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Proofminder

Proofminder puts an “agronomist” next to each plant, as our leaf-level farming platform sees things that are invisible for other solutions.
01-01-2021
Nov-50
11-50
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
  • AgTech
  • Crop Production Process and Equipment
  • Pest Management

Innovation

Industry Problem

Satellite and standard drone analytics often miss plant-level weeds, disease, germination gaps, and varietal differences, leading to blanket treatments and delayed field decisions.

R&D Focus

Leaf-level computer vision; drone imagery; crop and weed detection; agronomic AI models.

Innovative Solution

Proofminder processes high-resolution drone images with crop-specific models to identify individual plants and anomalies and produces maps and actions for spraying, scouting, seed production, orchards, insurance, and field trials.

Solution Effectiveness

Proofminder reports up to 80% lower chemical use, 2–5× ROI, and up to 10% higher yield/profitability. It says the platform is deployed on five continents and used by eight of the ten largest seed producers. These are company-reported metrics.

Investment Funding

Last Funding Stage

Grant

Total Funding Amount

$435.1K

Last Funding Amount

$11.1K

Last Funding Date

30-09-2024

Startup Stage

Seed

Lead Investors

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Impact Ventures Hungary, RootCamp, SVG Ventures

People

Founders

About

Proofminder is a game-changing innovation that brings AI technologies, visual data and Agroindustry players into one leaf-level monitoring platform to enable Growers to meet production goals sustainably. Lots of use cases that were previously impossible could now be built in days in a scalable infrastructure. Plant stand count and distancing, crop monitoring, plant disease or weed detection, waterlogging analysis, missed tassels detection in hybrid seed production, insect damage analysis, flowering detection, canopy analysis, weather and wildlife damage analysis and more – the number of use cases are almost unlimited. We are partnering with drone service providers and other Agroindustry players to provide a seamless experience for crop and seed producers, roots and vegetables, orchards, trees, and vineyards regardless of location. Established in 2021 and awarded as: “Most Innovative Agri Startup of 2021” by the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture. Shortlisted in the TOP-3 “Agri Innovation of 2021 and 2022 Globally” by AgriInvestor.com By providing micro-level actionable insights about every leaf and plant, our mission is to help growers make the agroindustry future more sustainable, innovative, and profitable regardless of the ever-changing environment.

Products

Product

Proofminder leaf-level crop-intelligence platform for weed maps, stand counts, disease/stress detection, seed-production quality, orchard analytics, and insurance evidence.

Star Product

Leaf-level crop-intelligence platform – the core product and the reason the company differentiates itself from coarse satellite or standard drone analytics.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Complete commercial platform. Proofminder says its first models entered production in 2021, including work with Corteva.

Future Plan

Market Expansion

Proofminder reports deployments across five continents and received support in 2025 to expand and validate the platform in Australia.

Awards and Recognitions

Awards

Forbes Hungary AI25 (2025); EBRD AgVenture winner (year not stated on current company page); SVG Ventures/THRIVE global-impact and agrifood innovation recognitions (years not fully disclosed).

Participations

EIT Food, MassChallenge, THRIVE/SVG Ventures, EBRD AgVenture, and Eureka Innowwide programs.

M&A and Collabs

Collab

Corteva – Proofminder states that its first production models were deployed with Corteva in 2021.

Collab

Eureka Innowwide – grant-supported market validation and expansion work in Australia announced in 2025.

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