Canadian technology company XpertSea has raised CAD10 m ( $ 7.8 m ) to expand its aquatic organism database for shrimp and fish farms and farms . Currently the organisms are counted by hand , a process which the company said causes financial losses through waste and overspending . XpertSea ’s AI - based system counts and sizes early - stage organisms and customers can then access the data . By the end of last year XpertSea said its platform had counted 17 billion organisms and uploaded 100,000 counting organisms in 48 countries . The series A funding was led by Obvious Ventures and Aqua - Spark with backing from seed round investor Real ventures .
Canadian technology company XpertSea has raised CAD10m ($7.8m) to expand its aquatic organism counter for shrimp and fish hatcheries and farms. Currently the organisms are counted by hand, a method which the company said causes financial losses through waste and overspending. XpertSea’s AI-based system counts and sizes early-stage organisms and customers can then access the data. By the end of last year XpertSea said its platform had counted 17 billion organisms and uploaded 100,000 counting sessions in 48 countries. The series A funding was led by Obvious Ventures and Aqua-Spark with backing from seed round investor Real Ventures.