At Vivent Biosignals we are diverse, and that is our greatest strength. Our rich variety of backgrounds, experiences, and ways of seeing the world are what has built our amazing products and services. By including everyone in our team we will continue to serve our customers well and contribute to a sustainable world.
Our people are our greatest asset – like plants they need space and air to thrive and produce their best ideas.
Everyone of us can contribute to each project and to our overarching goals; everyone has the power to bring about change and move Vivent Biosignals forwards.
We value honesty, authenticity and transparency. We trust each other and when we make mistakes we share them and learn from them.
Our success is built upon innovative technology and determinedly iterating and moving forwards. Perseverance is our middle name.
We continuously push our ideas, goals and commitments. We won’t stop til we can say with pride the job is done.
Nothing is more important than the physical and emotional wellbeing of our people, the health of our planet, and our interactions with our stakeholders.
Scaled the number of client installations at Andermatt Poland by a factor of 10 versus 2024.
Signed a distribution and integration deal with Ledgnd that incorporates plant signal data into Ledgnd’s “MyLedgnd” horticultural platform for lighting, climate, and growth analytics
2000 Vita/1s deployed
Won award best poster at Swiss Data Science Conference
Formed a strategic partnership with ISII NITZAN to integrate Vivent’s biosignal technology into automated irrigation/fertigation systems, blending plant feedback with precision engineering
Launch of Vivent Biosignals APP
BCorp Recertification with 118 points
Successful launch of the VITA1 plant biosensor
Arboricrop Grant Award
Swiss Accelerator Grant
Vivent Biosignals and Syngenta Crop Protection publish revolutionary Nematode Control results in the Journal of Pest Science
CHV and Vivent work together to demonstrate Biostimulant Product Efficacy
Horticoop and Pymwymic invest in Vivent Biosignals
Rabobank Impact Fund award for Sustainable Agriculture in partnership with Ledgnd and Van Schie
WEF Award for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid Climates
SEIF Impact Award for Future Impact
Agrarsense grant award
5 publications presented at IHC Conference
Automated Grower Postcards launched
Use of machine learning to predict plant stress
Awarded Best For The World BCorp status.
Automated Plant Stress Alerts launched
awarded prize by EIT Food in AgriTech Challenge
awarded FIT Growth Loan
we measure the full life cycle of glasshouse tomatoes
BCorp Certification
ePlant invests in Vivent.
awarded Switzerland Innovation Tech 4 Impact grant
Electroceutical treatment patent granted
Plant health monitor patent granted
Vivent is a finalist in Topsector Innovation Prize 2020
Astanor Ventures invests in Vivent’s Seed Round
Crop irrigation systems being driven by plants themselves using PhytlSigns models.
Vivent presents to investors at Techtour Finals
Paper in Scientific Reports
Accurately diagnose spider mites in tomatoes
Diagnose 1st fungal infection using ML models
Developed algorithms for insect infestation
1st AI algorithms to diagnose plant stressors verified
PhytlSigns presented at IHC – International Horticulture Congress
CTI Innocheque project completed and results accepted for presentation at Acta Horticulturae
1st of several papers published in IEEE
1st multichannel PhytlSigns device operational
2 papers presented at GDR-PhyP
Filed 2nd patent on interpretation of plant electrophysiology signals
Innosuisse Project PISA starts with partners Agroscope, HEIG-VD and HEIA-FR
H2020 SME Phase 1 grant application successful and market research accelerates
DARPA RadioBio program research starts in partnership with York University, Canada
Received CTI Innocheque funding for preliminary research project with Agroscope, Conthey Switzerland
Signal playback experiments start
Raspberry Pi incorporated as a data logger
Experimental results presented at UniLausanne. On-going trials with universities, research centers & large ag-tech companies
Firmware and client interface beta version development and testing
Major press coverage linked to Kickstarter campaign
Beta version of software released for testing
50 proof of concept devices produced for use outside of Faraday cages
First printed circuit boards tested for use inside and outside Faraday cages
Vivent files patents related to PhytlSigns technology and analytics
Vivent produces a breadboard that reveals electrical signals in plants inside a Faraday cage
Following an article on Plant Intelligence in the New Scientist Vivent starts work on plant signaling
Vivent starts research into electrical signaling in living entities
Work on CANBUS leads to ideas on distributed networks in machines and people
Nigel, Caleb and Graeme Lowdon launch Wifi onboard train services in the UK
Caleb meets Carrol and Nigel
ARM introduces an embeddable core processor
Carrol and Nigel meet during INSEAD MBA program
Norman Borlag, “The Man Who Saved a Billion Lives” develops high yield wheat varieties improving food security in Mexico, India, Pakistan and Turkey.
JC Bose, inventor of radio shows plants generate signals in response to changes in their environment
Electrical signals in plants discovered John Burdon Sanderson
