HARVIER POC + 5 HARVIX
1 teleoperator controls 5 robots
// NAVIGATE
GREENHOUSE TOMATO HARVESTING-AS-A-SERVICE · MINIMAL UPFRONT INVESTMENT
We harvest.
The grower pays per kilo.
HARNIX is focused on harvesting cherry-tomatoes in high-intensity, year-round glasshouses in the Netherlands, backed by remote human judgment from Moldova. The planned service is priced per kilogram harvested.
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Robot handles repeatable work
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Teleoperator resolves exceptions
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Grower pays per kg
HARVIER proof of concept · Frudova vineyard
// HOW IT WORKS
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Human assists, remotely
The planned system routes difficult moments to trained teleoperators working from Moldova.
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You pay per kilo
The commercial model uses minimal upfront investment and recurring payment tied to harvested kilograms.
// THE PRODUCT IN THE FIELD
From engineering drawing to vineyard rows.
HARVIER, our proof of concept, is built around field reality: narrow rows, fragile produce, and short harvesting windows.
// 01 · PROBLEM
EU agriculture is running out of hands.
High-value crop growers face three linked pressures: scarce labor, narrow harvest windows and the high upfront cost of equipment.
Labor
Chronic worker shortages during narrow harvest windows
Timing
Missed timing reduces quality and harvested kilograms
Capex
Large upfront robotics purchases are difficult to justify before reliability is proven
// 02 · THE GROWTH CEILING
Farmers can't scale what they can't harvest.
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Short harvest windows
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Labor is unpredictable
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So growers under-plant
HARNIX is being developed to provide harvest capacity as a service. The aim is more predictable access to harvesting.
// BIGGER THAN COST SAVINGS — EVERY FARM THAT SCALES EXPANDS OUR MARKET
// 03 · SOLUTION
A harvesting robot, delivered as a service.
Greenhouse first
A pipe-rail greenhouse telerobot for tomatoes, with the tracked vineyard platform proving the technology in the field.
Instrumented cutting
A human uses HARPOON to harvest while the custom instrument records training data for the AI.
Remote exception handling
Repeatable work is automated first; difficult moments are routed to trained teleoperators.
// HARVIX · GREENHOUSE MODEL · COMMERCIAL FOCUS
// HARVIER · VINEYARD MODEL · PROOF OF CONCEPT
// 04 · TECHNOLOGY · TELEOP QUEUE
Autonomy + human intuition.
The planned system automates repeatable work first and routes difficult moments to trained teleoperators in Moldova. Field data is intended to improve autonomy over time.
// STEP 01
Robot harvests
// STEP 02
Edge case → queue
// STEP 03
Teleoperator solves
// STEP 04
Data improves the system
// 05 · MOAT · DATA FLYWHEEL
Every harvest makes our robots better.
HARPOON records human harvesting actions to build the dataset needed to train the AI; future teleoperator interventions are planned as a second data stream.
- Human harvesting examples recorded by HARPOON.
- Train on the hard cases.
- Improve autonomy from real harvest data.
// HARPOON · HUMAN-OPERATED DATA-COLLECTION TOOL
// 06 · TRACTION
Field access through a real exporter — not a lab.
Frudova, Moldova's largest table-grape exporter, gives HARNIX direct field access, operational feedback and connections to growers across Europe.
Frudova
Moldova's largest table-grape exporter
Field
Field access and operational feedback
Europe
Wider fruit-grower network
// STRATEGIC PARTNERFrudovaC.I. VED-MAR AGRO
// FRUDOVA VINEYARDS AT THE HEART OF MOLDOVA NEAR CHIȘINĂU
// 08 · ILLUSTRATIVE ECONOMICS
A model that improves with speed, autonomy and fleet scale.
// BASELINE
€0.21/kg
Human harvesting baseline
// EARLY
€0.21/kg
Improved robot cycle, without autonomy
// SCALE
€0.11/kg
Modeled at 100 robots and 60% autonomy
These are illustrative calculator scenarios, not achieved results. Beachhead market — tomato greenhouses in the Netherlands.
You can use our harvesting economics calculator to test different assumptions and scenarios.
// 09 · EXECUTION PLAN
Three phases from validation to fleet scale .
50 robots
Deployment in Dutch tomato greenhouses
$25M Series A
Scale up and launch HARVIER as a service
// 10 · ROADMAP
The path forward.
// WE ARE HERE
NOW
HARPOON field data
PHASE 1
HARVIER proof of concept + 5 HARVIX prototypes controlled by 1 teleoperator
PHASE 2
50 robots in Dutch tomato greenhouses
PHASE 3
HARVIER as a service after Netherlands profitability
// 11 · TEAM
Operators + roboticists. Building from the field.
Vlad Vedrasco
CEO
CEO of HARNIX and co-founder of Frudova, the strategic partner providing field access, operational feedback and a wider European grower network.
Vlad Seremet
CTO
Graduated from MIT in 2020, worked at top robotics labs while in university, and has 4 years of robotics industry experience, including building, programming and testing harvesting robots.
Current product work includes HARPOON field data collection and HARVIX and HARVIER prototype buildout.
// 12 · INVESTORS · PRE-SEED OPEN
Now raising $250k–$500k pre-seed.
This first round funds prototype buildout and field data. The planned next $2.5M seed round funds a 50-robot deployment.
$2.5M
// next seed round
50
// planned seed-stage robots
$25M
// planned Series A
// THIS ROUND FUNDS
- Build the HARVIER proof of concept and 5 HARVIX prototypes
- Collect approximately 500,000 cuts
- Prove 1 teleoperator can reliably run 5 robots
- Put 2 senior engineers and 5 interns full time on HARVIX