ROWAIN
Profile
Rowain is a South Korean deep-tech startup founded in October 2022 by CEO Kyeongha Lee that develops robotic vertical farming systems to address agricultural labor shortages and climate-related productivity challenges. Its core product, INTELLI-FARM, utilizes a proprietary robotic architecture that separates cultivation areas from workspaces, employing autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and stacker robots to automate planting, harvesting, and transport. By minimizing worker aisles and focusing automation on labor-intensive tasks, the system aims to double productivity and reduce labor requirements by 75%.
The company is privately held and has secured approximately 2 billion KRW in funding through various rounds, including seed and pre-A investments from backers such as Sopoong Ventures, CNTTech, and the Korea Social Investment. Rowain maintains a corporate R&D center and is currently constructing a large-scale demonstration facility in Cheonan, South Korea, expected to support commercialization. As of mid-2026, the company is actively pursuing global expansion, with ongoing partnerships and market research in North America, the Middle East, and Asia, and has secured supply contracts with entities such as Yecheon-gun.
Sources#
- South Korea: Developing next-generation robotic vertical farming systems — 2026-02-06
- Rowain company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co
- 로웨인, AFPRO 2026서 로봇 수직농장 시스템 ‘INTELLI-FARM’ 공개… “수직농장 수익성 실현” < 스타트업 < 산업 < 기사본문 - 에이빙(AVING) — 2026-06-22
- 한국자동차연구원 천안·아산 강소특구 육성기업 CEO 차세대 로봇 수직농장 시스템 개발하는 기업 로웨인 │ 한경매거진&북 — 2026-02-05
- “로봇으로 농업 경제성 완성” 수직농장의 새 패러다임 연다 - 머니투데이 — 2025-12-10
- CEOs of Incubated Companies at KATECH Chungnam Cheonan–Asan InnoTown ROWAIN Developing NextGeneration Robotic Vertical Farming Systems │ 한경매거진&북 — 2026-02-05
- Robotic Vertical Farm System – Korean-Electronics.com — 2025-05-16
- ROWAIN
- Industry
- CEA & horticulture, Diagnostics, Digital & robotics
- Topics
- Vertical farming & controlled-environment agriculture, Agri-data, digital & farm platforms
- Role
- Not classified
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What they offer
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News & status 6
- 2026-09 Latest status: Rowain won the Grand Prize (President's Award) at the 2026 Agri-Food Startup Contest in September 2026. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2026-02-06 South Korea: Developing next-generation robotic vertical farming systemsROWAIN is a Korea-based robotics company founded in Oct 2022 by CEO Kyeongha Lee, developing Intelli-Farm, a robotic vertical farming system that separates cultivation from workspace and uses AMRs and stacker robots to automate farming tasks.
- 2026-09-23 농식품 창업 대통령상의 주인공은 ‘㈜로웨인’ - 원예산업신문ROWAIN (㈜로웨인), led by CEO Lee Kyung-ha, won the Grand Prize (President’s Award) at the 2026 Agricultural Food Startup Contest for developing a robot-enabled vertical farming system.
- 2026-06-22 로웨인, AFPRO 2026서 로봇 수직농장 시스템 ‘INTELLI-FARM’ 공개... “수직농장 수익성 실현” < 스타트업 < 산업 < 기사본문 - 에이빙(AVING)ROWAIN (ROWAIN INC.), led by CEO Kyeongha Lee, has developed the INTELLI-FARM robot vertical farming system aimed at achieving profitability in vertical farming through area-selective automation, reduced labor, and 100% in-house tech (hardware, software, and …
- 2026-02-05 CEOs of Incubated Companies at KATECH Chungnam Cheonan–Asan InnoTown ROWAIN Developing NextGeneration Robotic Vertical Farming Systems │ 한경매거진&북ROWAIN is a Korea-based robotic vertical farming company founded by CEO Kyeongha Lee in October 2022. Its flagship product, INTELLI-FARM, separates cultivation from the workspace using AMRs, stacker robots, and mobile modular towers to achieve higher …
- 2025-04-17 로웨인, 2025 경기도 기후테크 전시회서 수직 재배 스마트팜 ‘인텔리팜’ 알려... “북미 진출해 글로벌 식량안보 강화에 기여할 것” < 스타트업 < 산업 < 기사본문 - 에이빙(AVING)ROWAIN (_ROAIN Inc._) 개발사 of the INTELLI-FARM robotic vertical farm system showcased at the 2025 Gyeonggi Climate Tech Exhibition. The company emphasizes cost-efficient automation, AI control, and scalable, labor-reducing vertical farming that uses 95% less …
- 2026-09-18 Green Bio startup K-Bio Gateway announced on the 18th that it won the Excellence Award (Minister of.. - MKRowain is a robot-based vertical farming system developer that won the Grand Prize (Presidential Award) at the same contest where K-Bio Gateway received an Excellence Award.
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Ownership & investors 4
| investor | Sopoong Ventures |
| investor | CNTTech |
| investor | Korea Social Investment |
| investor | Korea Technology Finance Corporation |
Partners & deals 2
| counterparty | Yecheon County …Rowain won the Grand Prize (President's Award) at the 2026 Agri-Food Startup Contest in September 2026.… |
| counterparty | Pulmuone (R&D partner) …Rowain won the Grand Prize (President's Award) at the 2026 Agri-Food Startup Contest in September 2026.… |
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