We’re excited to share that vGreens was recently featured in one of Germany’s leading agri-business journals, the “Agrarzeitung”! The article dives into how we’re rethinking strawberry farming with AI-powered vertical indoor farms that work completely independent of weather, climate, or location. At the heart of it all is our intelligent farm management system, which uses sensors and hyperspectral cameras to monitor each plant in real time—adjusting light, CO₂, nutrients, and humidity based on what every strawberry actually needs. The result? Demand-based production with consistently fresh, high-quality output.

The startup ecosystem in NRW is growing – and we are right in the middle of it. Two recent TV features highlight how targeted support, entrepreneurial drive, and political engagement are coming together to bring sustainable innovation into the spotlight. Accompanying a visit of NRW’s Minister for Culture and Science Ina Brandes, the local news outlets WDR Lokalzeit Ruhr and

The Good Climate for NRW (Original: Gutes Klima für NRW) initiative, launched by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action, and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia, is spotlighting groundbreaking, sustainable innovations shaping the region’s future. In its latest report, vertical farming takes center stage as a game-changer for food production—and vGreens is leading the way.

Making it out of hundreds of startups that applied, vGreens made it into the final of the COP29 Global Green Innovation Challenge. We therefore had the honor to present our vision of data-driven food-production at the Green Zone of UN’s flagship Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday, November 16th. 

This past Thursday, October 31, 2024, the very first “DieBusinessPunk” took place – and vGreens took home first place in the pitch for the NEXT GEN UNICORN Award! Our Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dr. Maximilian Hartmann represented Team vGreens on stage and impressed the jury with our data-driven approach to fruit production in just four minutes.

At the grand finale of the “Meet, Greet + Beat, Vol. 3” roadshow in Düsseldorf on October 10, 2024, the winning teams from the six previous events faced off one last time to compete for the overall victory. Our Co-Founder, Dr. Maximilian Hartmann, represented vGreens and proudly secured second place!

Our partners at Siemens welcomed our Co-Founder and Co-CEO Claas Ahrens to their German Podcast “Einblick. Zweiblick. Weitblick.” to shed light on the enormous potential of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), especially Indoor Farming. Together with host Katja Lübcke and Siemens Account Manager Liliana Rahn, Claas dives deep on the topic of food security and the subsequent increasing need for innovative agricultural methods like our very own data-driven approach to Vertical Farming.

The concept of vertical farming is becoming increasingly popular in new food production systems. Various companies and start-ups around the world are researching innovative cultivation methods to grow fruits and vegetables in a resource-efficient way and complement traditional farming. Strawberry vertical farming, which involves growing strawberries vertically indoors, is gaining particular traction. In this article, we will discover why much of this research is centered around hydroponic strawberries, whether those strawberries are truly healthy and tasty, and how vertical strawberry farms operate.

Together with Fraunhofer UMSICHT vGreens is proud to announce the start of our latest project “inBerry”. Commissioned by Obst- und Gemüse-Absatzgenossenschaft Nordbaden eG and Obstgroßmarkt Mittelbaden eG, the project aims to take AI-driven future food production to the next level.  Set to run for several years “inBerry” focuses on further developing vGreens’ data-based and AI-controlled production system by using optical sensor technologies for quality determination. This includes the development of new indoor cultivation systems for other fruits like blueberries and raspberries.