Sabanto与拜耳旗下 Leaps宣布超额认购的 B轮融资，以扩大行栽作物农业自主技术的规模化应用-动脉网

Sabanto and Leaps by Bayer Announce Oversubscribed Series B Financing to Scale Autonomous Technology for Row Crop Farming

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Sabanto and Leaps by Bayer Announce Oversubscribed Series B Financing to Scale Autonomous Technology for Row Crop Farming

Sabanto与拜耳旗下Leaps宣布超额认购的B轮融资，以扩大行栽作物农业自主技术的规模化应用

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Funding supports commercialization and sales growth expansion, targeting hundreds of new farms in the next 12 months / Autonomy technology is designed to lower capital expenditures and unlock the ability to scale operations more efficiently / Sabanto’s physical AI makes swarm operations possible so that growers can replace horsepower with time.

资金支持商业化及销售增长扩张，目标是在未来12个月内拓展数百家新农场；自主技术旨在降低资本支出，并提升运营规模化效率；Sabanto的实体人工智能使集群作业成为可能，让种植者能够以时间替代马力。

Ames, IA, July 14, 2026

爱荷华州艾姆斯，2026年7月14日

–Sabanto, a leader in autonomous retrofit technology for agriculture, today announced an oversubscribed Series B funding led by Leaps by Bayer with participation by Sustainable Forward Capital, InnoVenture Iowa, Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC, and Yara. The round will accelerate broad adoption of autonomous technology, expand customer base, and further develop autonomy retrofit kits across North America and beyond..

农业自主改装技术领导者Sabanto今日宣布，完成由拜耳旗下Leaps领投，Sustainable Forward Capital、InnoVenture Iowa、Fulcrum Global Capital、DCVC和Yara参投的超额认购B轮融资。本轮融资将加速自主技术的广泛采用，扩大客户基础，并在北美及更广泛地区进一步开发自主改装套件。

Sabanto’s ambition for scale comes at a critical time for agriculture, as growers face historic tighter margins via rising equipment and input costs, labor shortages, and increasing pressure to maximize productivity. While well-known equipment manufacturers or OEMs are focusing on bigger and more expensive machines, Sabanto’s retrofit autonomy platform offers farmers a lower-capital pathway to profitability by utilizing existing, less-expensive, and smaller horsepower equipment..

在农业面临历史性利润压缩的关键时刻，Sabanto 对规模化发展的雄心应运而生。种植者正受到设备与投入成本上升、劳动力短缺以及最大化生产力压力加剧的多重挤压。当知名设备制造商或原始设备制造商（OEM）纷纷聚焦于更大、更昂贵的机器时，Sabanto 的 retrofit 自动驾驶平台则为农民提供了一条低资本支出的盈利路径，通过利用现有、成本较低且马力较小的设备实现这一目标。

By enabling tractors to operate autonomously during planting and other field operations, Sabanto helps growers extend operating hours to virtually any time of day while reducing dependency on seasonal labor constraints. Autonomous retrofit technology will increasingly allow farm operators to reallocate skilled labor toward logistics, agronomic decision-making, and operational expansion..

通过使拖拉机在播种和其他田间作业期间能够自主运行，Sabanto 帮助种植者将作业时间延长至几乎一天中的任何时段，同时减少对季节性劳动力限制的依赖。自动驾驶改装技术将使农场经营者越来越多地将熟练劳动力重新配置到物流、农艺决策和运营扩展等方面。

“This investment represents a major step forward in bringing practical autonomy to more farms,” said Craig Rupp, CEO and founder of Sabanto. “We believe the workhorse of the future is smaller equipment. Our retrofit approach allows farmers to shift labor toward higher-value tasks, increase operating hours, and ultimately focus on growing their business and their bottom line.

“这项投资标志着我们在为更多农场带来实用自动化方面迈出了重要一步，”Sabanto 的首席执行官兼创始人 Craig Rupp 表示。“我们相信，未来的主力农机将是小型设备。我们的改装方案使农民能够将劳动力转向更高价值的任务，延长作业时间，并最终专注于发展业务和提升盈利能力。”

We’re seeing too many farms fold under economic pressure and our solution levels the playing field.”.

“我们看到太多农场在经济压力下倒闭，而我们的解决方案创造了公平的竞争环境。”

The investment will support:

这笔投资将支持：

● Expanded commercialization and dealer network growth

● 商业化扩展及经销商网络增长

● Increased retrofit kit production and deployment

● 增加改造套件的生产与部署

● Continued software and autonomy platform development

● 持续推进软件及自动驾驶平台的开发

● Expanded customer support and field operations

● 扩展客户支持和现场运营

● Accelerated adoption within the row crop market

● 在大田作物市场中加速普及

Sabanto recently expanded autonomous functionality into planting operations, allowing growers to maximize critical planting windows by operating equipment around the clock. New integrations with Precision Planting

Sabanto 最近将自主功能扩展到种植作业中，使种植者能够通过全天候操作设备来最大化关键种植窗口。与 Precision Planting 的新集成

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monitoring systems further enhance compatibility with widely used precision agriculture technologies, enabling seamless operation for growers already invested in modern planting systems.

