markets rather than Brazil.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SmartAgriConsultoria
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smartagri-br
• Instagraminstagram.com/smartagri

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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