Tunisia’s Beekeeper Tech Raises $640K To Build Smart Tools For Beekeepers

Beekeeper Tech, formerly known as Iris Technologies, has announced that it has successfully concluded a financing campaign of $640,000.

Beekeeper Tech creates and sells smart connected equipment for beekeepers in order to increase the production of their hives.

Khaled Bouchoucha, Beekeeper's founder and CEO
Khaled Bouchoucha, Beekeeper’s founder and CEO

According to Khaled Bouchoucha, the company’s founder and CEO, this fundraising round was headed by 216 Capital Ventures, with participation from business angels such as Saudi Ibrahim Al-Rashid and Bridging Angels.

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These funds will allow the company to accelerate its deployment in new regions and expand its position in the Middle East and North Africa; to strengthen the startup’s bee genetic selection programme; and to add fresh talents to the team.

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