# VitiBot

> VitiBot is a Reims-based French agricultural-robotics company, majority-owned by SDF Group, that designs and manufactures autonomous, fully electric vineyard straddle robots and modular tools for sustainable viticulture.

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/vitibot.fr · loaded 2026-10-29

## At a glance

- Website: https://vitibot.fr
- Team based in: Reims (Leadbay's record and 2 more)
- Incorporated: Reims, France (register)
- Registry: SIREN 824 267 389
- Founded: 2016 (hellowork.com; Sources disagree: 2015 (vitibot.fr, a company database))
- Founders: Dominique Bache
- Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
- Employees: 80 (employees and founders, investors not counted; larvf.com; Sources disagree: 50 (vitibot.fr, a company database))
- Backed by: SAME Deutz-Fahr, Marchesi Antinori, Louis Roederer, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët / Pernod Ricard, Laurent-Perrier, Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck / EPI, Other historical wine-sector investors
- Seen in its site's code: Google Analytics (googletagmanager.com/gtag/js), Meta Pixel (connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js), WordPress (/wp-content/), Cookiebot (consent.cookiebot.com), Google Workspace (MX alt3.aspmx.l.google.com) (read 2026-10-30)
- Phone: 03 26 48 69 62
- Email: contact@vitibot.fr
- Address: CHEMIN DE SAINT-LEONARD, 51100, REIMS, fr

## What it sells, to whom

- VitiBot is a Reims-based French agricultural-robotics company, majority-owned by SDF Group, that designs and manufactures autonomous, fully electric vineyard straddle robots and modular tools for sustainable viticulture. ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/the-company/vitibot-who-we-are/?lang=en), [sdfgroup.com](https://www.sdfgroup.com/en-us/news/vitibot-joins-sdf), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en))

## Why it stands out

- Prix de l’innovation — Grands Prix de la RVF 2026 ([larvf.com](https://www.larvf.com/le-prix-de-l-innovation-vitibot-son-bakus-change-le-travail-de-la-vigne,4910798.asp))
- Gold Medal for Technological Innovation at FERCAM 2026 ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/news/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/2021-year-awards-bakus-autonomous-electric-vineyard-robot-vitibot/?lang=en))
- SIMA Innovation Awards 2021: Gold Medal for Vitidrives ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/news/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/2021-year-awards-bakus-autonomous-electric-vineyard-robot-vitibot/?lang=en))
- SITEVI Innovation Awards 2021: Silver Medal for confined spraying with recovery panels ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/news/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/2021-year-awards-bakus-autonomous-electric-vineyard-robot-vitibot/?lang=en))
- Second place in the ITU-FAO Digital Excellence in Agriculture regional contest (2021), farm automation/robots category ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/news/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/2021-year-awards-bakus-autonomous-electric-vineyard-robot-vitibot/?lang=en))
- La Tribune 10,000 Startups: Grand Est winner, Industry of the Future category (2021) ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/news/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/2021-year-awards-bakus-autonomous-electric-vineyard-robot-vitibot/?lang=en))
- Competes with: Naïo Technologies (Ted vineyard robot) ([worldcrunch.com](https://worldcrunch.com/tech-science/robots-vineyard-wine-bordeaux/))

