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ABELIO: 1,5 M€ in FEDER funding to develop artificial intelligence for agriculture
Occitanie· Édition logicielle & SaaS
How a Toulouse-based technology company secured 1,5 million euros in European funding to develop a digital platform designed to support farmers from sowing through to harvest. Through the NUMAGRI 3.0 project, Abelio obtained 1,5 M€ in FEDER funding to enhance its Tour de Plaine 2.0 platform, which combines satellite data, weather data and artificial intelligence for agricultural decision support.
Funding obtained
€1,500,000
Total project cost
€1,700,000
Funding rate
88%
Instrument
Grant
The company
Abelio is a company based in Toulouse, founded in 2018 by Grégoire Dupré and Philippe Caumes, specializing in developing digital solutions for farms.
Its business consists of harnessing different data sources — satellite imagery, weather data, field observations and agronomic data — to offer decision-support tools: nitrogen fertilization, crop disease forecasting, weed detection, irrigation management, crop growth monitoring, and plot potential analysis.
The ambition is to enable farmers to make better decisions, reduce inputs, and improve the profitability of their farms.
The initial need
Farms are facing several transformations: larger farms that are becoming more complex to monitor, growing pressure on production costs, climate conditions that are harder to anticipate, tighter environmental requirements, and the need to optimize the use of water, fertilizer and plant protection products. Existing digital tools can be difficult to use or too complex for farmers' day-to-day needs. Abelio therefore identifies an opportunity: to develop a simpler platform, integrating several services and capable of turning agricultural data into recommendations that can be used directly in the field.
- Develop a simpler, more comprehensive digital platform.
- Improve existing decision-support tools.
- Expand the features offered to farm operators.
- Reduce inputs (water, fertilizer, plant protection products).
- Make it easier to monitor large farms.
The funded project
The NUMAGRI 3.0 project aims to enhance the digital solutions developed by Abelio, in particular through the Tour de Plaine 2.0 platform, which aims to centralize several tools within a single environment covering the different stages of agricultural production. Artificial intelligence is used to analyze data and provide recommendations tailored to the characteristics of each plot.
The project seeks to make agricultural technologies more accessible, particularly for farms that do not necessarily have significant technical resources.
- Agricultural traceability: tracking production from the field through to sale.
- Smart fertilization: tailoring fertilizer application to crops' actual needs.
- Pest detection: tools for detecting insects and monitoring crops.
- Water management: irrigation control based on weather, satellite and agronomic data.
- Extension to new crops, particularly viticulture.
- Decision support for sowing, tailored to each plot.
Funding plan
Total cost
€1,700,000
Public funding
€1,500,000
Amounts announced by the Europe en Occitanie institutional fact sheet cited as a source — the stated amount should not be confused with an amount actually disbursed or definitively settled.
The scheme used
The project is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), under the Occitanie regional program.
Results and outcomes
- Achieved
The Isagri group (Picardie) announced the acquisition of Abelio on March 30, 2026, strengthening its agronomic division.
2026-03-30 — source
- Achieved
Abelio's solutions are sold through close to 160 distributors and have more than 20 000 users worldwide, according to the business press.
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Sources and transparency
Abelio ramps up in agritech — Le Journal des EntreprisesConfirms Abelio's business (an agricultural decision-support platform combining agro-weather data, satellite imagery and AI), its Toulouse base, and its commercial rollout (around 160 distributors, more than 20 000 users).
Abelio — funding round — Business CoolConfirms the company's founding in 2018 by Grégoire Dupré and Philippe Caumes and its AgTech business.
- Picardy's Isagri acquires Toulouse-based Abelio — Le Journal des Entreprises
Confirms the acquisition of Abelio by the Isagri group, announced on March 30, 2026 — a development that occurred after the NUMAGRI 3.0 project.
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