Mobius pbc, kambani yepakutanga-tanga inogadzira mapolima anoodza nemarara kusimudzira kurima kwakasimba, yakahwina mubairo mukuru we$500,000 equity investment paWestern Growers' 2019 AgSharks Competition Nov. Zviitiko zvakakurumbira uye zvinoshuvira kumakambani ari kugadzira hunyanzvi hwekuvandudza tekinoroji pakurima. Mari iyi yakapihwa neS12G Ventures (Mbeu 2 Kukura).
"Kuvandudza nekuchengetedza kusimba kwechikafu chedu kwakakosha kune ramangwana rekurima uye kunoda hutsva hwakanangana pazvinhu zvese kubva pamabhiriyoni mazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu ematani emarara asingadzivisiki echikafu anogadzirwa gore rega kusvika kuhafu yemiriyoni yematani emapurasitiki anoshandiswa kamwe chete. kurima zvinhu zvakaita semulch firimu nembeu yekuputira, "akadaro Tony Bova, CEO & co-muvambi wemobius. "Pamobius, tinofara zvikuru kuva neS260G neWestern Growers sevadyidzani, vachitibatsira kuvandudza matekinoroji ekushandura marara echisikigo kuti ave zvigadzirwa zvinonyanya kudiwa senge mafetireza emarara, mbeu inoodza nefotereza, uye mabhaisikopo anoora. midziyo yekurera. Kubatana kwakananga nemitsetse yepamberi yedambudziko rekuchengetedza hurongwa hwechikafu - varimi vedu - kuchave kwakakosha apo isu tinosimudzira hupfumi hwakatenderera mune zvekurima uye tichitevera donzvo redu rekugadzira nyika ine 'Kune Wonder in Waste.'”
AgSharks, iyo yakatanga muna 2017 kubatsira budding agtech kutanga kuunza zvigadzirwa kubva kubudiriro kuenda kumusika, yaive yekutanga agtech chiitiko chekupa chaiyo-nguva yekudyara mikana pamberi pevateereri vapenyu. Munguva yemakwikwi egore rino, mobius yakatarisana nemamwe makambani mana ari kuvakawo matekinoroji matsva ekugadzirisa nyaya dzekurima dzinonyanya kunetsa - zvese kubva pakuwanikwa kwevashandi nekushaikwa kwemvura kusvika pakuchengetedzeka kwechikafu pamwe nemitengo yekutevedzera.
"Sezvo zvekurima zvatarisana nekuwedzerwa kwezvisungo uye kushomeka kwezviwanikwa - kushomeka kwevashandi vane hunyanzvi, kupera kwevhu uye kupera kwemvura - varimi vari kuwedzera kutendeukira kune hunyanzvi uye tekinoroji kuti varambe vachibudirira," akadaro Mutungamiriri weWestern Growers / CEO Tom Nassif. . “Tinokurudzirwa nevemabhizimusi vane hunyanzvi, vakaita sevepamobius, vari kugadzira nzira dzekubatsira varimi kuti vazadzise chinangwa chavo chekudyisa pasi rose. tekinoroji inovimbisa ye mobius ichaita basa mukusimudzira kurima, pamwe nekubatsira indasitiri mukuita chinhanho chikuru mukugadzira chikafu.
mobius iri kuvaka ramangwana apo hova dzekudya, masango uye marara ekurima zvinokwidziridzwa kuita matombo ekuvaka akakosha emakemikari nezvinhu. Chigadzirwa chayo chekutanga ndeye proprietary, biodegradable polymer yakagadzirwa kubva ku lignin, zvinhu zvechisikigo zvinowanikwa muhuswa hwese nemiti inogadzirwa semarara pamwero unodarika mamirioni makumi mashanu ematani gore rega rega nemapepa uye biofuel industries. Neiyi biopolymer, mobius iri kugadzira bio-based, biodegradable epurasitiki pellets ekushandisa mukurima, chikafu chekudya, horticulture uye nezvimwe. Mashandisirwo ezvigadzirwa izvi anosanganisira thermoplastic zvinhu zvekudyara horticultural uye nursery midziyo uye epurasitiki mulch mafirimu; matrix zvinhu zvemafetereza anodzorwa-anoburitswa; uye mune ramangwana, zvingangoita mbeu yekuputira zvinhu.
Iyo kambani, pamwe nevakwikwidzi vayo, yakamisa vatongi vanomwe nyanzvi vakaongorora kambani yega yega pamusoro pesimba remhinduro yayo uye mukana wekuyera, pakati pemamwe mapoka ekuongorora. Boka revatongi - iro raisanganisira vatungamiriri mumaindasitiri ekudyara, ekurima uye ehunyanzvi - vakapa mhinduro kumakambani, uye mushure mekufunga uye kugamuchira mhinduro kubva kuvateereri, vakapa mobius mubairo wepamusoro.
"Varimi vekuMadokero, kuburikidza nemakwikwi eAgSharks, vanoramba vachitungamira indasitiri mukutsigira mabhizinesi ari kuvaka zvigadziriso zvevarimi vakanyanya munyika," akadaro Chuck Templeton, maneja director kuS2G Ventures. "Kubatanidza kudyara kwedu mu mobius neruzivo rwemusika weWG uye kuwana, tinogona kukurumidza kuendesa mukuvaka hutano uye hwakasimba hwekudya."
Templeton aive padare revatongi, iro raisanganisira Neill Callis, maneja mukuru paTurlock Fruit Company Inc.; Audre Kapacinskas, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weS2G Ventures; Frank Maconachy, mutungamiri uye CEO paRamsay Highlander, Inc.; Aidan Mouat, CEO uye co-muvambi paHazel Technologies; Craig Reade, anoshanda naye kuBonipak Produce; uye Matthew Walker, maneja director kuS2G Ventures.
Yakatangwa mu1926, Western Growers inomiririra varimi vemunharaunda uye vemudunhu mhuri vari kurima zvirimwa zvitsva muArizona, California, Colorado neNew Mexico. Nhengo dzayo nevashandi vavo vanopa inopfuura hafu yenyika michero mitsva, miriwo uye nzungu dzemiti, kusanganisira inenge hafu yeAmerica mitsva yezvigadzirwa zvehupenyu. Dzimwe nhengo dzinorimawo muUS nekune dzimwe nyika kuitira kuti vanhu vawane chikafu chinovaka kwegore rose.
S2G Ventures (Mbeu yeKukura) ihomwe yakawanda-nhanho yekudyara mari mukudya nekurima. Donzvo rehomwe iyi nderekukonzeresa hunyanzvi hwekuzadzisa zvinodiwa nevatengi kune chikafu chine hutano uye chinogara chiripo. S2G yakaratidza zvikamu mukati mehurongwa hwechikafu hwagadzirira shanduko, uye iri kuvaka akawanda-nhanho portfolio inosanganisira mbeu, bhizinesi uye danho rekukura. Nzvimbo dzakakosha dzeS2G ndedzekurima, zvimisikidzo, zvivakwa uye zvinhu, IT uye Hardware, kuchengetedza chikafu uye tekinoroji, zvitoro nemaresitorendi, uye mhando dzevatengi. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezve S2G, shanya www.s2gventures.com.