20 AGTECH STARTUPS MAKING A LEAP IN 2022

5. Facebook: /tracegenomics Twitter: @tracegenomics Website: tracegenomics.com 6.

Facebook: /bluwrap Twitter: @BluWrap Website: bluwrap.me

BluWrap's Proccess.

5-year search growth: -100% Year founded: 2015 Location: Burlingame, CA Funding: $39.7M (Convertible Note)

Trace Genomics uses DNA extraction and machine learning to provide data on soil samples.

"We help our customers understand and quantify the complexity of their soil and management practice impact as they lead the Sustainable Ag Revolution." -From the Trace Genomics website

5-year search growth: 0% Year founded: 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Funding: $12.6M (Series D)

"BluWrap provides technology and solutions that naturally extend the shelf-life of perishable proteins. It uses its patented, oxygen management techniques to create and maintain an all-natural, controlled atmosphere environment that suspends time so that fresh fish and other proteins can be transported virtually anywhere in the world without the need for ice, environmentally harmful polystyrene, or expensive airfreight. Suppliers can ship fresh protein products by ocean freight, rather than by airfreight, and still deliver a fresh, high quality product to its customers." -From the BluWrap website

1. Fresh product harvested, processed & placed in recyclable cartons. 2. BluWrap's uniqu technology is applied to the fresh product. 3. BluWrap's patented technology protects fresh cargo by creating an all-natural, suspended atmospheric environment. 4. Product is placed in a refrigerated container and readied for transit. 5. Product and container shipped to local Port for departure. 6. The fresh product arrives at destined port of entry. 7. The product is delivered via truck freight to distribution center. 8. BluWrap's packaging & technology is removed. Product is then released to the customer—entering local distribution chain. 9. In 8-12 day, BluWrap's uniqu technology is applied to the fresh product.

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Facebook: /foodlogiq Twitter: @FoodLogiQ Website: foodlogiq.com 5-year search growth: -13% Year founded: 2006 Location: Durham, NC Funding: $33.8M (Series B)

FoodLogiQ is a company that creates software for the global food supply chain.

"Since 2006, FoodLogiQ has offered solutions that meet the increasingly complex global food chain issues and vast regulations facing all modern food companies.

Our mission is to map the world’s food chain, make it as safe as possible, and empower people to make informed decisions about the food they eat. We track millions of data points daily and connect thousands of food companies worldwide.

Our technology enables supplier management, food safety compliance, quality incident management, recall management, and whole chain traceability—all on a single cloud platform built exclusively for the food industry." -From the FoodLogiQ website

8. 5-year search growth: N/A Year founded: 2005 Location: Durham, NC Funding: $254.9M (Series C) "Vestaron is displacing the theory that you must sacrifice efficacy for the safety benefits of using a biological. Our biologicals

Facebook: /Vestaron work! We have developed effective

Twitter: @VestaronCorp biological insecticide technology derived

Instagram: vestaroncorp through proprietary peptide expression

Website: vestaron.com and designed to be soft on beneficials and honeybees, as well as safe for fish and mammals. Beginning with the SPEAR ® brand family–providing new technology with a unique mode of action in a biological

Awards solution equal to, and often better, than the synthetic options; creating the opportunity • THRIVE TOP 50 AgTech & to incorporate a new IRAC Group 32 into FoodTech Reports, 2022 rotation recommendations for resistance • Best New Biologic Product, 2021 management. The Vestaron pipeline consists Crop Science Awards of additional peptide empowered solutions, • Green Chemistry Challenge Winner, each with a different target receptor. These 2020 solutions will change the approach to • 2021 Global Cleantech 100 integrated pest management strategies." • Bernard Blum Award, 2020 -From the Vestaron Corporation website

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Facebook: /Teriva Twitter: @terviva_inc

Awards

• 2020 Forward Fooding FoodTech 500 • 2020 THRIVE Top 50 Ag Tech & Food

Tech Companies • 2019 Forward Fooding FoodTech 500 • 2019 Mondelez International Future of

Snacking Award • 2019 Future Food Award presented by

Food Innovation Australia Limited • Forbes 25 Most Innovative Ag Tech

Startups in 2018 • Forbes 25 Most Innovative Ag Tech

Startups in 2017 5-year search growth: 96% Year founded: 2010 Location: Oakland, CA Funding: $85.6M (Series E)

"Founded in 2010, Terviva is a food and ag innovation company partnering with farmers to grow pongamia, a climate-resilient tree which produces abundant, protein- and oil-rich legumes.

