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About Hyves.Tech

We named ourselves
after the hive
for a reason.

A beehive works because every bee contributes, communicates, and shares in the result. That's the model we're building for smallholder farmers in emerging markets.

Our Origin

Built from a simple
observation.

The farmers who feed the world are the least supported part of the food system. They grow the cacao in your chocolate, the limes in your drink, the coffee in your cup — and they have no visibility into what happens after the fruit leaves their hands.

We started with Cacao-Tech in Ecuador — building digital infrastructure for a farmer-first traceability platform in the cacao value chain. We saw what changed when farmers had data: better decisions, better prices, and for the first time, a way to turn their waste streams into income.

That experience became a model. Now we're applying it to lime farming in Vietnam, and building toward a platform that works for any smallholder crop, in any emerging market where the same structural gaps exist.

We're based in Ede-Wageningen — home to Wageningen University & Research, the world's leading institution for sustainable agriculture — with a development hub in Ho Chi Minh City and field operations in Ecuador.

The Name

"Hyves" comes from the hive.

Bees working together. Each contributing. Sharing information. Producing something none could create alone.

That's not just a metaphor. It's the architecture of what we build.

Our Research Foundation

Two universities.
Two continents.
One model.

Ede-Wageningen · Netherlands
Wageningen University & Research
The world's leading agricultural university is our neighbour and research partner. WUR grounds our work in crop science, circular food systems, and post-harvest valorization — and connects us directly to the Wageningen Food Valley industry network.
  • Research collaboration
  • Student projects & theses
  • Joint funding applications
  • Advisory relationship
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
RMIT University Vietnam
Our engineering partner on the ground in Vietnam. RMIT student teams build and test the field robots, sensors, and software running in the lime orchards of Long An — connecting academic engineering directly to real farming conditions.
  • Field robotics development
  • Capstone project partnerships
  • Computer vision research
  • Student engineering teams
The Team

Three locations.
One mission.

HT
Founder & Director
Strategy & Partnerships
Ede-Wageningen, Netherlands
Dutch-led management with deep roots in agri-food, circular economy, and emerging market development. The bridge between European buyers, funders, and farmers on the ground.
VN
Development Lead
Software & Platform
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Leads the dedicated development team in Vietnam — software engineers, data specialists, and UI/UX designers building the traceability platform and farmer dashboard.
EC
Field Partner
Cacao-Tech, Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador
On-the-ground coordination for the cacao value chain — farmer registration, data collection, and the relationship work that makes traceability real, not just theoretical.
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We're growing
Next crop · Next country
We partner with field operators, agronomists, and local cooperatives as we enter new crops and markets. If that's you, we'd like to talk.
What We Believe

Three principles
that shape everything we build.

01
Farmer first
Technology that doesn't improve the farmer's life is not worth building. Every decision starts with what the farmer needs, not what's technically interesting.
02
Waste is an asset
Every crop produces more than the part that gets sold. The rest is not a problem — it's a resource waiting for the right infrastructure to give it value.
03
The network is the product
One farm's data is a record. A hundred farms' data is a market. We build for the collective, because that's where the real value lives.
Where We Are

From Wageningen
to the field.

Ede-Wageningen
Netherlands
Headquarters. Strategy, partnerships, and European market access. Home of WUR and Wageningen Food Valley.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Development hub. Platform engineering, data, and UI/UX. In partnership with RMIT University Vietnam.
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Field operations. Cacao-Tech farmer network and traceability platform deployment.

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