Meet Gabe Blanchet and Jamie Byron, cofounders and CEOs of Grove Labs. Those that live in the city tend to struggle growing their own food or finding locally grown and organic foods. This is because cities are so full of building after building that there is no room for anyone to make there own gardens or for farmers to use land to farm. Grove Labs is trying to solve this problem.

Grove Labs has developed a device that lets you grow fruits and vegetables hydroponically. The entire setup includes the hydroponic chamber and the mobile app that lets you keep track of the growing conditions. It will also link up to vendors to replenish your materials. Best of all the unit blends in to your kitchen decor and appliances.

Before they could even developed this amazing product they have had to raise funding, so they asked family and friends, as well as took part in the MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator and raised $120,000 to help start there concept. After presenting at an event called R/GA’s demo day they raised another $2 million in funding. Since raising this money they have been able to set up their own office outside of Boston. They aim to manufacture in house on a small scale, but right now they are still in the product development phase. It is amazing to see the many new kinds of inventions that young entrepreneurs are coming up with and creating. Helping make solutions to current problems a reality.