# Sabanto: company

Canonical ID: `ab19012d-a3a0-4930-807a-c0165e55d02f`

## Key facts

- **Technology:** Autonomous tractor retrofit navigation
- **Partnership:** Verdant Robotics (integrated autonomous+spraying system)
- **CEO:** Craig Rupp
- **Funding:** 7M Series A (Aug 2022)
- **Lead Investor:** Fulcrum Global Capital
- **Investors:** Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC Bio, Hico Capital, Yara Growth Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Johnsonville Ventures, Trimble Ventures
- **Business Model:** Farming-as-a-Service (FaaS) + retrofit kit sales through dealer network
- **Product:** Sabanto Autonomy System (retrofit kit + Vehicle Mission Control software)
- **Operations:** 9 US states (IL, IA, IN, MO, NE, MN, ND, WI, TX) + Australia expansion (Oct 2025)
- **Tractor Types:** 60-90 HP tractors, multiple makes/models supported

- **Slug:** sabanto
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Funding total (USD):** 17000000

## Models

- [Sabanto Autonomous Kit](/models/sabanto-autonomous-kit.md) (agriculture) (id: `8efea622-6c69-49c4-9eae-aca61a36d6d9`)

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## Sources (1)

1. https://www.roboticsintl.com/article/sabanto-and-verdant-robotics-merge-autonomous-tractor-and-plant-level-spraying-s

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