A fundamentally simpler way
to cultivate plants.
Google X
German Aerospace Center
Billions burned. The problem was never the idea.
Soilless farming solved one problem by creating ten new ones: recirculating water systems that demand constant monitoring, pumps that fail, filters that clog, substrates that accumulate disease, and control software that adds cost at every layer.
Plenty — bankrupt.
InFarm — bankrupt.
Not because growing plants soilless is a bad idea. Because the technology underneath was too complex to scale.
The fundamental architecture was never questioned. Until now.
The answer isn't more technology. It's less.
Every current soilless system relies on a two-way flow: nutrient solution goes to the plant, drainage comes back, gets reprocessed, goes again. That loop is the source of all complexity.
Clorofilab eliminates the loop entirely.
One-way flow.
Generate
Nutrient-rich micro-fog is generated.
Absorb
Roots capture and absorb the droplets.
Repeat
Once absorbed, new fresh fog is generated.
Think of it like the shift from combustion engines to electric motors. You don't fix the complexity — you remove it.
Side by side.
| Hydroponics | Aeroponics | Clorofilab | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water efficiency | Baseline | Moderate improvement | 95% less water |
| System weight | Baseline | Similar | 50x lighter |
| Sensors required | pH/EC sensors | pH/EC sensors | Not needed |
| Substrate | Required | None | None |
| High-pressure pumps | Required | Required | Not needed |
| Cross-contamination | Present | Present | Zero — impossible |
| Disease risk | Significant | Moderate | Zero |
| Gravity dependency | Yes | Yes | None — any angle |
| Cost | Baseline | Higher | 50%+ lower |
Not a concept. Already growing.
Clorofilab's solution has completed multiple validated growth cycles at TUM (Technical University of Munich). Real plants. Real data. No renders, no simulations.
Key Advantage — Simplicity
95% less water · 50x lighter system · Zero cross-contamination
One technology. Unlimited applications.
Clorofilab is not a grow system. It's a platform technology — applicable wherever plants need to grow with fewer resources, less infrastructure, and higher precision.
Where Clorofilab delivers.
Pharmaceutical & Precision Agriculture
Zero contamination — structurally impossible in a one-way flow system. Reproducible conditions. Precise compound control. The cleanroom-grade cultivation environment that pharma and biotech research demands.
Space & Extreme Environments
No gravity dependency — fog delivery works at any angle, including inverted. Minimal weight and volume. Life support that works where traditional systems can't — from orbital stations to Mars habitats.
Arid Regions & Water-Scarce Communities
95% less water than hydroponics. Viable cultivation where nothing else works. From Sub-Saharan Africa to the Arabian Peninsula — food production without aquifers.
Urban & Controlled Environment Agriculture
Plug-and-play modularity. Fits any shipping container, rooftop, or basement. Minimal infrastructure, maximum flexibility. 50%+ lower cost than conventional soilless systems.
Medical Cannabis & Specialty Crops
Consistent yields. Precise nutrient delivery. Regulatory-grade traceability. A biological firewall — one-way mist delivery replaces liquid "drowning" with targeted precision. The control that high-value cultivation requires.
Where we are.
Where we're going.
Clorofilab is pre-seed, with a working product, institutional partnerships, and a clear path to scale.
Google X
Silicon fogger breakthrough partner. Entering final evaluation round.
DLR — German Aerospace Center
Space cultivation collaboration. Letter of Intent in progress.
Linnaeus Hemp
Entry point to high-value cannabis and industrial hemp market. Promising trials running.
TUM Venture Labs
Validation, mentorship, and venture support.
The path forward.
The people behind the fog.
Pre-seed means you're investing in people. Here's who you're backing.
Rodolfo Alvarez Fernandez
20+ years in hardware development and product engineering, including innovation leadership at BOSCH. Inventor of Clorofilab's core fogponics architecture — the patented atomizer configuration that makes one-way flow cultivation possible. Now building the hardware platform for next-generation agriculture.
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Andrew Lauofo
25+ years driving commercial strategy at Lenovo, Getty Images, and HP. MSc in Innovation. Bridges the gap between deep-tech invention and market traction — leading Clorofilab's partnerships, investor relations, and go-to-market across CEA, pharma, and aerospace.
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Lukas Willkomm
Leads all plant experiments and biological testing at Clorofilab — from protocol design to growth cycle evaluation inside the prototypes. Background in forestry engineering, bringing hands-on scientific rigor to every validation milestone.
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