Penn State alumnus-faʻavae amataga Phospholutions, o se ta'ita'i i tekinolosi fa'aola gafataulimaina, na fa'asalalau talu ai nei fa'aopoopo tupe fa'afaigaluega mai kamupani fa'ato'aga i le lalolagi atoa e $5.3M le aofa'i. O lenei fa'atupega o le a lagolagoina le fa'atauaina o latou RhizoSorb (fa'ailoga fa'ailoga fa'ailoga) i le maketi o fuala'au a Amerika.
O lenei fa'asologa fou o tupe teufaafaigaluega e aofia ai tupe teufaafaigaluega mai Ospraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, o le tupe maua, le vaega tupe teufaafaigaluega i le lalolagi atoa o Bunge, ma le UPL Ltd. O le faasologa e mulimuli i le Series A atoa e $10.3M na faasilasilaina i le amataga o le tausaga talu ai, lea na mafai ai e Phospholutions ona faia. e sili atu i le faatolu le lapopoa. E le gata i lea, na manumalo talu ai nei le Phospholutions i le $250,000 tupe teufaafaigaluega i le taimi O le Radicle Challenge a le UPL.
Phospholutions Founder ma CEO Hunter Swisher na amata atiina ae RhizoSorb o se tamaititi aoga i le polokalame faasaienisi laau i Penn State. I le avea ai o se vaega o se poloketi suʻesuʻega maualalo, na aʻoaʻoina ai e Swisher le tekinolosi na fausia ma pateni e se tasi o ana polofesa. I le vaʻaia o le maketi gafatia mo tekinolosi, na ia galulue ai ma le Penn State Office of Technology Management e laiseneina le IP ma faʻalauiloa Phospholutions.
“O lo tatou manuia ma le saoasaoa o le tuputupu aʻe semanu e le mafai pe ana leai le lagolago ma le faʻavae o loʻo tuʻuina atu e le faʻalapotopotoga faʻapisinisi i Happy Valley i le alalafaga," o le tala lea a Swisher. "O le lagolago o se tasi lea o mafuaʻaga na matou tausia ai le matou ofisa autu i Innovation Park."
Phospholutions 'RhizoSorb o se oloa faʻaleleia le eleele e faʻaogaina ai tekinolosi na muai faia i le Kolisi o Fa'ato'aga a le Penn State College. Faatasi ai ma suʻesuʻega o loʻo faʻaalia ai le sili atu ma le afa o fetilaisa e faʻaogaina i le palapala e leʻi faʻaaogaina e laau, o le RhizoSorb e faʻamoemoe e faʻaleleia le faʻaleleia o meaʻai, faʻateleina le faʻaogaina o laau, ma faʻaitiitia ai le lapisi ma otaota phosphorus.
“O lenei tupe fa'afaigaluega o le a fesoasoani e fa'avavevave ai la tatou fa'asalalauga fa'apisinisi e ala i le lagolagoina o le polokalame fa'ata'ita'i fa'apisinisi i lenei tausaga, faiga fa'apa'aga fa'a-fa'agaetia, ma mafai ai ona tu'uina atu oloa i le maketi o fuala'au a Amerika mo le vaitau tuputupu a'e 2023," o le tala lea a Swisher.
I le faaopoopo atu i lenei faʻasologa fou o tupe teufaafaigaluega, na faʻasalalau foi e Phospholutions o le Penn State alumnus Stephan Levitsky na auai i le 'au e avea ma Ofisa Sili o Pulega ma Sui Peresetene o le Sustainability. O Levitsky e sili atu i le 20 tausaga o le poto masani fa'atonu sinia i le ta'ita'iina o kamupani taumafa ma fa'ato'aga.
"O le lagolago mo la matou vaʻaiga faʻavaomalo faʻavaomalo o se lumanaʻi gafataulimaina mo faʻatoʻaga ua matou faʻaogaina faʻatasi ai ma a matou tagata teu tupe o loʻo vaʻavaʻai e aumai ni tali faʻasaienisi i le maketi e maua ai se aafiaga anoa," o le tala lea a Levitsky.
I le faaiuga o le tausaga talu ai, na filifilia foi Phospholutions o se tasi o kamupani muamua e lima na filifilia mo le Fa'ato'aga2050 Nutrient Technology Trialing Platform i Niu Sila, faatulagaina e Finistere Ventures ma Taumafaiga Fou. O Niu Sila o le a faʻatasi ma Kanata, US, Turkey, Initia, Pasila ma Aferika i luga o le lisi o nofoaga faʻataʻitaʻiga RhizoSorb i le lalolagi atoa ua fuafuaina mo le 2022.
"RhizoSorb tekinolosi e fetaui lelei ma le misiona a le matou kamupani faʻapisinisi e fai mea sili atu i le itiiti ifo," o le tala lea a Carl Casale mai le OAS. "O le tekonolosi e faʻalauteleina ai tupe maua a le au faifaatoʻaga ma faʻaitiitia ai le aʻafiaga o le siosiomaga e saofagā i se lumanaʻi gafataulimaina mo faʻatoʻaga."
Mo nisi fa'amatalaga e uiga i Phospholutions ma mulimuli i la latou malaga, asiasi www.phospholutions.com po o luga o LinkedIn.
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