# Hippo Harvest

> Hippo Harvest is a California controlled-environment agriculture company that grows USDA-certified organic leafy greens inside greenhouses run by warehouse-style robots and machine learning. Founded by two veterans of the ROS robotics world, it repurposes Amazon-fulfillment-style autonomous mobile robots as 'tractors' that deliver water and nutrients plant-by-plant, claiming greens grown with roughly 92% less water, 55% less fertilizer and 94% less land than field agriculture - at prices meant to match outdoor-grown produce.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Pescadero, California, United States
- **Founders:** Eitan Marder-Eppstein (Co-Founder & CEO), Wim Meeussen (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~34 employees
- **Products:** Robotic greenhouse platform, Organic leafy greens, Butter lettuce, Indoor-grown spinach
- **Notable:** Grows organic greens with roughly 92% less water, 55% less fertilizer and 94% less land than traditional agriculture, with zero pesticides., Raised a $30M Series C led by Cox Farms in July 2026 and a $21M Series B led by Standard Investments in 2024., Commercialized indoor-grown spinach, one of the harder leafy greens to grow indoors.

## Products & services

- **Robotic greenhouse platform** — A controlled-environment growing system using autonomous mobile robots and machine learning to deliver water, nutrients, light and heat to plants on a per-plant, micro-climate basis, with robotic 'tractors' that respace growing modules mid-cycle to maximize yield.
- **Organic leafy greens** — USDA-certified organic, pesticide-free, pre-washed greens including spring mix, arugula, butter lettuce, crispy leaf, 50/50 blend, baby kale and baby romaine.
- **Butter lettuce** — Retail butter lettuce launched to buyers in early 2026.
- **Indoor-grown spinach** — Commercialized indoor spinach - a notably difficult indoor crop - brought to market alongside the Series C in mid-2026.

## Achievements

- Grows organic greens with roughly 92% less water, 55% less fertilizer and 94% less land than traditional agriculture, with zero pesticides.
- Raised a $30M Series C led by Cox Farms in July 2026 and a $21M Series B led by Standard Investments in 2024.
- Commercialized indoor-grown spinach, one of the harder leafy greens to grow indoors.
- Built a first-of-its-kind repurposed greenhouse in Pescadero, CA that targets outdoor-grown price parity.
- Founded by ROS/Willow Garage robotics pioneers who repurposed warehouse-style robots for agriculture.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Closed $30M Series C led by Cox Farms to fund a planned 30-acre facility in Hollister, CA and scale robot-grown greens.
- **2026-07** — Commercialized indoor-grown spinach, timed with the Series C close.
- **2026-01** — Launched butter lettuce to retail buyers and expanded partners including Sprouts and Haggen.
- **2024-02** — Raised $21M Series B led by Standard Investments at ~$145M post-money valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://hippoharvest.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hippo-harvest
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hippoag
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/hippoharvest

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Last updated: 2026-07-11