Penn State alumnus-founded startup Phospholutions, tus thawj coj hauv kev siv tshuab chiv kom ruaj khov, tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm kev nqis peev ntxiv los ntawm cov tuam txhab ua liaj ua teb thoob ntiaj teb tag nrho $ 5.3M. Cov nyiaj no yuav txhawb nqa kev lag luam ntawm lawv cov RhizoSorb (sau npe lag luam) thev naus laus zis hauv Asmeskas kev lag luam qoob loo.
Qhov kev nqis peev tshiab no suav nrog kev nqis peev los ntawm Ospraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, cov txiaj ntsig, kev nqis peev thoob ntiaj teb ntawm Bunge, thiab UPL Ltd. Cov series ua raws li Series A tag nrho $ 10.3M tshaj tawm thaum ntxov xyoo tas los, uas tso cai rau Phospholutions. ntau tshaj triple loj. Tsis tas li ntawd, Phospholutions tsis ntev los no yeej $ 250,000 kev nqis peev thaum lub sijhawm Radicle Challenge los ntawm UPL.
Phospholutions Founder thiab CEO Hunter Swisher pib tsim RhizoSorb ua ib qho kev kawm tiav hauv kev cog qoob loo ntawm Penn State. Raws li ib feem ntawm kev tshawb fawb kawm tiav, Swisher tau kawm txog cov thev naus laus zis uas tau tsim thiab patented los ntawm ib tus ntawm nws cov xibfwb. Pom kev ua lag luam muaj peev xwm rau thev naus laus zis, nws tau ua haujlwm nrog Penn State Office of Technology Management kom tso cai rau IP thiab tso tawm Phospholutions.
Swisher tau hais tias "Peb txoj kev vam meej thiab kev loj hlob sai yuav tsis tuaj yeem ua tsis tau yog tias tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa thiab lub hauv paus uas kev lag luam ecosystem hauv Happy Valley muab rau zej zog," Swisher tau hais. "Kev txhawb nqa yog ib qho laj thawj uas peb tau tuav peb lub hauv paus hauv Innovation Park."
Phospholutions 'RhizoSorb yog ib qho av-txhim kho cov khoom siv thev naus laus zis tsim nyob rau hauv Penn State College ntawm Agricultural Sciences. Nrog rau kev tshawb fawb qhia ntau tshaj li ib nrab ntawm cov chiv siv rau hauv av tsis tau siv los ntawm cov nroj tsuag, Rhizosorb lub hom phiaj los txhim kho cov khoom noj khoom haus zoo, ua kom cov nroj tsuag nce ntxiv, thiab thaum kawg txo qis leaching thiab phosphorus pov tseg.
"Qhov kev nqis peev no yuav pab txhawb peb kev lag luam los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev lag luam mus sib hais xyoo no, kev sib koom tes tsim kev lag luam, thiab ua kom cov khoom xa tuaj rau Asmeskas kev lag luam qoob loo rau xyoo 2023 loj hlob," hais Swisher.
Ntxiv rau qhov kev nqis peev tshiab no, Phospholutions kuj tau tshaj tawm tias Penn State alumnus Stephan Levitsky tau koom nrog pab pawg ua Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm thiab Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Sustainability. Levitsky muaj ntau tshaj 20 xyoo ntawm cov thawj coj loj hauv kev ua lag luam zaub mov thiab kev ua liaj ua teb.
"Kev txhawb nqa rau peb lub zeem muag thoob ntiaj teb sib koom ua ke ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej rau kev ua liaj ua teb muaj kev ruaj ntseg tau ua rau peb sib koom ua ke nrog peb cov tub ua lag luam uas tab tom nrhiav los coj cov kev daws teeb meem rau kev lag luam kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo," Levitsky hais.
Xyoo tas los no, Phospholutions kuj tau raug xaiv los ua ib qho ntawm thawj tsib lub tuam txhab raug xaiv rau Farm2050 Nutrient Technology Trialing Platform hauv New Zealand, koom nrog Finistere Ventures thiab Innovations Endeavors. New Zealand yuav koom nrog Canada, Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Qaib Cov Txwv, Is Nrias teb, Brazil thiab Africa ntawm cov npe ntawm thoob ntiaj teb cov chaw sim Rhizosorb tau npaj rau xyoo 2022.
Carl Casale los ntawm OAS hais tias "RhizoSorb thev naus laus zis ua kom zoo sib xws rau peb lub tuam txhab kev lag luam lub luag haujlwm ua haujlwm tsawg dua," hais Carl Casale los ntawm OAS. "Lub thev naus laus zis txhawb nqa cov neeg cog qoob loo kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau ntxiv thiab txo cov kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig los pab txhawb kev ua liaj ua teb zoo dua yav tom ntej."
Yog xav paub ntxiv txog Phospholutions thiab ua raws li lawv txoj kev taug, mus saib www.phospholutions.com los yog nyob rau LinkedIn.
Hais txog Invent Penn State
Invent Penn State yog ib qho kev koom tes thoob plaws ntiaj teb los txhawb kev txhim kho kev lag luam, kev tsim txoj haujlwm thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm txoj haujlwm ua tiav. Invent Penn State muab cov kev kawm tsom mus rau kev ua lag luam, kev cob qhia kev lag luam thiab kev tsim khoom, nyiaj txiag rau kev lag luam, thiab tsev kawm ntawv, zej zog, thiab kev lag luam sib koom tes los pab txhawb cov txheej txheem nyuaj ntawm kev hloov cov kev tshawb fawb tshawb pom rau hauv cov khoom muaj txiaj ntsig thiab cov kev pabcuam uas tuaj yeem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau Pennsylvanians thiab tib neeg.
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