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Smart orchard prediction system moves closer to commercialization

Vivid X system uses a real-time spectral sensor and computer vision system mounted onto farm equipment to automate the prediction and ...

Network, funding & market: How 3 female-led agrifoodtech startups benefited from the Grow-NY effect

Tess O'Mara, Vivid Machines Director of Partnerships, pitches the company's business plan at the 2022 Grow-NY Competition in Upstate NY.

Article: Vivid Machines raises $5.8 million CAD to help growers virtually monitor fruit trees

Toronto-based agtech startup Vivid Machines, which provides monitoring technologies for the fruit supply chain, has raised $5.8 million...

Vivid Machines Closes $4.3M USD Seed Round Funding

Toronto – (April 20, 2023) – Vivid Machines Inc. today announced successful completion of an oversubscribed first close of its seed round...

Article: Toronto’s Top 15 Machine Learning Startups Disrupting Industries

Vivid Machines: Revolutionizing Agricultural Production Vivid Machines is a startup that is revolutionizing agricultural production to...

Vivid Machines receives over $810,000 from The Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)

The Strategic Innovation Fund, managed by Innovation, Science and Economic Development, supports innovation projects across the food...

Revolutionizing Fruit Production and Reducing Waste with Vivid Machines

Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance covers how Vivid Machines is increasing food security and innovating the fruit supply chain!...

Bioenterprise Canada Announces Round 4 SmartGrowth Recipients

Bioenterprise Canada Corporation announced Vivid Machines as a successful applicant for the fourth round of the SmartGrowth Program.

Favorable weather, new technologies open season for United Apple

United Apple is one of the growers in a beta test with Vivid Machines this apple season. Jenny Lemieux explains how the software and...

Founder Spotlight

This founder spotlight by Canadian Women's Network is a great way to get to know our co-founder and CEO Jenny Lemieux! From tips in...

Computer eyes: X-Vision system aids crop load management from blossom to harvest

Vivid Machines has developed the X-Vision system, designed to capture the quantity and quality of fruit crops from blossom to harvest....

This company uses technology to reshape the future of food

In collaboration with apple orchards across three continents, Vivid Machines is using imaging technology and artificial intelligence to...

Four startups from Entrepreneur First Toronto Raise Collective $5.7 Million CAD

As part of Entrepreneur First Toronto’s initial cohort in the city, startups Vivid Machines, TriplePlay (formerly Lobby), getware.ai, and...

RidgeFest growers get glimpse of new technologies

Michigan Pomesters held its 10th annual RidgeFest for apple growers. Vivid Machines is invited to attend and participate in the computer...

A Canadian tech pioneer tells us why Toronto accelerator, backed by Reid Hoffman, is a gamechanger

Entrepreneur First is an accelerator backed by LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman. The program has been connecting educated leaders of...

Vivid Machines selected as one of 24 semi-finalists for Food Waste Reduction Challenge

Out of 343 applicants, Vivid Machines is selected as one of 24 semi-finalists. The challenge will progress over the next eight months as...

Taking the guess work out of estimating apple yields

Lilian Schaer profiles Vivid Machines’ backstory, product, and with the help of two of their apple grower research partners, tells the...