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• FarmConnect develops AI-powered pollination activity monitoring systems that use computer vision to analyze bee behaviors in real-time.

• Its flagship solution ConnectBee measures pollen quantity, color, and activity to determine pollination efficiency—directly linked to crop yield and fruit quality.

• The system uses an edge-AI model operable without GPUs, achieving 93% accuracy, making it a globally competitive lightweight vision AI system.

• Designed for high-value crops such as strawberries, tomatoes, melons, and apples, enabling yield improvements and environmental optimization.

Owned Technology / Applied Products

(1) Owned Technology

• ConnectBee Vision AI

  • Independently developed lightweight AI vision model operable without GPU.

  • Detects and analyzes bee in/out movement, pollen color, and load quantity.

• Patents:

  • No. 10-2688998: Bee Trajectory Tracking & Analysis

  • No. 10-2711047: Pollen Identification via Machine Learning

• Patents registered in 8 countries (Korea, Japan, Eurasia) and pending in 40 others.​

• Edge-AI Smart Pollination Platform

  • Enables real-time on-farm alerts and activity reports via mobile dashboard.

  • Detects anomalies such as pollen shortage, hive fatigue, or climate stress.

(2) Applied Products

• ConnectBee System: Real-time bee and pollen detection sensor & analysis software.

• AI Report Dashboard: Displays bee activity, pollen data, and alerts.

• Subscription Software: Provides pollination insights and environmental recommendations for farmers.

Development Needs & Value Proposition

(1) Problem Definition / Development Background

• 70% of global food crops rely on bee pollination, yet poor bee activity leads to up to 15% yield loss.

• Farmers lack tools for real-time pollination analysis to manage bee health and productivity.

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(2) Value Proposition / Solution

• ConnectBee visualizes and quantifies pollination activity — enabling predictive crop yield management.

• AI analysis helps optimize hive placement and environmental factors, improving pollination efficiency and fruit set rate.

• Demonstrated 20% farm productivity increase and >90% rate of marketable fruits in commercial farms.

Competitiveness

• World’s first lightweight AI pollination analysis platform for real-time bee tracking.

• CES 2025 Innovation Award Winner – recognized for next-generation agricultural AI.

• Accuracy: 93% classification rate for pollen detection and behavior analysis.

• Global IP Portfolio: Patents filed in 40 countries including the EU, U.S., and Japan.

• Affiliation: ETRI Holdings (Korea’s National Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute) – 2nd largest shareholder.

Company Performance & Business Status

Key References

• Deployment: 650+ farms in Korea (average area 0.5 ha) across 10 regional agriculture institutions.

• Revenue:

  • 2024: USD 514,000

  • 2025 (forecast): USD 5.86M

  • 2029 (target): USD 78.6M

• Recognition:

  • Korea Rural Development Administration “Best Smart Farm Solution” (2023)

  • Productivity increase by 190% in pilot farms.