From Derry to Dubai: CropSafe founders hope to bring $3m agritech start-up to Middle East – The National
- Date: 16-Feb-2022
- Source: The National
- Sector:Technology
- Country:UAE
From Derry to Dubai: CropSafe founders hope to bring $3m agritech start-up to Middle East – The National
Growing up on a family farm in Northern Ireland, start-up entrepreneur John McElhone had an unusual hobby during his teenage years: he spent his free time building websites and apps.
Among his creations was an app that uses satellite images and machine learning to detect disease, destructive weather patterns or irrigation issues in crop fields, which Mr McElone and his school pal Micheal McLaughlin, also a farmer’s son, hoped might be useful for their families.
This month, that same app, CropSafe, secured $3 million in seed funding in the US, where the young founders now live, with plans to see their AI-enabled technology adopted by farmers across the globe, including in the Middle East.
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