High-precision farms
Our farms are designed to maximize space and minimize energy usage through precision control, while producing high-quality crops year-round.
Precise environment control
Gathering real-time data to feeds crop models enabling AI to continuously adjust and improve cultivation processes and environmental conditions.
Biological expertise
Scan data provide us with information on plant shape and size over the growth cycle, while detailed measurements of transpiration and stomatal conductance feed our simulations.
Future Growth
As we expand, CropWorks is aiming to to replicate our successful methods at scale to implement a real and viable solution to vertical farming, for biomanufacturing and fresh produce.
We're growing...
June 2022
Founding.
September 2022
The Greenhouse, the 12-month flagship accelerator for early-stage climate startups from Undaunted. Equity-free and grant funded.
December 2022
Grant from The Green Futures Investment Fund & Cranfield University to develop a proof-of-concept of Acer's core technology with engineering consultancy Max Fordham.
June 2023
Identified as a 'High Growth' startup by Innovate UK Business Growth.
November 2023
Invited to participate in the Innovate UK 'AI in agritech' GBIP delegation to the Netherlands.
June 2024
EIT Food Seedbed Incubator, the EU's 9-month, equity-free programme for Europe's most promising agritech innovations.
October 2024
Innovate UK grant to work with Prof Luca Magri, Imperial College London, to develop a proof of concept using physics-aware machine learning models to simulate the performance of Acer's farms.
March 2025
Innovate UK Agritech Launchpad grant to work with Prof Tracy Lawson, University of Essex, to develop the digital twin of Acer's cultivation system, as well as novel high-productivity cultivation processes for a range of cultivation crops.
June 2025
Freeport East Clean Growth Fund grant to commercialise cultivation processes for biomanufacturing with Prof Tracy Lawson at the University of Essex.
July 2025
Innovate UK Business Growth - Design for Growth Programme.
July 2025
Innovate UK Agritech Launchpad grant to develop Acer's precision automation system. Working with Prof Simon Guest, University of Cambridge, and the University of East Anglia.
August 2025
Funding to work with The Alan Turing Institute to develop high-fidelity Digital Twins of Acer's farms.
August 2025
Funding from the Intellectual Property Office for an IP Audit with specialist attorney Venner Shipley. Confirmation of the patentability of Acer's technologies.
September 2025
Grant from PhotonHub Europe to work with Prof Lien Smeester at Vrije Universiteit Brussel to develop Acer's light strategy.
December 2025
Grant from the Hartree Centre to provide access to HPC and innovation roadmapping with Hartree's team of expert data scientists.
Get in Touch with Us
If you have any questions or inquiries regarding CropWorks, feel free to reach out to us through the contact options below.
+44 7962 455450
123 Green Road, GB