Penn State alumnus-anayambitsa chiyambi Phospholutions, mtsogoleri waukadaulo wokhazikika wa feteleza, posachedwapa adalengeza ndalama zowonjezera kuchokera kumakampani otsogola padziko lonse lapansi okwana $5.3M. Ndalama izi zithandizira kugulitsa ukadaulo wawo wa RhizoSorb (chizindikiro cholembetsedwa) pamsika wa mbewu zaku US.
Ndalama zatsopanozi zikuphatikiza ndalama kuchokera ku Ospraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, bungwe lopanga phindu, Bunge, ndi UPL Ltd. Mndandandawu ukutsatira Series A yokwana $10.3M yomwe idalengezedwa koyambirira kwa chaka chatha, zomwe zidalola Phospholutions kuchitapo kanthu. kukula kupitilira patatu. Kuphatikiza apo, Phospholutions posachedwapa idapambana ndalama zokwana $250,000 panthawiyi The Radicle Challenge ndi UPL.
Woyambitsa Phospholutions ndi CEO Hunter Swisher adayamba kupanga RhizoSorb ngati undergraduate mu pulogalamu ya sayansi ya zomera ku Penn State. Monga gawo la pulojekiti yofufuza za omaliza maphunziro, Swisher adaphunzira zaukadaulo womwe udapangidwa komanso wovomerezeka ndi m'modzi mwamapulofesa ake. Powona kuthekera kwa msika kwaukadaulo, adagwira ntchito ndi Penn State Office of Technology Management kuti apatse chilolezo IP ndikuyambitsa Phospholutions.
"Kupambana kwathu komanso kukula mwachangu sizikanatheka popanda thandizo ndi maziko omwe mabizinesi aku Happy Valley amapereka kwa anthu ammudzi," adatero Swisher. "Thandizoli ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe tasungira likulu lathu ku Innovation Park."
Phospholutions 'RhizoSorb ndi chinthu chowonjezera nthaka chomwe chimagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wopangidwa poyambirira Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. Ndi kafukufuku wosonyeza kuti feteleza woposa theka la feteleza wogwiritsidwa ntchito m'nthaka sagwiritsidwa ntchito kwenikweni ndi zomera, RhizoSorb ikufuna kupititsa patsogolo kasungidwe ka michere, kuonjezera kumera kwa zomera, ndipo pamapeto pake kuchepetsa kutaya ndi kutaya phosphorous.
"Ndalama izi zithandizira kufulumizitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwathu kwamalonda pothandizira pulogalamu yoyeserera yamalonda yachaka chino, mgwirizano wachitukuko, ndikupangitsa kuti malonda aperekedwe kumsika wambewu waku US munyengo yolima ya 2023," adatero Swisher.
Kuwonjezera pa mndandanda watsopano wa ndalama, Phospholutions adalengezanso kuti Penn State alumnus Stephan Levitsky adalowa m'gululi monga Chief Operating Officer ndi Vice Prezidenti wa Sustainability. Levitsky ali ndi zaka zopitilira 20 zotsogola pamakampani azakudya ndiulimi.
"Kuthandizira masomphenya athu apadziko lonse lapansi okhudzana ndi tsogolo lokhazikika pazaulimi kwatipangitsa kuti tigwirizane bwino ndi omwe amagulitsa ndalama omwe akufuna kubweretsa mayankho pamsika mothandizidwa ndi sayansi kuti apange phindu," adatero Levitsky.
Chakumapeto kwa chaka chatha, Phospholutions idasankhidwanso kukhala imodzi mwamakampani asanu oyamba omwe adasankhidwa kuti akhale Farm2050 Nutrient Technology Trialing Platform ku New Zealand, yokonzedwa ndi Finistere Ventures ndi Innovations Endeavors. New Zealand iphatikizana ndi Canada, US, Turkey, India, Brazil ndi Africa pamndandanda wamalo oyeserera padziko lonse lapansi a RhizoSorb omwe akukonzekera 2022.
"Tekinoloje ya RhizoSorb ikugwirizana kwambiri ndi cholinga chamakampani athu kuchita zambiri ndi zochepa," adatero Carl Casale wochokera ku OAS. "Tekinolojeyi imathandizira kuti alimi apindule kwambiri komanso amachepetsa kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe kuti athandizire tsogolo lokhazikika laulimi."
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za Phospholutions ndikutsatira ulendo wawo, pitani www.phospholutions.com kapena pa LinkedIn.
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