Setting the Scene
- We often hear, “the grass isn’t always greener,” but on sports fields, some spots might actually be greener, safer, and more resource efficient. 🌱 
- Shockingly, 90% of sports injuries result from slips on inadequately maintained turf. 
- However, proper field maintenance can come with hours of manual labor and tools that lack precision, resulting in excess resource use and imperfect results. 
- This week’s company uses robotics and AI to scan fields and ensure optimal conditions while decreasing the resources needed. 

In a Sentence
E-Nano designs robotics and software tools to help groundskeepers ensure optimal field conditions..
- Robotics: Advanced machinery navigates fields and uses sensors and data analysis to identify areas that need attention. 
- Optimal: E-Nano's approach ensures prime and cost-effective surface maintenance, reducing resource overuse. 
Bulleted version: Think of E-Nano as the ski groomer for sports fields; just as groomers survey ski slopes to plan for optimal runs, E-Nano uses AI and robotics to assess fields, pinpointing patches that require attention. ⛷️

The Basics
- Industry: Sports Tech, AgTech, Robotics 
- Headquarters: London, England 
- Year founded: 2019 
- Employee count: 5 
- Investors: SFC Capital 
- Amount raised: £175k pre-seed and £250k in public funding 
- Currently raising: £1.2M (£180k in seed and £235k in public funding committed) 
- Business model: Robots as a Service (Install + Recurring Service Fees) 
- Early traction: Contracts with UK, EU, and FIFA Football leagues amounting to £175k in orders on the books and £2.5M in negotiation agreements. 

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Due Diligence
WHAT WE LIKE
- 🌾 Sports field management market: E-Nano targets the athletic field construction and maintenance market that currently faces inefficiency and high costs. - E-Nano's technology enables automatic data collection, drastically slashing labor requirements and associated costs. 
 
- ⛳ Use cases: Beyond traditional sports fields, E-Nano's versatile sensors can be brought to golf courses, farms, parks, and more. 
- 🍃 Environmental Impact: E-Nano helps reduce the use of fertilizers, water, and other inputs, resulting in greener grass and a lower carbon footprint. 
POTENTIAL RISKS
- 🔄 Sales cycles: E-Nano could encounter prolonged sales cycles, especially when targeting end customers who have historically been slower to embrace new hardware and software solutions. 
- ⚙️ High touch: Given their complex product offerings, E-Nano must work closely with customers for seamless hardware-software integration and maintenance. 
- 💰Costly production: E-Nano has high input costs and may need to continue to spend heavily on the production of the units before selling the product at scale. 

Cartoon by JRP

Founder Profile
- Christian Von Schedit, CEO: Previously worked as a Project Engineer on both software and hardware development projects at ALP Technologies. 
- Erwann Lompech-Leneveu, COO: Previously worked as an R&D Project Manager at ALP Technologies. 
- Gabor Zichy, CDO: Industrial designer with 6 years of manufacturing experience and co-founder of 88LAB Design Consultancy. 
- Alan Jurnet Berteloot, CTO: Previously worked as Project Engineer at ALP Technologies and +OTROS. 
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Comps
- GreenSight: Backed by Toro, Tabard Venture Capital, Emerald Development Managers, and the US National Science Foundation. 
- Ronovatec: Backed by Technology Fund. 
- Turf Tank: Privately held. 
- Sythe: Backed by Lemnos, True Ventures, Zigg, Inspired, Energy Impact Partners, and others. 
Why E-Nano: Pioneering the automated assessment of sports fields and agricultural lands, E-Nano's patented robotics sensor is set to revolutionize the playing field in the sports and agtech markets.
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