The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Saga Robotics: 2 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $32.7M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Saga Robotics is a Norwegian agricultural robotics company developing the Thorvald autonomous robot platform for UV-C mildew treatment and data-driven farm automation. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Pal Johan From and Dr.
Lars Grimstad, the company operates a Robots-as-a-Service model across UK tabletop strawberry farms and California vineyards, treating approximately 30% of UK tabletop strawberries and 2,500+ acres of US grapevines. Saga Robotics has raised over $33 million from investors including Praesidium Agri-FoodTech, Aker Capital, and Nysno Climate Investments.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Models (2)
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Thorvald
Thorvald is a modular, autonomous electric robot platform for agricultural applications, primarily UV-C light treatment to combat powdery mildew in tabletop strawberries and grapevines. The platform operates at night, delivering targeted UV-C light to disrupt fungal DNA replication without chemical residues, and is equipped with cameras for yield prediction and disease detection data services.
Current platform
Thorvald
Saga Robotics' Thorvald is a modular, autonomous, electric farm robot for open fields, polytunnels, and vineyards; its best-known application is autonomous UV-C light treatment that disrupts powdery-mildew DNA, and it also performs flower/fruit counts, predatory-mite dispensing, and runner cutting.
Saga Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Apr 2026. Explore where Saga Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Saga Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is Thorvald?
Current leadership (3)
- Pal Johan From Founder & CEO, Founder & Chief Product Officersecondary-verified
- Lars Grimstad Co-founderreported, not verified
- Anne Dingstad CEOreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Pal Johan Fromsole
- Lars Grimstadcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Saga Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Saga Robotics3 deployments
Recent coverage
Saga Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Funding rounds (3)
Saga Robotics’s 3 disclosed rounds, $33M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2025-08-14
$11M(reported)
Investors: Praesidium Agri-FoodTech, Aker Capital, Nysno Climate Investments, Blystad, Hatteland, Melesio, MP Pensjon
- Series A2024-01-29
$12M(reported)
- Series A2022-10-01
$10M(reported)
Investors: Aker Capital, Nysno Climate Investments, Rabo Food and Ag Innovation Fund, Hatteland, Cibus Enterprise Fund
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 20, 2026
Thorvald at Hopland, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
Thorvald at Hopland, Mendocino County, California, USA (Bonterra Organic Estates)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA (Castoro Cellars)
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Methodology surface for Saga Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Saga Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Castoro Cellars bets big on UV-C robots to fight vineyard mildew
Castoro Cellars scaled Saga Robotics Thorvald UV-C robots across 600+ acres of organic vineyards in California.
Saga Robotics secures 11.2m for fungus-fighting farm bots
Saga Robotics raised 11.2M to expand its Thorvald robot fleet for UV-C mildew treatment in US vineyards and UK strawberries.
3LC Supports Saga Robotics in Agricultural ML
Saga Robotics partnered with 3LC to enhance its computer vision models for strawberry detection on the Thorvald platform.
Saga Robotics raises 8.5M to fund growth of Thorvald autonomous ag robot
Saga Robotics raised 8.5M with Aker Capital as new shareholder to accelerate growth in the UK strawberry sector.
Saga Robotics appoint new CEO
Anne Dingstad was appointed CEO of Saga Robotics, succeeding founder Pal Johan From who transitioned to Chief Product Officer.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/saga-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/saga-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/df4ea648-94ae-40c4-a91f-e88c547511d2
- Revision history: /companies/saga-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
Video
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The agricultural robot, Thorvald driving autonomously in polytunnels during the day.
Through collaboration with the University of Lincoln and Norwegian University of Life Sciences multiple Thorvald robots can now autonomously operate simultaneou
Marques Brownlee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c This is the greatest robot of All Time https://www.youtube.com/@penguinz0 https://www.twitch.tv/moi
During a workshop in June we demonstrated how farmworkers can use gestures to control the Thorvald robots in the field. This feature is a product of our collabo
The goal of the experiment was to prove the applicability of swarm robotics to precision farming. The application of swarm intelligence principles to agricultur
Discover how Saga Robotics sped up design cycles by 30–40% using PTC’s Onshape. This sustainable farming pioneer needed a single source of truth to build modula
Historically, wine growers have deployed a range of measures to combat powdery mildew from fungicides to canopy management. But what if you could tackle the pro
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Saga Robotics raises $11.2M to expand Thorvald robots that zap mildew with UV C light. Now scaling across UK strawberries and US vineyards could this be the fut
Thorvald is here to change farming for good.Created by Saga Robotics in Norway and the UK, this self-driving robot uses UV-C light to kill powdery mildew on cro
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Sacha de La Noë, CEO of Saga Robotics, shares why they brought in 3HORIZONS to restart strategy execution and rebuild alignment across management and the board.
Reality vs attention
Saga Robotics draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the 88th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap -17.1, 19th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 6 verified deployments. Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
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Last computed: Aug 17, 2026