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Instacrops

YC S21

Santiago, CL · Founded 2014 · 34 employees · 8 known investors

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Instacrops provides farmers with a dashboard that aggregates data from IoT sensors placed in fields alongside satellite and drone imagery to generate farm health analytics. The platform helps agricultural producers in Latin America optimize crop yields.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechSustainabilityAgricultureChileLatin AmericaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)

Instacrops was founded in 2014 by Mario Bustamante.

MBMario Bustamante
Mario BustamanteFounder · CEOMario Bustamante is an electronics engineer with over a decade of experience who previously founded an IoT hardware company that achieved a six-figure unit count before its acquisition by a major Latin American retailer. He is now building Instacrops, which applies software and AI to agricultural decision-making and operates across hundreds of farms.
MA
Mario Andrés BustamanteFounder

Investors · 8

Hemisphere Ventures LLClisted by Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinney

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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AJGreported

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ChileGlobal VenturesreportedSantiago

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Genesis VenturesreportedSantiago · $1M – $10M

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PID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LPreported$100K – $3M

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SVG VenturesreportedSilicon Valley

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The YC application· Summer 2021 batch

Instacrops YC Demo Day Pitch (S21) - Helping farmers maximize crop yield

Startup Pitches

What they told YC

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.
The founders are building a platform that integrates several technologies and services to deliver real-time recommendations to farmers using machine learning and AI.

Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.

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Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Instacrops Inc.

In the news

Instacrops Funding | $3.9M Revenue | Complete Analysis | Extruct AIextruct.ai · Apr 2017

Frequently asked questions

What does Instacrops do?
Instacrops provides farmers with a dashboard that aggregates data from IoT sensors placed in fields alongside satellite and drone imagery to generate farm health analytics. The platform helps agricultural producers in Latin America optimize crop yields.
Who founded Instacrops?
Instacrops was founded by Mario Bustamante in 2014.
Who are Instacrops's investors?
Instacrops's investors include Gaingels, Hemisphere Ventures LLC, Y Combinator, AJG, ChileGlobal Ventures, Genesis Ventures, PID Fund I, a series of DV Collective, LP, SVG Ventures.
Where is Instacrops headquartered?
Instacrops is headquartered in Santiago, CL.