## Products and services

- **Bakus P75S**: autonomous electric vineyard straddle robot for narrow vines ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/robots-viticoles-bakus/robot-viticole-bakus-s/), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/vineyards-robots-bakus/?lang=en))
- **Bakus P75L**: autonomous electric vineyard straddle robot for semi-wide vines ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/robots-viticoles-bakus/robot-viticole-bakus-s/), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/vineyards-robots-bakus/?lang=en))
- Modular vineyard tools for soil work, weeding, hilling, plowing and other vineyard operations ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/vineyards-robots-bakus/?lang=en))
- Confined spraying equipment with recovery panels ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/vineyards-robots-bakus/?lang=en))
- Customer services, demonstrations, commissioning and after-sales support ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/vineyards-robots-bakus/?lang=en))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: Domaine Vranken (Champagne), Châteaux Garraud (Bordeaux), Domaine Louis Moreau (Chablis), Château Haut-Bailly (Bordeaux), Wine estates in Champagne, Bordeaux, Loire and Burgundy; 170 Bakus robots operating in France and internationally as of 2024 ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/the-company/vitibot-who-we-are/?lang=en), [worldcrunch.com](https://worldcrunch.com/tech-science/robots-vineyard-wine-bordeaux/))
- **Markets**: France (main market) ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [agritechobservatory.review.fao.org](https://agritechobservatory.review.fao.org/en/bakus), [avis-vin.lefigaro.fr](https://avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/economie-du-vin/il-peut-fonctionner-n-importe-quand-samedi-et-le-dimanche-inclus-dans-le-vignoble-francais-la-revolution-des-robots-autonomes-20260308))
- **Markets**: Italy ([vitibot.fr](https://vitibot.fr/?lang=en), [agritechobservatory.review.fao.org](https://agritechobservatory.review.fao.org/en/bakus), [avis-vin.lefigaro.fr](https://avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/economie-du-vin/il-peut-fonctionner-n-importe-quand-samedi-et-le-dimanche-inclus-dans-le-vignoble-francais-la-revolution-des-robots-autonomes-20260308))

## Team

- Cédric Bache, Directeur général
- Vincent Fayet, Directeur général
- Dominique Bache, Co-founder, winegrower and Cédric’s father

Backed by: SAME Deutz-Fahr, Marchesi Antinori, Louis Roederer, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët / Pernod Ricard, Laurent-Perrier, Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck / EPI, Other historical wine-sector investors

## Latest news

- 2022-07-27 · [VitiBot joins SDF - SDF GROUP](https://www.sdfgroup.com/en-us/news/vitibot-joins-sdf) (sdfgroup.com)

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/vitibot.fr.md)

## Decision makers

- [Cédric Bache](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/cedric-bache--vitibot.fr.md), Directeur général
- [Vincent Fayet](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/vincent-fayet--vitibot.fr.md), Directeur général
- [Dominique Bache](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/dominique-bache--vitibot.fr.md), Co-founder, winegrower and Cédric’s father

Work emails and direct phones come with a Leadbay account: https://wow.leadbay.ai/?register=true

Where it comes from: 19 sites read (vitibot.fr, sdfgroup.com, worldcrunch.com, lesechos.fr, sudouest.fr, annuaire-startups.pro, agra.fr, agroazis.hu, …), the French register and the BODACC.

## Best angle

2026-07-17 · Expansion: Une nouvelle étape s'ouvre pour VitiBot. (1 source)

## Best way in

- Call the main line, 03 26 48 69 62: The main line, in Leadbay's record, verified 2026-08-28
- Message on X: The company's own account

