IInnogando
Innogando is an agtech company based in Lugo, Galicia, founded in 2020 by a veterinarian and a computer engineer. It builds RUMI, AI-powered solar/battery GPS smart collars that give ranchers real-time cattle location, health monitoring, and heat/estrus detection, deployed on over 30,000 animals across 1,000+ Spanish ranches. It raised a €1.4M round in 2025 (Fondo Bolsa Social + Lugo Transforma) and its founders were recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 España list.
SectorsAgtech, Livestock technology, IoT, AI monitoring
Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Farm management & monitoring
Founders
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Daniel Pardo Rus
CTO & Co-Founder
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Elio López García
CEO & Co-Founder
Global models 5
HHalter
New Zealand · www.halterhq.com ↗
GPS smart collars for cattle combining virtual fencing with real-time location and health/behavior monitoring, the closest direct comparable to Innogando's RUMI collars.
$401MComparable
SsmaXtec
Austria · www.smaxtec.com ↗
IoT sensor (ingestible bolus) system for real-time dairy cattle health, heat, and calving monitoring, matching Innogando's health/heat-detection use case.
$195M+Comparable
VVence
United States · www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/hub/vence ↗
Solar-powered GPS livestock collars for virtual fencing and herd location tracking, directly comparable hardware model to RUMI.
$12M+ (acquired by Merck Animal Health, 2022)Comparable
CConnecterra
Netherlands · www.connecterra.io ↗
AI-driven wearable sensor platform for dairy cow health and behavior monitoring, similar IoT+AI approach applied to livestock.
$21.3MComparable
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Ceres Tag
Australia · cerestag.com ↗
Smart ear-tag GPS and biometric monitoring for livestock, same real-time location/health tracking model as Innogando's collars.
$14.3MComparable
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Investors 4
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FFondo Bolsa Social
www.bolsasocial.com
TTorsa Capital
lugotransforma.com
CCOVAP (Cooperativa Ganadera del Valle de los Pedroches)
ZZendal
Funding rounds 4
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-07-08 | Seed | €1.4M |
Fondo Bolsa Social
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| 2024-05-27 | Seed | €455K |
Lead not disclosed
+1 more
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| 2023-01 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €300K |
Lead not disclosed
+1 more
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| 2022-02-16 | Pre-seed | — |
Lead not disclosed
+1 more
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News 2
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2025-07-08 |
Lugo Transforma reinvierte en Innogando con una nueva aportación de 400.000 euros para impulsar su expansión nacional e internacional ↗
Concello de Lugo
2025-07-08 |
| 2025-07-08 |
Innogando recibe 1,4 millones para dar el gran salto internacional con su 'smartwatch' de vacas ↗
El Progreso
2025-07-08 |