Nice to meet you,
we are Crocus Labs
we are Crocus Labs
What we do
We are a Berlin based VC backed startup. We designed a smart LED-lighting system fully customised for the indoor farming market. It massively reduces energy consumption without compromising the crop quality & yield. With 15+ years in semiconductor & LED innovation and agriculture, we bring full spectrum and efficient light to vertical farms and greenhouses.
Our Product
- 20% less energy consumption.
- Flexibility & crop diversity.
- 30% increased energy effect LED technology.
- Fully remote farm management.
Where we are today
- Developed and tested 2 product generations: MVP & GEN 0.
- Two commercial projects: strawberry grower & basil.
- Multiple internal crop tests including pepper, stevia, etc.
- European Innovation Commission grant in June 2022.
- Closing Seed round in September 2022.
We bring not only a full spectrum of light!
but a full spectrum service offer
Explore some of our amazing services below
Customized
LIGHTS
A spectrum perfect for your specific needs. We design your light recipes and take care of all aspects of lightning like, luminaire placement
Cutting Edge
RESEARCH
Pushing the borders of the field. Explore potential.
In our facility, we can test new crops and lights recipes, to give you cutting edge each.
Innovative
SENSORS
Measures what is important in your growth environment.
We help you choose relevant factors for growth in your system and give you the equipment to monitor them.
Smart
PHENOTYPING
Utilize AI to bring growing to the next level.
Our algorithm can help you harvest data to push automation and save you valuable time.
Horticulture Centered
EXPERTISE
Our in house horticulture & tech expertise combined with research institution collaborations.
We provide horticulture consultancy to enable our customer in achieving the best possible growth. We are a tech company with a hardware in the heart
ready to launch in 2025
ready to launch in 2025
2020
MVP
The Product
5 channel lighting system using unconventional power conversion and cloud connectivity
2021
Gen_0
The Product
4 channel lighting system using custom built and off the shelf power conversion units along with digital control via App
2022
Gem_0.1
The Product
Lighting with off the shelf LED chips and proprietary power conversion unit. An app for the remote control
2023
Gen_1
Hardware
Additional 10% higher energy efficiency proprietary LED chips MVP
Software
Dashboards capturing energy consumption and sensor data
2024
Gen_1.1
Hardware
Automatic tunability 20% higher energy efficiency proprietary LED chips MVP
Software
First full digital twin offer (pilot)
We believe in steady growth together with our partners
Initial Assessment
A template for the customer to fill in- general info about the facilities and priorities.
Scope of Work
Based on the initial assessment and a follow up discussion with the tech team.
Facility Assessment
Crocus’ engineers to assess client’s facility.
Pilot Part 1
Up to 3 liminaires to install at customer’s facilities to conduct the AB testing with another luminair Minimum duration: 3 months or 2 growth cycles.
Pilot Part 2
Up to 10 luminaires to conduct a broder study aligning on the business priorities.
Project
An agreed number of luminaires for a bigger project.
Already today our Gen_0 product shows the efficiency
The Product
4 channel fully tunable sunlike lighting system using custom built power conversion unit 15% energy efficiency
The Expected Performance
A fully tunable lighting systems capable of providing full spectrum at a reasonable cost. Efficiency matching MVP and better connectivity/UX.
The results of our case studies have exceeded the expectations
Increased crop quality
Fruit sweetness increased
from 4 to 7
…Optimal marketable yield through coloration, taste and plant resistance
Biggest strawberry grower in North Germany
Increased crop yeild
The biomass was 15 % more
…Increased crop biomass through homogeneity and influence of an optimized spectral composition on plant morphology
One of the biggest research institutions in Germany
Growth time reduction
Seeding to the first fruit time decrease from 90 to 58 days
…Optimized development of vegetative and generative growth, high yield results and fruit quality
Internal Study
Improved energy efficiency