监控系统进一步增强了与广泛应用的精准农业技术的兼容性，使已投资现代种植系统的种植者能够实现无缝操作。

Sabanto’s funding round also aligns closely with Bayer’s long-term sustainability and environmental objectives of better use of land and resources, more regenerative practices, and win-win solutions for the diverse needs of people and our planet. Sabanto’s retrofit model enables growers to utilize smaller, lighter equipment platforms that can help reduce soil compaction compared to larger traditional machinery, supporting improved soil health and long-term field productivity.

Sabanto的融资轮次也与拜耳在土地和资源更高效利用、更具再生性的实践，以及满足人类与地球多样化需求的共赢解决方案等方面的长期可持续发展和环境目标高度契合。Sabanto的改造模式使种植者能够采用更小、更轻的设备平台，相较于大型传统机械，有助于减少土壤压实，从而支持改善土壤健康并提升田地的长期生产力。

Autonomous operations can also optimize machine efficiency by reducing inefficiencies such as overlaps, minimizing idle time, and improving route consistency, contributing to lower fuel consumption during field operations..

自主作业还能通过减少重叠等低效情况、最大限度缩短空闲时间以及提高路线一致性，来优化机器效率，从而降低田间作业期间的燃油消耗。

Sabanto’s autonomy platform is designed to work in concert with increasingly “smart” implements and precision agriculture systems, helping growers better manage fertilizer applications, seed placement, spraying, and other critical inputs. By combining autonomy with precision technologies, growers can reduce input waste, improve operational accuracy, and lower overall cost per acre, while still being mindful of the environment..

Sabanto的自主平台旨在与日益“智能”的农具和精准农业系统协同工作，帮助种植者更好地管理肥料施用、播种定位、喷洒以及其他关键投入品的应用。通过将自主技术与精准技术相结合，种植者可以减少投入品浪费，提高作业精度，降低每英亩的总体成本，同时兼顾环境保护。

“Farmers today need solutions that improve efficiency without requiring massive capital expenditures,” said Paimun Amini, VP of Agriculture Venture Investments at Leaps by Bayer. “Sabanto’s retrofit model offers a scalable and practical pathway to autonomy, especially in today’s challenging farm economy.

“如今的农民需要能够在不需要巨额资本支出的情况下提高效率的解决方案，”拜耳旗下Leaps农业风险投资副总裁Paimun Amini表示。“Sabanto的改造模式提供了一条可扩展且实用的自主化路径，尤其在当前充满挑战的农业经济环境中。”

We believe this technology offers options that can reshape how labor and equipment are utilized in row crop farming and beyond while also supporting more sustainable farming practices.”.

我们相信，这项技术提供了能够重塑行栽作物种植及其他领域劳动力和设备利用方式的选项，同时也有助于支持更可持续的农业实践。

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About Sabanto

关于 Sabanto

Sabanto is a midwest-based agricultural technology firm focused on delivering physical AI-enabled, retrofit autonomous solutions for farming operations across multiple industry segments. Sabanto’s Retrofit Autonomy Kit transforms off-the-shelf tractors into fully autonomous machines. The kit includes a cloud-connected communications system, multiple GNSS receivers, and an onboard AI processing unit, and can be installed in a single day.

Sabanto 是一家总部位于美国中西部的农业科技公司，专注于为多个行业领域的农业运营提供基于物理人工智能的改装式自主解决方案。Sabanto 的改装自主套件可将市售拖拉机转变为完全自主运行的机器。该套件包括云连接通信系统、多个全球导航卫星系统（GNSS）接收器以及车载人工智能处理单元，可在一天内完成安装。

By upfitting existing equipment to operate autonomously, Sabanto helps growers reduce time & labor constraints, maximize machine output, and ultimately improve operational efficiency across a range of agricultural applications..

通过对现有设备进行自动化改造，Sabanto 帮助种植者减少时间和人力限制，最大化机器产出，并最终提高在各种农业应用中的运营效率。

About Leaps by Bayer

关于拜耳的Leaps

Leaps by Bayer aims to solve ten huge challenges or ‘Leaps’ through scientific breakthroughs. As the strategic investment unit of Bayer, Leaps has invested over $2.1 billion in more than 65 companies innovating emerging platforms and technologies in health and agriculture. www.leaps.bayer.com

拜耳旗下Leaps旨在通过科学突破解决十大重大挑战或“飞跃”。作为拜耳的战略投资部门，Leaps已向65多家致力于健康与农业领域新兴平台和技术创新的公司投资超过21亿美元。www.leaps.bayer.com

Forward-Looking Statements

前瞻性陈述

This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here.

本新闻稿可能包含基于拜耳管理层当前假设和预测的前瞻性陈述。各种已知和未知的风险、不确定性和其他因素可能导致公司未来的实际业绩、财务状况、发展或表现与本文给出的估计存在重大差异。

These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at .

这些因素包括拜耳在其公开报告中讨论的内容，这些报告可在拜耳网站（网址：）上查阅。

www.bayer.com

. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform

。本公司不承担任何更新这些前瞻性陈述或使其保持一致的责任

them to future events or developments.

它们与未来的事件或发展相关。

Bayer AG is a holding company with operating subsidiaries worldwide. References to “Bayer” or “the company” herein may refer to one or more subsidiaries as context requires.

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Deputy Director Communications

通讯副总监

kira.peikoff@bayer.com

+1 973 791 3348

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