Wexus was featured in “The Vine”, University of California’s Ag and Natural Resources Blog. In our interview, we talk about what customers need installed in the field to get started (just what you already have!), our alert system for pump problems, our work with indoor growers, and how our platform helps with compliance reporting (e.g. SGMA groundwater).
Village Capital finds, trains, and invests in entrepreneurs solving real-world problems. Wexus was peer-selected as one of two start-ups to each receive a $100,000 investment from Village Capital’s Food and Agriculture: US 2018 program, which was run in partnership with Campbell Soup Company, QBE and UBS.
“Smart energy & water management makes a lot of financial sense for growers.” -Chris Terrell, CEO & Co-Founder of Wexus Technologies.
“Many companies in the agtech space are focused on irrigation management through automation and remote control via hardware and sensors in the field. That technology is great, but a key problem still remains: no one can really tell you the costs associated with irrigation and what your real return on investment will be after you implement the technology. But we can,” said Terrell.
Energy industry veterans with San Francisco–based Wexus Technologies Inc. have taken a new look at the water–energy nexus in agriculture. With the backing of the California Energy Commission, a research partnership with University of California at Davis, and a third-party partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the energy engineers at Wexus have built a software platform for growers called “Wexus” that tackles the energy piece of the irrigation equation.