About us
We are a deep-tech company with a vision to "spark life into spaces” with a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team.
Our team of over 10 nationalities with a combined experience of >50 years in semiconductor, power electronics, sensors, electrical systems and horticulture.
Our Story
2019
Vision
Founder had the vision to address the need for high quality and energy efficiency lighting systems to revolutionise the agriculture industry and beyond
2020
The Creation
With the first funding round, the company was founded under the name Crocus Labs GmbH
2021
First Validation
We had our first lighting systems installed at 2 CEA facility research institutes and a strawberry greenhouse
2022
EIC Funding
The European EIC program funded Crocus Labs as part of the Greendeal to protect the continent from energy and food security issues
2022
Seed Round
The second funding round accelerated our R&D activities, leading to significant improvements in energy efficiency and early commercial traction
2023
Recognition
We broadened the reach, winning major CEA R&D facilitates as customers and partners
2024
New Chapter
Noticing the traction our technologies are gaining in applications beyond CEA, we start to partner with industry players to explore new markets, such as human centric lighting
