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§ Private Profile · Cork, Cork, Ireland
Agtech company providing IoT sensors and AI analytics for beekeepers to monitor real-time honey bee hive health and optimize yields.
Founded in 2017 by Fiona Edwards Murphy, Padraig Whelan, and Andrew Wood, ApisProtect is an agricultural technology company based in Cork, Ireland, that develops Internet of Things sensors and machine learning analytics to monitor honey bee colonies. The enterprise provides a hardware and subscription software platform that tracks internal hive temperature, humidity, sound, and movement to help commercial beepers and pollination service providers optimize agricultural yields. Operating with an estimated 10 to 50 employees, the organization monitors over 100 million honey bees globally and claims to generate an additional $100 in value per hive annually. The company secured $1.8 million in seed funding from venture capital firms including Finistere Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, Radicle Growth, and The Yield Lab Europe. To ensure reliable data collection in remote agricultural locations, ApisProtect partnered with global satellite communications provider Inmarsat.
ApisProtect has raised $1.7M across 1 funding round.
ApisProtect has raised $1.7M in total across 1 funding round.
ApisProtect has raised $1.7M in total across 1 funding round.
ApisProtect's investors include Atlantic Bridge, Kieran Furlong, Enterprise Ireland, Radicle Growth, The Yield Lab.
ApisProtect has raised $1.7M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.7M Seed in November 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2018 | $1.7M Seed | Atlantic Bridge, Kieran Furlong | Enterprise Ireland, Radicle Growth, The Yield LAB | Announced |