Pongamia is uniquely suited to meet today’s environmental challenges. It sequesters carbon, improves soil health and water quality while growing on land where other crops can’t grow. This helps to avoid deforestation and revitalize agricultural lands and communities around the world.

After more than a decade of innovation, we’ve developed a way to harvest and transform pongamia beans into healthy and delicious food ingredients called Ponova™. From tree to plate, our transparent and equitable supply chain spans wild harvesting, non-GMO beans in India to regenerative land stewardship in Hawaii, Florida and Australia.

We believe there’s a better way to feed the world’s growing population and that local impact can drive global change." -From the TerViva website

Facebook: /IndigoAgriculture Twitter: @Indigoag Instagram: indigoag Website: indigoag.com 5-year search growth: 1% Year founded: 2014 Location: Boston, MA Funding: $1.2B (Series F)

"Our company was built on the discovery that the microbes in and around plants have the potential to dramatically improve crop resilience in the face of stresses (including drought, heat, cold, and pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and insects) and to offer a sustainable means of improving crop yields in the face of climate change." -From the Indigo website

By The Numbers

• 8 Million Global Acre Footprint • Around 20,000 Carbon Credits Issued • Over 300 Global Commercial Partners • 25 Commercial Biological Products • In 9 Countries

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Facebook: /augmentaagr Twitter: @AugmentaAg Instagram: augmenta.agriculture Website: augmenta.ag 5-year search growth: 45% Year founded: 2016 Location: Athens, Greece Funding: $11.2M (Series A)

Augmenta offers field analysis, fleet monitoring and analytics designed to help improve crop yield and save money.

They are present in 26 countries and 12 states. Their precision farming system includes:

• Augmenta Mantis - A realtime smart application that is "easy to install on most common setups" and is used to finetune your

RX or apply VRA as you go. • In-cabin tablet application - The in-cabin tablet application allows for real-time feedback as you drive, section by section. • Web Portal - The web portal offers you a one-stop spot for information on plant health and application maps. • Augmenta LiveVRA - Augmenta's wide array of propietary services which include automatic application process for the ideal rates of Nitrogen, PGR and Harvest Aid

Facebook: /Apeel Twitter: @apeelsciences Instagram: apeel_sciences Website: apeel.com 5-year search growth: 43% Year founded: 2012 Location: Goleta, CA Funding: $640.1M (Series E)

Apeel Sciences applies their technology, a thin layer of edible mono and diglycerides added to the produce in order to extend the shelf life of products.

"Apeel is colorless, odorless, and tasteless on produce. Just like the cuticle “peel” on the outside of plants, Apeel’s peel is tiny. And even though the ingredient is safe to eat in much higher quantities, the amount of Apeel on the surface of produce is exceptionally low. Even if all of the produce you consumed was treated with Apeel, the contribution of monoglycerides and diglycerides to your daily dietary fat intake would equal less than 1%."

-From the Apeel website

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5-year search growth: -40% Year founded: 2014 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Funding: $27M (Series B) Aerobotics offers analytics that can be used to ensure optimal yields. It can also be used for crop insurance purposes. Facebook: /aeroboticsintl Twitter: @aerobotic_intl Website: aerobotics.com "Today, we have flown and generated insights for over one hundred million trees to help growers, investors and insurers improve their production and profitability." -From the Aerobotics website 5-year search growth: 800% Year founded: 2018 Location: Rolle, Switzerland Funding: $13.5M (Seed) Mootral is a British-Swiss AgriTech company that develops innovative carbon and antibiotic reduction solutions for companies and Facebook: /mootral governments. Their signature product is Mootral Ruminant. Twitter: @mootral Instagram: m00tral "Mootral Ruminant is a 100% natural feed supplement that significantly Website: mootral.com reduces methane emissions from the enteric fermentation of ruminants. It is based on a proprietary combination of garlic and citrus extract and is produced in a pellet format. Our research shows up to 38% reduction* of enteric methane emissions under real farm conditions (in vivo). Without impacting taste or texture of milk or meat, Mootral Ruminant can also help increase yields, animal health and reduce the number of flies. Additionally, carbon credits can help (co)finance the product costs." -From the Mootral website

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Facebook: /Terramera.Inc Twitter: @terramera Instagram: terramera

Did You Know?

