The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kalera: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
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Regional ecosystem
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Key facts
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History
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Kalera has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Kalera on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Mike Zelkind Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Mike Zelkindno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Jim Leighton CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kalera.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Kalera in third-party press
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Everytable lands $25m, eFishery reels in $20m, Joyful Ventures' alt-protein fund - AgFunderNews
Stories of the Year: What Does AeroFarms’ Bankruptcy Signal for CEA’s Future? - The Food Institute
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hardee Fresh grabs $56m, Upward Farms shuts down, Wine that tastes like climate change - AgFunderNews
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Kalera has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- kalera x nvidiawithNVIDIA1109technology—operating
- kalera x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kalera.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kalera from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Everytable lands $25m, eFishery reels in $20m, Joyful Ventures' alt-protein fund - AgFunderNews
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Stories of the Year: What Does AeroFarms’ Bankruptcy Signal for CEA’s Future? - The Food Institute
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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hardee Fresh grabs $56m, Upward Farms shuts down, Wine that tastes like climate change - AgFunderNews
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Kalera S.A.: Publication of Information Document - NTB Kommunikasjon
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Data Snapshot: 2020 was a bumper year for agtech M&A – and 2021 could be even bigger - AgFunderNews
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Brief: Cox Enterprises acquires indoor ag startup BrightFarms - AgFunderNews
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Kalera Acquires Vindara to Drive Growth in Vertical Farming Industry - SeedWorld
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kalera.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kalera/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9b5d9023-42d1-4c41-8e15-c1a995c0545a
- Revision history: /companies/kalera/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kalera draws attention at the 6th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026