Heliponix (now Grōv)

About

Indoor automated growing appliance for households; VT grad founders.

Team & affiliation

Founders: Scott Massey, Ivan Ball.

Timeline

1. 2017Founded
2. 2018Pre-seed / friends & family
3. 2019Seed round
4. 2020Series A

Region context

Heliponix (now Grōv) is one of 2 Agtech companies we track in Southwest / New River, based in Blacksburg/Cville — about 5% of the region's 41 startups. 4 of the region's companies are at the Series A stage.

Southwest and the New River Valley cluster around Virginia Tech, with hardware, advanced manufacturing, and agtech strengths.

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