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Standard 25x cameras. Computer vision trained on millions of frames. Daily, consistent monitoring across every camera-equipped zone – 365 days a year.

Timeline

From 2020 to next.

  1. 2020 Origins

    Founded

    Fermata was founded with a single conviction: computer vision could transform the way commercial growers monitor and protect their crops. From day one, the mission was to make greenhouse scouting smarter, faster, and more consistent.

  2. 2022 Product launch

    Croptimus market-ready

    After years of intensive R&D, model training, and field testing, Croptimus was ready for commercial deployment. Growers could now receive daily AI-generated reports on crop health across their entire greenhouse.

  3. 2023 🏆 Award

    FoodTech Congress – AgriTech Startup of the Year

    Recognised at the FoodTech Congress in Warsaw as the AgriTech Startup of the Year, validating Fermata's technology in front of Europe's leading food and agriculture innovation community.

  4. 2023 🏆 Major recognition

    Microsoft AI for Good & EIT Digital Challenge

    One of just 14 companies globally selected for Microsoft's AI for Good programme. In the same year, Fermata won the Grand Prize at the EIT Digital Challenge among hundreds of European startups.

  5. 2023–2024 Enterprise partnership

    Bayer pilot expanded

    A successful pilot with Bayer Crop Science in 2023 led to a full expansion across additional sites in 2024, spanning pest resistance assessment, ToBRFV detection, and seed production monitoring.

  6. R&D Science

    Detection studies

    A rigorous 100-day tomato virus model study alongside a 3-month controlled pest and disease study – continuously pushing the boundaries of what AI can reliably detect in a greenhouse environment.

  7. 2025 🏆 Award

    Fruit Logistica Innovation Award

    Croptimus won the prestigious Fruit Logistica Innovation Award in the Technology category at Fruit Logistica Berlin 2025 – one of the world's most important trade shows for fresh produce.

  8. 2025 Scale

    Scale & partnerships

    Expanded cucumber data collection programmes and progressed key partner integrations across Europe, deepening relationships with growers, agronomists, and research partners on four continents.

  9. Next Always evolving

    The journey continues

    New hardware integrations, new crop models, new markets. Fermata is actively expanding its multi-modal sensing stack and platform to reach growers in every corner of the world.

Working on greenhouses in 10+ countries

  • Canada
  • Netherlands
  • United States
  • Mexico
  • Israel
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Poland
  • Belgium
World view

Scale

The people behind the camera.

  • Alexey Skobelkin – Director

    Alexey Skobelkin

    Director

    Alexey leads Fermata's mission to transform the commercial greenhouse industry through advanced technology and data-driven decision-making, helping growers achieve better business performance, greater sustainability, and higher production efficiency.

  • Valeria Kogan, PhD – Founder & Strategy

    Valeria Kogan, PhD

    Founder & Strategy

    Serial entrepreneur Valeria Kogan founded both Fermata and biotech firm Smartomica – driven by a conviction that computer vision could transform crop protection for growers worldwide.

  • David Kat – Sales Director

    David Kat

    Sales Director

    David leads sales, customer solutions, and strategic partnerships at Fermata, helping growers maximise the value of Fermata's technology while building partnerships across the agricultural ecosystem. Previously, he connected startups with global corporations across food, climate, health, and mobility sectors, including Mobileye, whose computer-vision technology is used by BMW, Volvo, and Tesla.

  • Maria Starostina – Head of Operations

    Maria Starostina

    Head of Operations

    Maria graduated from Humboldt University of Berlin and has been with Fermata since day one, playing a key role in building and scaling the company's operational foundation. She oversees operations, logistics, and customer success, focusing on service excellence, customer satisfaction, and the successful adoption of Fermata's solutions.

  • Bri-Anna Jaksic – Customer Success Manager

    Bri-Anna Jaksic

    Customer Success Manager

    With 15 years of experience in Canada's greenhouse and specialty agriculture sector, Bri-Anna leads customer success and commercial partnerships, focusing on grower satisfaction, product adoption, measurable ROI, and long-term customer value.

  • Alexey Ratner – Strategy & Management

    Alexey Ratner

    Strategy & Management

    With 20+ years of experience in strategy development and interdisciplinary management of international projects in heterogeneous environments, Alexey brings deep strategic depth to Fermata's growth.

Croptimus said «not yet.» The grower waited 5 weeks. Neighbouring growers spent €16,250.

Press

What people are saying.

  • Fruit Logistica Fermata wins FLIA Technology Award for AI-powered greenhouse monitoring at Fruit Logistica Berlin Feb 2025
  • Microsoft Fermata selected for Microsoft's AI for Good programme – supporting sustainability in crop production Dec 2024
  • NVIDIA How AI is being leveraged to solve major sustainability issues in commercial agriculture Sep 2024

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