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Tortuga AgTech

Tortuga AgTech makes Tortuga harvesting robots, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Based in: United States
In our records as: Tortuga AgTech (now owned by Oishii)
Latest milestone: 13 May 2026

01Robots

What Tortuga AgTech makes

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Tortuga harvesting robotsFarm · Strawberry-picking robotStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersTortuga AgTech built robots that pick strawberries. Its commercial harvesting fleet had reached 150 robots when the indoor strawberry grower Oishii bought its technology in 2025.Inside Oishii's own indoor strawberry farms; Tortuga said it would focus on fitting its technology into them.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

13 May 2026Milestone
Oishii raised $150 million. It said harvesting robots, added through the Tortuga deal, help it grow strawberries more consistently.
The Robot Report, 14 May 2026Company-reported
24 March 2025Milestone
At the time of the sale, Tortuga's commercial harvesting fleet was 150 robots.
AgFunderNews, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported
24 March 2025Milestone
Oishii, an indoor strawberry grower, bought Tortuga's intellectual property, other assets and some of its engineers. The price was not disclosed.
The Packer, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported
2024Milestone
Tortuga won the Ag Robot of the Year award from the trade magazine Future Farming.
Future Farming, 4 Apr 2025
8 April 2021Milestone
Tortuga raised a $20 million Series A round led by the investor Lewis & Clark AgriFood.
AgFunderNews, 8 Apr 2021Company-reported
8 April 2021Milestone
Tortuga rented out its robots as a service and was paid by the kilo for the fruit they picked.
AgFunderNews, 8 Apr 2021Company-reported

03Money

How it ended

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