Terramera has more than 300 patentes in their IP portfolio. 5-year search growth: -19% Year founded: 2010 Location: Vancouver, Canada Funding: $97.5M (Grant)

"Terramera is a global agtech leader fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to transform how food is grown and the economics of agriculture in the next decade. With our revolutionary Actigate™ technology platform, we are committed to reducing the global synthetic pesticide load by 80% by 2030 to protect plant and human health and ensure an earth that thrives and provides for everyone." -From the Terramera website

As part of their mission, Terramera has partnered with the UN SDSs to contribute to Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) and Goal 13 (Climate Action) and will report on their progress. They also have a partnership with their local food bank.

Facebook: /Entocycle Twitter: @Entocycle Instagram: entocycle Website: entocycle.com 5-year search growth: -100% Year founded: 2014 Location: London, UK Funding: $11M (Series A)

Entocylce is working to aid the production of insectbased animal feed and grass. They claim that insects offer more efficient protein production and that they require less land, water and development time.

Their main product is the Entosight™ Neo their "flagship" patented protected product which is "a machine vision hardware and software package designed to improve accuracy, efficiency and productivity in large-scale black soldier fly (BSF) farms."

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Facebook: /ProducePay Twitter: @ProducePay_en and @ProducePay_esl Instagram: producepay_en and producepay_es Website: producepay.com

Their footprint includes:

• Montreal, Canada • Salt Lake City, Utah • San Fransisco, California • Los Angeles, California • Tijuana, Mexico 5-year search growth: 135% Year founded: 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Funding: $342.9M (Series C)

"Our founder, Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck is a fourthgeneration Mexican farmer. He started ProducePay with a simple goal of helping growers gain more access to capital. Today, that vision has grown into a company with a portfolio of services that are helping growers and buyers connect and trade in a more transparent way."

-From the ProducePay website

• Guadalajara, Mexico • Colombia • Peru • Chile

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Facebook: /infarm.wearetheinfarmers Instagram: @infarm Website: infarm.com

Their products include:

• Mix salad • 24 varieties of aromatic herbs • Mushrooms 5-year search growth: 7% Year founded: 2013 Location: Berlin, Germany Funding: $604.5M (Series D)

Infarm is working to build vertical farms in cities by building their hydroponic indoor farms closer to where the produce ends up.

"Our farms are 'climate machines'

They each have their own unique climate perfected for whichever crop it’s hosting.

This means we can grow anything, anywhere… which we think is pretty cool.

We’re able to watch over all our plant babies with our ‘farmer in the cloud’, which picks up-to-the-minute data about how they respond to the slightest changes in their environment.

By using this data, we constantly improve our growing recipes and grow better, tastier plants while drastically reducing our natural resource use, too." -From the infarm.com website

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Facebook: /hazeltech Twitter: @HazelTechUSA Instagram: hazeltech Website: hazeltechnologies.com 5-year search growth: 46% Year founded: 2015 Location: Chicago, IL Funding: $87.8M (Series C)

Hazel Technologies offers products to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce.

Their USDA-funded 1-MCP technology conditions the storage atmosphere to reduce respiration rate and increase resistance to ethylene.

Their footprint includes:

• Hazel Datica - Which is a "Postharvest technology designed to monitor levels of temperature, humidity, ethylene and other atmospheric components for apples, avocado and other crops during transit or storage. • Hazel CA - "Postharvest technology designed to protect apple quality during long term storage." • Hazel 100 (Bin Sachet) - A USDA-funded, in-bin, postharvest technology primarily designed for use in apples and some stone fruit varieties to protect quality during long term storage. • Hazel Trex - "A pre-harvest quality technology for kiwi and cherries designed to increase yield by a target of 15%. • Hazel Trex for Apple - "A post-harvest quality technology designed to accurately determine whether or not 1-MCP was applied to stored fruit." • Hazel O - A postharvest technology for use with over 12+ organic produce commodities, designed to extend shelf-life by a target 30%. • Hazel 100 (Box Sachet) - Hazel 100 is a USDA funded, in box, postharvest technology designed to extend the shelf life of 12+ fresh produce commodities by an average 40%.

Facebook: /CIBOTechnologies Twitter: @CIBOTech Instagram: cibotechnologies Website: cibotechnologies.com 5-year search growth: -59% Year founded: 2015 Location: Saint Louis Park, MN Funding: $67.4M (Series C)

"Built on advanced ecosystem simulation, AI, and computer vision technologies, CIBO provides powerful solutions for grower enrollment and engagement, verification and quantification of regenerative practices, and deep farmland business intelligence." -From the CIBO Technologies website