# Here Come The Farm Robots: Startup Raises $20 Million For Autonomous Electric Tractors

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/here-come-the-farm-robots-startup-raises-20-million-for-autonomous-electric-tractors/
- Published: 2021-03-18T09:15:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: The electric Monarch Tractor can operate in autonomous, “driver optional” mode and has a base price of $50,000. Photo credit: Monarch Tractor. Article by Alan Ohnsman. Forbes – March 16, 2021. Monarch Tractor, a startup cofounded by a member of the Mondavi wine family, is leveraging technology more commonly associated with battery-powered Teslas and autonomous Waymo vans to create electric robotic tractors it says can make farming safer and more sustainable. The Silicon Valley-based company just raised $20 million as it prepares to start deliveries. Monarch, which came out of stealth in late 2020, said funds from its Series A round will help it expand operations beyond the U.S. to international markets. Deliveries of its first tractors, priced from $50,000, begin in late 2021. Investors in the round include Japanese auto-parts maker Musashi Seimitsu Industry, European agricultural and commercial vehicle maker CNH Industrial and India’s VST Tillers Tractors. Silicon Valley-based At One Ventures and private capital group MUUS also invested in the round. […] Click here to view original web page at www.forbes.com