Company
Saga Robotics
Saga Robotics is a Norwegian agricultural robotics company developing the [Thorvald](/models/thorvald) autonomous robot platform for UV-C mildew treatment and…
- Founded
- 2016
- HQ
- Oslo, Norway
- Status
- active
- Funding
- $32.7M
- Models
- 2
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 6 days ago
Last verified change
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
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
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.
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Pal Johan From Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Pal Johan From Founder & Chief Product Officerreported, not 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.
Recent coverage
Saga Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Funding rounds (3)
- 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
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Saga Robotics?
- 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.
- Where is Saga Robotics based?
- Saga Robotics is based in Oslo, Norway.
- When was Saga Robotics founded?
- Saga Robotics was founded in 2016.
- What does Saga Robotics make?
- Saga Robotics has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Thorvald, Thorvald (Saga Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Saga Robotics operate robots?
- Saga Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Saga Robotics safe?
- Saga Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Saga Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG 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
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
50.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
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