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-10-21 · News: Offre exceptionnelle pour les 100 ans du groupe SDF (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/wilfried-mayot-a940823b_vitibot-subvention-bakus-activity-7518631495347924992-YU3g))
- 2026-08-18 · News: Comment la robotique peut-elle contribuer à une viticulture plus précise? (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/ch%C3%A2teau-pichon-longueville-comtesse-de-lalande_vitibot-activity-7495374479980883968-pU9A))
- 2026-07-17 · Expansion: Une nouvelle étape s'ouvre pour VitiBot. (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_vitibot-bakus-sdffrance-activity-7483837960333991937-QQ6Q))
- 2026-06-29 · News: On 17 and 18 June, we were at Enovitis, amongst the vine rows and alongside wine-growing professionals. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_vitibot-bakus-enovitis-activity-7477375338474266626-ktWh))
- 2026-05-29 · News: Des vignes au Palais de l'Élysée. (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_vitibot-bakus-viticulture-activity-7466077157296091137-97Zt))
- 2026-03-18 · News: POLISH PREMIERE of the BAKUS autonomous robot at the Polish Wine and Vine Fair Wino 2026. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_vitibot-bakus-viticulture-activity-7440034434952888320-t1P_))
- 2026-03-09 · News: Ce robot sait exactement où se trouve chaque pied de vigne. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ch%C3%A2teau-smith-haut-lafitte_precisionviticulture-vitibot-vineyardinnovation-activity-7436820511839555584-VndE))
- 2025-11-25 · News: 🎉 Top départ du SITEVI 2025! 🍇🤖 (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_vitibot-sitevi2025-innovation-activity-7399004106734026752-yrr4))
- 2025-09-26 · News: 🚨ALERTE DEMOS 🚨 3 dates, 3 démos, 3 fois plus d’occasions de voir Bakus à l'oeuvre équipé de ses disques Vitalex! (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/vitibot_d%C3%A9monstrationviticole-bakus-medoc-activity-7377314590025596928-NtgC))
- 2025-09-13 · News: A Systematic Review of 59 Field Robots for Agricultural Tasks: Applications, Trends, and Future Directions (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15092185))
- 2025-08-06 · News: Implementation of SLAM-Based Online Mapping and Autonomous Trajectory Execution in Software and Hardware on the Research Platform Nimbulus-e (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3390/s25154830))
- 2025-06-09 · News: Improving Sustainable Viticulture in Developing Countries: A Case Study (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3390/su17125338))

## Solvency

From the national register (INSEE, INPI) and the BODACC, read 2026-10-30. SIREN 824267389.

- Status: active, registered 2016-11-09 · SAS
- Procédures collectives: none in the BODACC (no sauvegarde, redressement or liquidation judiciaire)
- Revenue (chiffre d'affaires) 2025: €6,555,865
- Net income (résultat net) 2025: €-3,550,044
- Accounts filed (comptes déposés): 2025-12-31, 2024-12-31, 2023-12-31
- Legal officers: Vincent Fayet, Directeur Général; KPMG S.A, Commissaire aux comptes titulaire; CYBERDYNE SYSTEMS, Président de SAS
- Grade (Jev): D, high risk
- Risk of failure within 12 months (Jev, read 2026-10-25): 26%
- Risk of paying 90 days late within 12 months (Jev): 46%
- Pays its invoices (Jev): In 30 to 60 days
- Cash on hand (Jev): 3 to 12 months of spending
- Debt (Jev): Low
- What Jev read: Active, created 2016-11-09; Net loss in 2025 (résultat net); No procédure collective in the BODACC; Accounts filed for the year closed 2025-12-31 (comptes déposés)

## Working on now

- Expanding international presence with demonstrations in Poland, Italy (Enovitis in campo, Agripuglia Show), and Spain (FERCAM 2026).
- Focusing on technological innovation, recently winning a Gold Medal at FERCAM 2026.
- Developing and showcasing an advanced Supervision system to manage multiple robots simultaneously.
- Scaling operations to support approximately 200 units already deployed in French vineyards.

From: [VitiBot in Poland – Premiere demonstration of Bakus](https://vitibot.fr/2026/vitibot-news/vitibot-in-poland-premiere-demonstration-of-bakus/?lang=en), [VitiBot a Enovitis in campo 2026](https://vitibot.fr/2026/novita-vitibot-it/enovitis-in-campo-2026/?lang=it), [VitiBot receives the Gold Medal for Technological Innovation at FERCAM 2026 - Vitibot](https://vitibot.fr/2026/uncategorized/vitibot-receives-the-gold-medal-for-technological-innovation-at-fercam-2026/?lang=en), [Vitibot all’Agripuglia Show: il futuro della viticoltura è già in campo - Vitibot](https://vitibot.fr/2026/non-categorizzato/vitibot-agripuglia-show-2026/?lang=it), [«Il peut fonctionner n’importe quand, samedi et le dimanche inclus» : dans le vignoble français, la révolution des robots autonomes](https://avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/economie-du-vin/il-peut-fonctionner-n-importe-quand-samedi-et-le-dimanche-inclus-dans-le-vignoble-francais-la-revolution-des-robots-autonomes-20260308)

