BloomX, an Israeli company that makes robotic systems to pollinate crops alongside bees, has raised $13m in a Series A round led by Elah Fund. The round was reported on 15 October 2026.
Rothschild Fund, Sadot Innovation, Tene Fund, OurCrowd and BioBee also invested, together with the agricultural cooperatives Gidulei Sade Dganim and the Mishkey Hevel Aza Group, the kibbutzim Eyal, Horashim, Magal and Kfar Glikson, private investors and the Israel Innovation Authority.
The round brings BloomX's total funding since it was founded in 2019 to $20m, according to CTech. A valuation was not disclosed.
“This funding round is a tremendous vote of confidence in the biomimetic technology we have developed.”Thai Sade, Co-founder and CEO, BloomX
What BloomX does
BloomX builds machines that copy the way insects move pollen, so growers depend less on weather and bee activity. Its Robee system for blueberries imitates the buzz pollination of bumblebees, using controlled vibrations to shake pollen loose from the flowers.
Its second product, Yahav 2400, is aimed at avocado orchards and went on sale commercially in 2026. It uses high-voltage electrodes to draw pollen from male flowers onto a textile that mimics a bee's body, and then passes it to receptive flowers.
The company sells its technology as pollination-as-a-service, so growers do not have to buy the equipment up front. It says one operator can cover up to 3.5 hectares (about nine acres) a day, including in extreme weather.
According to the company, growers using its systems have seen yields rise by about 20% on average, with better fruit size and quality, and returns of up to 10.5 times their spending. Ynet noted that these figures are company-reported and that 10.5 times is the highest result rather than an average.
Customers and team
BloomX works with growers in Peru, Mexico, South Africa and Israel. Customers named in coverage include Agrícola Cerro Prieto and Fruitist, formerly Agrovision, in Peru, Allesbeste in South Africa and the Granot Group in Israel.
The company is based in Rishpon, Israel, and has 19 employees, 15 of them in Israel. It is led by co-founder and chief executive Thai Sade, with chief technology officer Avi Keren and Ido Senesh, vice president of software development.
"Pollination, a critical link in fruit production, has remained entirely at the mercy of nature," Sade said. He described the round as a vote of confidence in the company's biomimetic technology and said the systems are meant to work with existing pollinators rather than replace them.
What the money is for
BloomX plans to grow in its four current markets and to enter the US, starting with almond and blueberry growers. It also intends to move into more Latin American countries and to develop uses for new crops.
Calanit Valfer, managing partner at Elah Fund, said the firm's decision was shaped by BloomX's work with commercial growers and by demand from farmers, according to Ynet.
Sade said the company wants to make pollination more predictable as weather conditions become less reliable for growers who rely on bees.