What corhize does

CoRHIZE SAS, founded in 2007 in Estillac, France, provides precision agriculture technology centered on irrigation management for row crops, orchards, vineyards, vegetables, and asparagus. The company's core offering is the Columbus® web platform, which aggregates time-series data from proprietary and third-party soil moisture probes (AquaCheck capacitive probes distributed exclusively in France by CoRHIZE), agro-weather stations (CoRPUS, Meter ATMOS 41), and nutrient sensors (Nutrisens NO3-K). On top of Columbus, CoRHIZE layers decision support modules including IrrigAssistant® (real-time irrigation recommendations updated daily with 3-day forecasts), AspaView® (asparagus-specific), and the integrated Irré-LIS® water balance tool from Arvalis. The Orasa® service provides high-resolution intra-parcel soil conductivity mapping at four depths using patented DualEM technology, enabling precision agriculture applications such as variable rate irrigation. APIs connect Columbus to third-party disease and agronomic models from Bayer (Movida), RimPRO, Dacom, and Arvalis.

CoRHIZE's revenue model combines one-time hardware sales (capacitive probes, weather stations, telemetry devices with 5-year warranties and FranceAgriMer 30-40% subsidies), recurring annual Columbus platform subscriptions (with three tiers, tacit February 28 renewal), professional soil mapping services, and project support for large agro-industrial deployments. Go-to-market is primarily direct via website quote requests with personalized agronomist follow-up, supplemented by a distributor network and large-project support for cooperatives, seed companies, and producer organizations. In December 2024, Weenat acquired CoRHIZE, creating a combined European leader in soil moisture monitoring with 30,000+ deployed sensors, 300 distributors, and operations across 15 countries in Europe and Africa.

Name

corhize

Legal name

CoRHIZE SAS

Website

https://corhize.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CoRHIZE SAS, founded in 2007 in Estillac, France, provides precision agriculture software, soil mapping services, and connected sensors for irrigation management, serving field crop, orchard, vineyard, vegetable, asparagus, and seed producers. Acquired by Weenat in December 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Agriculture Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Precision Irrigation & Water Management (Smart Irrigation, Scheduling, VRI, Water Sensors) (AFAGALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Irrigation Scheduling & Water Optimization Analytics (AFABAMAG), Irrigation Monitoring & Sensors (Flow/Pressure Meters, Soil Moisture, Water Quality Sensors) (AFABAHAJ), Irrigation Automation & Controls Services (SCADA, Sensors, Telemetry) (AFACAFAI)

Keywords

• Precision agriculture software
• Irrigation management solutions
• Soil moisture monitoring
• Connected agricultural sensors
• Soil conductivity mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Estillac

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Equipment Sales: Sale of capacitive soil probes (AquaCheck), weather stations (CoRPUS, ATMOS 41), telemetry devices (AquaLink, CoRPUS), and sensors (Nutrisens, TEROS 12, EC-5). Equipment includes 5-year warranties. Payment terms typically 30-50% deposit at order, balance on receipt.
2. Columbus Web Platform Subscriptions: Annual subscription for Columbus platform access with 3 annual options offering different feature levels. Subscriptions renew tacitly each February 28. Customer can cancel by January 31. Unpaid subscriptions are terminated.
3. Irré-LIS Water Balance Subscriptions: Annual subscription for Irré-LIS water balance tool integrated into Columbus platform. Available in mono-culture (up to 10 plots) and multi-culture (up to 15 plots) versions.
4. Soil Mapping Services: On-site soil conductivity mapping service using proprietary equipment. Includes consultation and deliverable of mapping results in paper and/or digital formats compatible with GIS systems.
5. Project Support Services: Project support for large-scale deployments including network equipment, remote supervision setup, training for producers and technicians, and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CoRHIZE provides precision agriculture solutions for irrigation management, combining the Columbus® web-based decision support platform with capacitive soil moisture probes (AquaCheck), agro-weather stations, nutrient probes (Nutrisens), and the Orasa® soil conductivity mapping service. The integrated system delivers real-time irrigation recommendations, 3-day consumption forecasts, and traceability tools for farmers, agro-industries, seed producers, vineyards, orchards, vegetable growers, and asparagus producers across France, Europe and Africa.

