Open Grow™ is a Portuguese company dedicated to the research and creation of automation solutions for agricultural growing environments.
We aim to provide innovative and versatile technology with an extremely easy-to-use interface, allowing every grower to use it. We are committed to developing high quality systems at an affordable price.
Open Grow™ provides the first agricultural automation system dedicated to urban growers capable of adapting to any growing environment and being confronted with unexpected eventualities.
GroLab™ is the right choice for people looking to improve their results without spending too much time and money. Its modular architecture offers the possibility to only acquire the GroLab™ modules needed, also allowing to expand the system at any time.
With the know-how gathered while developing our line of products and a multifaceted team, Open Grow™ is also able to provide full automation solutions to any kind/size of grow or environment, industrial inclusive.
Whether our customers want to automate greenhouses, grow rooms, vertical gardens, containers or even aquariums — our solutions can handle them all.
The idea to create the most innovative and adaptable grow controller started a long time ago, when our current CEO, João Melo, was finishing his Electronics Engineering Degree.
When asked to do a Final Project, João realized that none of the proposals were challenging enough. As a hydroponic and technology enthusiast, he decided to create his own project — a full automation system for hydroponic environments.
The University approved his project and it was a success. João proved that it was possible to deliver high technology systems to every grower, from common urban growers to professionals, at an affordable price.
After finishing his Electronics Engineering Degree, João started to work in the electronics world, never giving up on agricultural automation, dedicating his free time to research and develop an innovative grow controller.
Being also an entrepreneurial enthusiast, he later created a project based on his agricultural control systems that was successfully presented in Portuguese and European contests — opening doors that took him to the USA to understand the differences between European and American entrepreneurial ecosystems.