GyroPlant
GyroPlant is a UK agtech company based in Didcot (Harwell Campus) that makes reusable, substrate-free root-zone structures such as the GyroCup, replacing single-use growing media across greenhouses, vertical farms, precision agriculture, home growing and STEM education.
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GyroPlant is a UK agtech company based in Didcot (Harwell Campus) that makes reusable, substrate-free root-zone structures such as the GyroCup, replacing single-use growing media across greenhouses, vertical farms, precision agriculture, home growing and STEM education. It also partners with the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and the US Space Force to test its substrate-free growing system in microgravity for space-agriculture applications.
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GyroPlant is a UK agtech company based in Didcot (Harwell Campus) that makes reusable, substrate-free root-zone structures such as the GyroCup, replacing single-use growing media across greenhouses, vertical farms, precision agriculture, home growing and STEM education. It also partners with the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and the US Space Force to test its substrate-free growing system in microgravity for space-agriculture applications.
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United States
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China
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— - AIForce
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$30MValuation $117M
Other / unspecified
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