216 Capital invests in Tunisian AI agri-startup RoboCare

216 Capital has invested six figures in RoboCare, a Tunisian startup specializing in precision agriculture and artificial intelligence applied to the agricultural sector. As per the announcement the deal aims to support RoboCare’s next growth phase and its expansion into African and Middle Eastern markets.

With this funding, RoboCare plans to accelerate its commercial expansion into new markets in Africa and Middle East, strengthen commercial teams to accelerate adoption of its solution among major agribusiness players, and improve its AI models to address new agriculture contexts.

“For 216 Capital, this investment fully aligns with its strategy of supporting high-potential tech startups capable of delivering concrete answers to the continent’s major economic, social, and environmental challenges,” states Hassen Arfaoui, Principal at 216 Capital.

Founded in Sfax, RoboCare develops an agricultural management platform that helps farmers make better decisions through the intelligent use of multiple data sources: satellite imagery, drone data, IoT sensors, weather data, and field expertise.

Through its AI models, the solution enables early detection of crop diseases and stress, optimises resource usage, and improves farm performance. Field results are significant and show up to 35% water savings, up to 25% reduction in agricultural inputs
and up to 20% yield increase.

By combining artificial intelligence, agronomy, and data analysis, RoboCare enables farmers to improve productivity while reducing their environmental impact. The company is also specialized in crops that are strategic to MENA and Africa region including olive trees, cereals and tomatoes.

Unlike generalist agricultural platforms, RoboCare builds its models from local data to address the specific soil and climate conditions found in North Africa and the Middle East. This approach allows the startup to deliver agronomic recommendations precisely tailored to the needs of regional farmers and agribusiness players.

RoboCare already monitors several thousand hectares under intelligent surveillance and has generated thousands of agronomic alerts, enabling operators to respond faster and more effectively.

The startup has also established partnerships with several institutional players and is gaining growing visibility within international AgriTech ecosystems.