Product overview

CoRHIZE offers a precision agriculture platform centered on irrigation management with three main product lines: Columbus® web platform as the core decision support hub, specialized decision support tools (IrrigAssistant®, AspaView®, Irré-LIS®) as integrated modules, and a portfolio of connected hardware including AquaCheck capacitance probes, CoRPUS/ATMOS weather stations, and Nutrisens nutrient sensors. The Orasa® soil mapping service provides foundational agronomic data. All sensor data flows to Columbus for centralized monitoring, analysis, and automated irrigation recommendations. The company was acquired by Weenat in December 2024, strengthening their combined position as European leaders in soil moisture monitoring with over 30,000 sensors deployed across 15 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Columbus®: Web platform for irrigation management and soil water monitoring, centralizing data from soil sensors and agro-climatic sensors
• IrrigAssistant®
• AspaView®
• Orasa®
• AquaSemence
• CoRPUS
• Weenat

Products and services

• Columbus® Web Platform Web-based decision support platform that centralizes soil moisture sensor data, weather station data, and weather forecasts. Accessible via computer, tablet, and smartphone with multilingual support (French, English, Spanish, Italian); offered via three annual subscription tiers.
• IrrigAssistant® Real-time irrigation recommendation module within Columbus that advises farmers on when and how much to irrigate based on soil moisture data and 3-day weather forecasts; intended for crops, orchards, vineyards, and vegetables.
• AspaView® Decision Support Tool dedicated to asparagus production, providing specialized irrigation and crop management recommendations for white, green, and purple asparagus growers.
• Orasa® Soil Mapping Service High-resolution intraparcellary soil heterogeneity mapping service using patented DualEM technology measuring 4 depths simultaneously (0-25cm, 0-50cm, 0-80cm, 0-160cm). Includes GPS centimetric positioning, zoning proposals, and optimized probe placement recommendations, with results delivered in paper and/or digital formats.
• AquaCheck Capacitive Profile Probes Profile capacitance probes measuring soil humidity and temperature every 10cm depth across 4 depths (0-25cm, 0-50cm, 0-80cm, 0-160cm), calibrated by soil type for all textures in the texture triangle. Available in 20-150cm lengths with 2-15 sensors; supports GPRS/3G, Sigfox telemetry, or Shuttle manual reading. 5-year warranty.
• CoRPUS Agro-Weather Station Custom modular agro-weather station with configurable sensors (rainfall, temperature, leaf wetness, humidity, wind speed) on a single telescopic pole. Integrates with AquaCheck probes and transmits data via Sigfox low-power telemetry with rechargeable batteries and IP67 housing.
• Meter ATMOS 41/41W Weather Station Compact weather station with no moving parts (10cm diameter, 34cm height) measuring up to 12 climate parameters including temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, solar radiation, rainfall, lightning detection, and accelerometer. Communicates via Sigfox or integrated 2G/3G/4G.
• Nutrisens NO3-K Probe Specialized soil probe measuring nitrate (NO3) and potassium (K) concentration variations in soil. Sensors have a 1-year lifespan in annual crops and 2-year in perennial crops; cable and electronics last 7-10 years. Used for fertilizer optimization and plant health monitoring.
• Irré-LIS® Water Balance Tool Water balance model developed by Arvalis Institut Technique providing real-time soil water reserve (RFU/RAW) status and 3-day irrigation forecasts. Available in mono-culture (up to 10 plots) and multi-culture (up to 15 plots) annual subscriptions; saves 20-60mm water per ARVALIS experience without yield reduction.
• PCT Geographic Information System (TerraLogga/AgGateway/AgCloud) Geographic Information System software for precision agriculture that supports data transfer, map display, statistical analysis, multi-layer treatments, intra-parcel zoning, variable rate irrigation programming, and plot leveling maps.
• AquaSemence Program Knowledge-sharing and training program for seed producers that promotes capacitive probe adoption, user training, experience pooling, and irrigation/water-related trials for seed companies and institutes. Active since 2014.

