My-E-Brand

Building SeedGuardian — an autonomous tree-planting robot

My-E-Brand — SeedGuardian
STAGE: TRL3 · CONCEPT
Climate technology · Pre-prototype

A robot that plants trees
where people can't.

SeedGuardian is a solar-powered autonomous planting robot designed for steep, remote, and degraded land. We're an Australian husband-and-wife team raising the funding to build the first working prototype.

See the funding ask How it works
Technical illustration of SeedGuardian, showing the auger drill, seed vault, solar panel, and tracked chassis
FIG. 1 — SEEDGUARDIAN CONCEPT DESIGN STAGE · NOT YET BUILT
Development Stage
TRL 3
Trees Planted
0
Prototypes Built
0
Funding Raised
$0
A note on where we actually stand: SeedGuardian exists as a complete engineering design — not yet a built or tested machine. We'd rather you know exactly what stage we're at than impress you with claims we can't back up. Every number on this page is real.
The proof, and the why

One robot. One reason it matters.

SeedGuardian is what we can build and prove. Project Ark — our long-term vision for elders and young people rebuilding community together — is why we're building it.

The Proof

SeedGuardian

A tracked, solar-charged robot that drills, plants, and doses a seed with growth accelerant, built for slopes and terrain too steep or remote for manual planting crews.

  • MobilityTracked chassis
  • PowerSolar, self-charging
  • Planting methodAuger + seed vault
  • Target terrainSteep / remote land
  • Patent statusNot yet filed
The Why

Project Ark

Our long-term vision is communities where lonely elders and at-risk young people become family to each other, in safe, disaster-resilient housing. It's the reason this work matters to us — not a built or funded program yet.

  • StatusEarly concept
  • Communities built0
  • People housed0
  • TimelineLong-term vision
Where we actually are

Four stages. We're honest about which one.

No pilots, no partnerships, no revenue yet from My-E-Brand. We think that's a fundable starting point when it's stated plainly.

01 — NOW
Design & Funding
Complete concept. Raising for first build.
02
First Prototype
Build and test one working unit.
03
Field Pilot
Real plantings, real terrain, tracked results.
04
Scale
Manufacturing and deployment at volume.
What we're asking for

A seed round, named for what it is.

AUD $1.5M

To build, test, and field-pilot the first SeedGuardian units, and put in place the IP protection we haven't filed yet.

Prototype development & first pilot40%
Manufacturing setup & production runs25%
Community operations & training15%
Monitoring, evaluation & impact reporting10%
Patent filings & legal/IP protection10%
"I've spent 40 years operating cranes and rigging heavy loads across Australia and Mongolia. I know what it takes to build something that has to work, the first time, with no room for error. That's the standard I want SeedGuardian held to."
Alvin van As
Co-founder, My-E-Brand — with Hendriena (Rina) van As

Beyond SeedGuardian

My-E-Brand is developing a broader portfolio of related concepts. We're not detailing them publicly until each one has the real design, testing, and validation behind it that SeedGuardian is now getting.

We're not asking you to believe in something finished.

We're asking you to back the team that builds it properly, starting now.

Get in touch
"Let's make the world a better place. I own it."
SeedGuardian Our Stage The Ask Founders
My-E-Brand Pty Ltd · Flagstone, Queensland, Australia · Founded 2022
My-E-Brand is a pre-revenue, pre-prototype venture. No products have been sold and no provisional patents have been filed as of this date. Figures on this page reflect our actual current status and funding ask, not projections of future performance.