Agricool
Paris, France · Operator: Agricool SAS
Overview
A Paris startup growing strawberries in shipping containers in the city; raised about €37M but entered receivership after a failed final funding round.
Citizen participation
Company-run container farming; no public participation.
Operating model
Commercial model growing pesticide-free strawberries inside recycled shipping containers, supplying stores such as Monoprix.
Impact
In 2020 it recorded just €162K revenue against a €7.72M loss; lacking a viable economic model it never reached its goal of hundreds of containers and entered receivership. Lesson: container farming struggled to make price and volume add up economically.
Crops
- strawberries
Scale
Placed in receivership in early 2022 after a failed final funding round; container-based farms (~30 sqm units)
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