Penn State alumnus-yakavambwa kutanga Phospholutions, mutungamiri wehunyanzvi hwekuita fetiraiza, nguva pfupi yadarika yakazivisa imwe mari kubva kumakambani anotungamira ekurima epasi rose anoita $5.3M. Mari iyi ichatsigira kushambadzira kweiyo RhizoSorb (yakanyoreswa trademark) tekinoroji mumusika wezvirimwa wekuUS.
Iyi nhevedzano yekudyara mari inosanganisira investimendi kubva kuOspraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, the for-profit, global investment arm yeBunge, uye UPL Ltd. Iyi nhevedzano inotevera Series A inokwana $10.3M yakaziviswa kutanga kwegore rapfuura, iyo yakabvumira Phospholutions kuita. inopfuura katatu muhukuru. Pamusoro pezvo, Phospholutions nguva pfupi yadarika yakahwina $250,000 yekudyara panguva Iyo Radicle Dambudziko neUPL.
Phospholutions Muvambi uye CEO Hunter Swisher akatanga kugadzira RhizoSorb senge undergraduate muchirongwa chesainzi yezvirimwa paPenn State. Sechikamu chepurojekiti yekutsvagisa dhigirii, Swisher akadzidza nezve tekinoroji yakagadziridzwa uye ine patent nemumwe wemapurofesa ake. Achiona mukana wemusika weiyo tekinoroji, akashanda nePenn State Hofisi yeTekinoroji Management kupa rezinesi IP uye kutanga Phospholutions.
"Kubudirira kwedu uye kukurumidza kukura kungadai kungadai kusina kuitika pasina rutsigiro uye hwaro hunopihwa nenharaunda yemabhizimusi muHappy Valley," Swisher akadaro. “Rutsigiro ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero zvaita kuti tichengetedze muzinda wedu muInnovation Park.”
Phospholutions 'RhizoSorb chigadzirwa chekusimudzira ivhu chinoshandisa tekinoroji yakatanga kugadzirwa Penn State College yeSainzi Yekurima. Nekutsvagisa kunoratidza inopfuura hafu yefetereza inoiswa muvhu haisati yanyatso shandiswa nezvirimwa, RhizoSorb ine chinangwa chekuvandudza kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu, kuwedzera kutorwa kwezvirimwa, uye pakupedzisira kuderedza leaching uye phosphorus tsvina.
"Kudyara uku kuchabatsira kukurumidzira kutanga kwedu kutengeserana nekutsigira chirongwa chegore rino chekuyedza, kudyidzana kwebudiriro, uye kuita kuti chigadzirwa chiunzwe kumusika wezvirimwa wekuUS wemwaka wekurima wa2023," akadaro Swisher.
Pamusoro peiyi itsva yekudyara nhevedzano, Phospholutions yakazivisawo kuti Penn State alumnus Stephan Levitsky akabatana nechikwata seChief Operating Officer uye Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri weSustainability. Levitsky ane makore anopfuura makumi maviri ehunyanzvi hwepamusoro mukutungamira makambani ezvekudya nekurima.
"Rutsigiro rwechiono chedu chepasi rose cheramangwana rakasimba rekurima kwaita kuti tiwirirane zvine hungwaru nevanoita mariri avo vari kutarisira kuunza mhinduro dzinotsigirwa nesainzi pamusika kuti dziite zvine musoro," akadaro Levitsky.
Pakupera kwegore rapfuura, Phospholutions yakasarudzwawo seimwe yemakambani mashanu ekutanga akasarudzwa Farm2050 Nutrient Technology Trialing Platform muNew Zealand, yakarongwa na Finistere Ventures uye Innovations Endeavors. New Zealand ichabatana neCanada, US, Turkey, India, Brazil neAfrica pane rondedzero yenzvimbo dzepasi rose dzeRhizoSorb dzakarongwa 2022.
"Tekinoroji yeRhizoSorb inofambirana zvakanyanya nebasa rekambani yedu rekuita zvakawanda nezvishoma," akadaro Carl Casale anobva kuOAS. "Tekinoroji iyi inosimudzira kuwedzera purofiti yevarimi uye inoderedza kukanganiswa kwezvakatipoteredza kuti zvibatsire mune ramangwana rakagadzikana rekurima."
Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezve Phospholutions uye uteedzere rwendo rwavo, shanya www.phospholutions.com kana uri LinkedIn.
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