About us

Nice to meet you,
we are Crocus Labs

What we do

We are a Potsdam and 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.
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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.
Contact Us
 

We bring not only a full spectrum of light!
but a full spectrum service offer

Explore some of our amazing services below
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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
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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.
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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.
 
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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.
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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

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MVP

The Product
5 channel lighting system using unconventional power conversion and cloud connectivity

2021

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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

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Gem_0.1

The Product
Lighting with off the shelf LED chips and proprietary power conversion unit. An app for the remote control

2023

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Hardware
Additional 10% higher energy efficiency proprietary LED chips MVP
Software
Dashboards capturing energy consumption and sensor data

2024

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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.