Mobius pbc, wani kamfani na farko wanda ke ƙirƙirar polymers masu lalata ƙwayoyin cuta don haɓaka aikin noma mai ɗorewa, ya sami babbar kyautar $500,000 hannun jari a Gasar Western Growers' 2019 AgSharks Gasar Nov. shahararru da sha'awar abubuwan da kamfanoni ke haɓaka mahimman sabbin fasahohi don aikin gona. S12G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth) ne ya bayar da kuɗin.
"Haɓaka da kiyaye dorewar tsarin abincinmu yana da mahimmanci ga makomar noma kuma yana buƙatar sabbin abubuwa da aka mayar da hankali kan komai daga tan biliyan 260 na sharar abinci da ba za a iya gujewa ba da ake samarwa a kowace shekara zuwa tan miliyan rabin na robobin da ake amfani da su guda ɗaya da ake amfani da su. gona don abubuwa kamar fim ɗin ciyawa da suturar iri, ”in ji Tony Bova, Shugaba & co-kafa na mobius. "A mobius, muna matukar farin ciki da samun S2G da Western Growers a matsayin abokan tarayya, suna taimaka mana haɓaka fasahohi don canza wannan sharar gida da ba za a iya gujewa zuwa samfuran da ake buƙata ba kamar takin da ake buƙata, iri-iri da taki, da kuma fina-finai na ciyawa da ba za a iya kawar da su ba. gandun daji. Haɗin kai tsaye tare da layin gaba na ƙalubalen dorewar tsarin abinci - masu noman mu - zai kasance mai ƙima yayin da muke matsawa tattalin arziƙin madauwari a aikin noma da kuma bin manufarmu don ƙirƙirar duniya inda 'Akwai Abin Mamaki a Sharar gida'.
AgSharks, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 2017 don taimakawa haɓaka haɓakar haɓakar agtech ya kawo abubuwan ƙirƙira su daga haɓakawa zuwa kasuwa, shine taron agtech na farko don ba da damar saka hannun jari na ainihi a gaban masu sauraro kai tsaye. A yayin gasar ta bana, mobius ta fuskanci wasu kamfanoni hudu da su ma ke gina sabbin fasahohi don warware matsalolin da suka fi damun aikin noma - komai daga wadatar aiki da karancin ruwa zuwa aminci da abinci da tsadar biyan bukata.
"Yayin da noma ke fuskantar matsin lamba na tsari da karancin albarkatu - karancin ƙwararrun ma'aikata, ƙarancin ƙasa da ƙarancin ruwa - manoma suna ƙara juyowa zuwa ƙirƙira da fasaha don ci gaba da kasancewa mai inganci," in ji Shugaban Growers Western / Shugaba Tom Nassif. . ’Yan kasuwa masu hazaka na Agtech, irin su na mobius, sun ba mu kwarin gwiwa, da ke kirkiro hanyoyin da za su taimaka wa manoma su cimma kyakkyawan burinsu na ciyar da duniya. Fasahar mobius mai albarka za ta taka rawa wajen dorewar noma, tare da taimaka wa masana'antu wajen samun babban ci gaba wajen samar da abinci."
wayar hannu yana gina makoma inda abinci, gandun daji da sharar gonakin noma za su haye su zama tubalan sinadarai masu mahimmanci da kayan gini. Samfurin sa na farko na mallakar mallaka ne, polymer mai yuwuwa wanda aka yi daga lignin, wani abu ne na halitta da ake samu a cikin duk ciyawa da bishiyu da ake samarwa a matsayin sharar gida a cikin adadin sama da tan miliyan 50 a kowace shekara ta masana'antar takarda da masana'antar biofuel. Tare da wannan biopolymer, mobius yana ƙirƙiri tushen halittu, pellet ɗin filastik mai lalacewa don aikace-aikace a cikin aikin noma, shirya kayan abinci, aikin gona da sauran su. Aikace-aikacen waɗannan samfuran sun haɗa da kayan thermoplastic don shuka kayan lambu da kwantena na gandun daji da fina-finan ciyawa na filastik; kayan matrix don sarrafa takin mai sarrafawa; kuma a nan gaba, yuwuwar kayan shafa iri.
Kamfanin, tare da masu fafatawa a gasar, sun kafa alkalan kwararru guda bakwai wadanda suka tantance kowane kamfani a kan karfin maganinsa da kuma yuwuwar yin kima, a tsakanin sauran nau'ikan tantancewar. Kwamitin alkalan - wanda ya kunshi shugabanni a fannin zuba jari, noma da fasaha - sun ba da ra'ayi ga kamfanonin, kuma bayan tattaunawa da kuma samun bayanai daga masu sauraro, sun ba mobius kyauta mafi girma.
"Masu girma na Yammacin Turai, ta hanyar gasar AgSharks, sun ci gaba da jagorantar masana'antu don tallafawa 'yan kasuwa da ke gina hanyoyin magance mafi kyawun masu noma a duniya," in ji Chuck Templeton, darektan gudanarwa a S2G Ventures. "Haɗa hannun jarin mu a cikin mobius tare da ilimin kasuwa na WG da samun dama, za mu iya ba da sauri cikin sauri kan gina ingantaccen tsarin abinci mai dorewa."
Templeton ya kasance a kan kwamitin alkalai, wanda ya hada da Neill Callis, babban manajan kamfanin Turlock Fruit Company Inc.; Audre Kapacinskas, mataimakin shugaban kasa a S2G Ventures; Frank Maconachy, shugaba da Shugaba a Ramsay Highlander, Inc.; Aidan Mouat, Shugaba da kuma co-kafa a Hazel Technologies; Craig Reade, abokin tarayya a Bonipak Produce; da Matthew Walker, darektan gudanarwa a S2G Ventures.
Kafa a 1926, Yamma Growers yana wakiltar manoma na gida da na yanki da ke noman sabo a Arizona, California, Colorado da New Mexico. Membobinta da ma'aikatansu suna samar da fiye da rabin sabbin 'ya'yan itatuwa, kayan marmari da ƙwayayen bishiya na ƙasar, gami da kusan rabin sabbin kayan lambu na Amurka. Wasu mambobi kuma suna noma a ko'ina cikin Amurka da kuma a wasu ƙasashe don haka mutane su sami damar samun abinci mai gina jiki a duk shekara.
S2G Ventures (Seed to Growth) asusun sa hannun jari ne na matakai da yawa da ke saka hannun jari a abinci da noma. Manufar asusun ita ce haɓaka ƙira don biyan buƙatun mabukaci na abinci mai ƙoshin lafiya da dorewa. S2G ya gano sassa a cikin tsarin abinci wanda ya dace don canji, kuma yana gina babban fayil ɗin matakai da suka haɗa da iri, kasuwanci da saka hannun jari na matakin girma. Mahimman wuraren sha'awa ga S2G sune noma, kayan abinci, kayan more rayuwa da dabaru, IT da hardware, amincin abinci da fasaha, dillalai da gidajen abinci, da samfuran mabukaci. Don ƙarin bayani game da S2G, ziyarci www.s2gventures.com.