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AquaCheck (Pty)coreTechnology or IntegrationSouth African company and pioneer/world leader in full-body capacitive probes. CoRHIZE is the only approved structure in France to distribute AquaCheck probes with 5-year warranty, provide training, and offer interface dedicated to irrigation piloting with calibrations and specificities.
• Precision Cropping Technologies Pty Ltd (PCT)coreTechnology or IntegrationAustralian company specializing in Geographic Information Systems for precision agriculture, drainage, and plot leveling since 2001. CoRHIZE uses and represents TerraLogga/AgGateway/AgCloud software solution for soil mapping and precision agriculture applications.
• Verde SmartcoreTechnology or IntegrationSpanish company that developed and patented the Nutrisens NO3-K probe with the University of Barcelona (UAB Barcelona). CoRHIZE distributes Nutrisens for tracking nitrate and potassium concentrations in soil.
• Arvalis Institut TechniquecoreTechnology or IntegrationFrench national agricultural technical institute. CoRHIZE integrates Irré-LIS water balance tool (developed by Arvalis) into the Columbus platform, providing water balance calculations based on 15+ years of ARVALIS expertise and spatialized weather data.
• DualEMcoreTechnology or IntegrationCanadian geophysics specialist with patented technology for soil conductivity measurement. CoRHIZE uses DualEM technology for their Orasa soil mapping service measuring 4 depths simultaneously.
• Cluster Eau & Adaptation au Changement ClimatiqueminorOthersCoRHIZE is a historical member of the Water & Climate Change Adaptation Cluster, serving on the Board of Directors (Enterprise college).
• FertinnowaminorOthersCoRHIZE is a member of the European Fertinnowa technical network focused on technologies and practices for irrigation and fertilization of vegetable, orchard, and horticulture crops.
• Agri Sud-Ouest InnovationsminorOthersCoRHIZE is a member of Agri Sud-Ouest Innovations regional innovation cluster supporting agricultural innovation in Southwest France.
• VegepolysminorOthersCoRHIZE is a member of Vegepolys, a plant industry competitiveness cluster focused on plant science and horticulture.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Weenat: Weenat is the parent company that acquired CoRHIZE in December 2024 and the closest direct peer — both companies build connected soil moisture monitoring and irrigation decision-support tools for European agriculture, and now share a combined 30,000+ sensor footprint.
• Sencrop: Sencrop is a French ag-tech company offering connected agro-weather stations and decision-support tools, directly competing with CoRHIZE's CoRPUS weather stations and Columbus platform in the same European SMB grower market.
• CropX: CropX is a global provider of soil moisture sensors and irrigation analytics, competing head-to-head with CoRHIZE's AquaCheck probe + Columbus platform offering for precision agriculture customers worldwide.
• Pessl Instruments (METOS): Pessl Instruments manufactures METOS-branded weather stations, soil moisture sensors, and irrigation decision-support tools — directly overlapping with CoRHIZE's CoRPUS, AquaCheck, and Columbus portfolio across European and global markets.
• Hortau: Hortau provides soil moisture tension-based irrigation management sensors and SaaS, targeting specialty crops and competing in the same precision irrigation niche as CoRHIZE, particularly for high-value crops like asparagus, orchards, and vineyards.
• AquaCheck (Pty): AquaCheck is the South African manufacturer of the capacitive profile probes that CoRHIZE distributes exclusively in France. It is a direct competitor in probe technology and a strategic supplier, creating dual upstream/downstream tension.

Emerging players

• Tule Technologies: Tule provides crop water stress and irrigation decision-support technology, particularly for specialty crops and vineyards — overlapping with CoRHIZE's viticulture and specialty crop modules but with a different sensing modality.
• Davis Instruments: Davis Instruments makes professional-grade weather stations used by growers and competes indirectly with CoRHIZE's CoRPUS and ATMOS 41 weather station offerings in the precision-agriculture weather data layer.

Broad incumbents

• Climate FieldView (Bayer): Climate FieldView is Bayer's broad digital agriculture platform covering field monitoring, agronomy, and increasingly irrigation — competing with CoRHIZE at the platform layer with a much larger data and customer footprint.
• Trimble Agriculture: Trimble Agriculture offers variable-rate irrigation, GIS, and farm management platforms that overlap with CoRHIZE's PCT GIS and Orasa soil mapping services, though as part of a much broader precision-agriculture portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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