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AI-powered robotic beehives for autonomous bee health management, preventing colony collapse, and commercial crop pollination.
Based in Beit HaEmek, Israel, Beewise develops AI-driven autonomous robotic beehives that utilize computer vision and solar energy to provide continuous monitoring and automated pollination services. The company operates a hardware leasing model for commercial beekeepers and agricultural growers, deploying over 1,500 robotic units in the field to pollinate more than 300,000 acres of crops annually. With a workforce of over 150 employees across the United States, Europe, and Israel, the enterprise has secured approximately $120 million in total funding to date, including an $80 million Series C round. Beewise is backed by lead investors such as Insight Partners, Fortissimo Capital, and Corner Ventures, while serving major agricultural clients including Nuveen Natural Capital and Olam Food Ingredients. The organization was founded in 2018 by Saar Safra, Eliyah Radzyner, Boaz Petersil, Hallel Schreier, and Yossi Sorin.
Beewise has raised $180.2M across 7 funding rounds.
Beewise has raised $180.2M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Beewise is an agtech company developing the BeeHome, the world's first AI-powered robotic beehive designed to automate beekeeping for commercial operations.[1][2][5] It serves large-scale beekeepers and growers by solving critical challenges like high bee mortality (up to 40% annually from colony collapse), pest infestations, diseases, extreme weather, and labor shortages through real-time monitoring and intervention via computer vision, precision robotics, AI, and IoT.[1][3][4][7] BeeHome units lower colony losses by 70-75%, boost honey yields by 50%, enable chemical-free pest treatment, automate honey harvesting, and prevent swarming, housing up to 2 million bees per six-by-eight-foot solar-powered device.[1][3][4][7][8] With strong growth since its 2018 launch—including saving over 300 million bees in two years—Beewise operates in the US and Israel, focusing on R&D with a multidisciplinary team of 13+ experts in AI, robotics, and apiculture.[2][3][4]
Beewise was cofounded in August 2018 by a commercial beekeeper frustrated with traditional hive management's limitations, alongside tech experts in applied math, physics, machine learning, and robotics.[2][3][4] The idea emerged from a makeshift "science experiment" in an empty barn using scrap parts, evolving into a full-scale solution after assembling a team with prior startup experience.[2][4][6] Early traction came via a seed round in mid-2019, partnerships like AWS for IoT data management and Telit Cinterion for rural LTE connectivity, and MIT Solve recognition for its sustainable food systems innovation.[1][2][3] Pivotal moments include deploying BeeHome prototypes that proved 99.7% accurate ML monitoring at the edge, reducing colony collapse to 7% from 40%, and scaling to save 300 million bees while iterating on proprietary hardware and AI from scratch.[1][3][4]
Beewise stands out in agtech through its fully autonomous, end-to-end BeeHome system, which mimics and exceeds manual beekeeping:
Beewise rides the pollinator crisis wave, addressing global colony collapse disorder (CCD) that threatens 75% of crops reliant on bees for pollination, amid climate change, pesticides, and labor shortages in a $500B+ agriculture market.[1][3][4][5][8] Its timing aligns with AI/IoT maturation for edge computing in remote agriculture, enabling scalable "active beekeeping" where traditional methods fail at commercial volumes (1,000-10,000 hives).[2][3] Market forces like rising food security demands, regulatory pushes for sustainable farming, and beekeeper adoption (shifting from skepticism to demand after proven ROI) favor it.[4][7][8] Beewise influences the ecosystem by generating hive data to refine ML models collectively, partnering with networks like MIT Solve, and expanding healthier pollination services to growers for guaranteed yields.[1][4][5]
Beewise is poised for global expansion beyond the US and Israel, targeting Europe and Asia with BeeHome's proven economics—saving 2.7 bees per revenue cent while delivering 50% honey yield gains and 70% mortality reductions.[3][4][8] Trends like AI-driven precision ag, 5G rural connectivity, and climate-resilient farming will accelerate adoption, potentially disrupting manual beekeeping's 150-year stasis.[6][7] Its influence may evolve into a pollination-as-a-service platform, optimizing crop yields via data networks and fostering bee health standards industry-wide, ensuring stronger bees safeguard the food supply as in its core mission.[5][8]
Beewise has raised $180.2M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Beewise's investors include Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners, Austin Hearst, APG, Badiya Capital, Yoav Hineman, lool ventures, Marav Mazon Group, Corner Ventures, Fortissimo Capital.
Beewise has raised $180.2M across 7 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $50.0M Series D in June 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2025 | $50M Series D | — | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners, Austin Hearst, APG, Badiya Capital, Yoav Hineman, Lool Ventures, Marav Mazon Group | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2022 | $80M Series C | Insight Partners | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Corner Ventures, Fortissimo Capital, Lool Ventures, Meitav Dash | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $22M Series B | — | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners | Announced |
| Jul 14, 2020 | $13.5M Grant | Fortissimo Capital | Michael Eisenberg, ARC Impact, Atooro Fund, European Commission, Israeli Innovation Authority, Lool Ventures | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2020 | $10M Series A | — | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners, Zeev Capital | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2019 | $4M Seed | — | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2019 | $700K Seed | — | Aleph VC, Atooro Fund, DAG Ventures, Insight Partners | Announced |