## Summary

VitiBot is a French industrial company that manufactures autonomous, electric straddle robots designed for vineyard maintenance [1][2]. It sells its flagship Bakus robot and a range of modular electric tools to winegrowers and vineyard managers, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional tractors by reducing herbicide use, soil compaction, and labor dependence [1][2][3]. The company was founded in 2016 by robotics engineer Cédric Bache and his father, Dominique Bache [4][5]. In 2022, the European agricultural manufacturer SDF Group acquired a majority stake in VitiBot [1][4]. Other shareholders include Marchesi Antinori and several major Champagne houses, including Roederer, Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët, Laurent-Perrier, and Piper-Heidsieck [6][7]. VitiBot serves a global customer base, with 170 robots currently in operation [6][7]. While the company faces increasing competition from other players in the growing agricultural robotics market [3], it differentiates itself through its "Made in France" manufacturing and a recent 5-year or 3,000-hour extended warranty [1][8]. Latest news includes the expansion of its tool range to include electric mowers and trimmers, as well as the addition of the Italian wine producer Marchesi Antinori as a shareholder to further optimize vineyard management technology [1][6]. Bakus robots are also now eligible for subsidies through France AgriMer to support ecological transition in agriculture [1].

[1]: https://vitibot.fr/the-company/vitibot-who-we-are/?lang=en "Who we are ? - Vitibot - Constructeur de robots viticoles"
[2]: https://vitibot.fr/ "Vitibot - Constructeur de robots viticoles électriques - Accueil"
[3]: https://www.sudouest.fr/vin/vitibot-le-robot-electrique-qui-revolutionne-le-travail-dans-les-vignes-20401713.php "VitiBot, le robot électrique qui révolutionne le travail dans les vignes"
[4]: https://www.sdfgroup.com/en-us/news/vitibot-joins-sdf "VitiBot joins SDF - SDF GROUP"
[5]: https://vitibot.fr/2022/vitibot-news/vitibot-join-same-deutz-fahr-group/?lang=en "VitiBot joins the SAME Deutz-Fahr Group - Vitibot"
[6]: https://vitibot.fr/2024/vitibot-news/marchesi-antinori-vitibot-viticulture-virtuous/?lang=en "Marchesi Antinori and Vitibot for a virtuous viticulture - Vitibot"
[7]: https://vitibot.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/VitiBot-Antinori-En-Final-Version.pdf "202207 - VitiBot - SDF Group"
[8]: https://vitibot.fr/2024/vitibot-news/vitibot-etend-garantie-produits-2-5-ans/?lang=en "VitiBot extends its product warranty from 2 to 5 years - Vitibot"

## Sources

- [Vitibot's website](https://vitibot.fr)
- [VitiBot in Poland – Premiere demonstration of Bakus](https://vitibot.fr/2026/vitibot-news/vitibot-in-poland-premiere-demonstration-of-bakus/?lang=en)
- [VitiBot a Enovitis in campo 2026](https://vitibot.fr/2026/novita-vitibot-it/enovitis-in-campo-2026/?lang=it)
- [VitiBot receives the Gold Medal for Technological Innovation at FERCAM 2026 - Vitibot](https://vitibot.fr/2026/uncategorized/vitibot-receives-the-gold-medal-for-technological-innovation-at-fercam-2026/?lang=en)
- [Vitibot all’Agripuglia Show: il futuro della viticoltura è già in campo - Vitibot](https://vitibot.fr/2026/non-categorizzato/vitibot-agripuglia-show-2026/?lang=it)
- [«Il peut fonctionner n’importe quand, samedi et le dimanche inclus» : dans le vignoble français, la révolution des robots autonomes](https://avis-vin.lefigaro.fr/economie-du-vin/il-peut-fonctionner-n-importe-quand-samedi-et-le-dimanche-inclus-dans-le-vignoble-francais-la-revolution-des-robots-autonomes-20260308)