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Kestrel Agritech

We're a tech company helping farmers detect pests infestation and crop loss using drones and AI. Sta

04/08/2019

Thankful for our partners MathWorks MATLAB for creating this awesome video:

Startup-friendly pricing for MATLAB and Simulink enables early-stage technology startups to develop pioneering technologies and break boundaries to improve how we live, work, and play.

02/01/2019

Don't know about you, but we are anxiously waiting for spring...

01/17/2019

We are excited to be selected as one of the 60 local startups to attend tomorrow's New England Venture Capital Association #

Unpitch Tech connects early stage tech entrepreneurs and investors in a friendly, pressure-free context – no pitch decks, just curated conversations where entrepreneurs can access advice and feedback from active investors in their space.

11/27/2018

We are in the semi-finals!

More than 350 high-quality applications from around the world submitted for program’s third round. GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, announced today...

10/23/2018

Got a minute? Listen to the founders of the youngest company in the top 26 of summarize it within a minute at the awards show! Kestrel Agritech

10/22/2018

Dear Family, Friends & Supporters! We hoped we'd be able to thank you during the MassChallenge 2018 award ceremony but unfortunately, we were not one of the cash prize winners. Although disappointing, the past several months have shown us the great opportunity that lies ahead for Kestrel and at the end that might be the ultimate prize.

As a team we continue to be committed to decrease the impact of pests on our food supply and to build a software that will allow future precision agriculture solutions to identify pests accurately and without the need of human intervention. We are excited about Kestrel's life after MassChallenge.

We want to thank our family for believing in us, our mentors for helping us and our other MassChallenge Cohort participants for showing us what it takes to make your dreams a reality.

We look forward to Kestrel's bright future ahead!

09/27/2018

Getting ready for our Final Pitch at OpenView. MassChallenge

09/21/2018

We earned a 2nd place at the MassInnovation Nights 114 Thanks MathWorks for hosting. Thanks for all your support!

MIN #114 took place on Thursday, September 13th and was sponsored and hosted by MathWorks! The turnout was great, with a large number of attendees and product launchers. The event featured robotics, AI, and clean tech products from a variety of new companies. Some of the products showcased included....

09/20/2018

It is official! Kestrel Agritech has been selected in the top 26 startups from out of 1,500 worldwide applicants for this year's MassChallenge We'll be competing for a $1Million dollars in prizes!

We started with this vision at the beginning of 2018 and we have been progressing fast and furiously.

Thank you José Humberto Ramirez Leyva for the invitation to A Navolato voy where the idea was born. Thx Consejo para el Desarrollo Económico de Sinaloa

Thanks to our and for supporting us so far and sharing your knowledge and time.

Thanks to our partners who make this possible:
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https://masschallenge.org/media/announcing-top-startups-boston-rhode-island-2018

September 19, 2018, BOSTON – MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced the top startups from its 2018 Boston and Rhode Island programs, which together accelerated more than 150 startups across industries (128 in Boston and 30 in Rhode Island) and from r...

09/13/2018

Hey we're presenting at the AI & Robotics Event Natick today! Come see us! #1 Startup in terms of votes! thank you guys for voting!

09/12/2018

Its coming...

09/08/2018

Check one of our founders on TV talking about Kestrel! go Vishal Sunil

is the largest startup accelerator program in the world. Finalists Maria Picone, co-founder and CEO of ; Leena Pradhan-Nabzdyk, co-founder and CEO of ; and Vishal Sunil, co-founder and head of product development at , join necn to discuss their companies.

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Ushering in the next Agricultural Revolution

Last December my co-founder, Oliver, visited the beautiful state of Sinaloa in Mexico and he met with an agricultural specialist there. Oliver found that he was absolutely heartbroken that his farmers had once again had a terrible growing season. The suffered an infestation by a truly sinister pest, the picudo or the pepper weevil.

This pest [pictured to your right] plants its eggs inside the pepper and spreads rapidly and undetected, destroying up to 40% of the crop! An infestation can be disastrous for farmers and their family. Farmers often burn their whole produce rather than risk the chance that an infested specimen reaches your local supermarket. This puts undue strain on their finances for the next season and could force them into bankruptcy.

When he came back the US, we started talking and we quickly agreed that we have to help these farmers anyway we can. We came to the realization that the future of agriculture is in automation and AI. So we decided yo use the most modern tools available to us today to put together a crop protection suite, consisting of autonomous drones fitted with thermal sensors backed by a machine vision algorithm that can detect plant damage and insect activity!

Since then, we have built a prototype, joined MassChallenge, grown our team and done so much more! Follow our page to get the latest and sign up for our newsletter to keep up with news and developments!