Issue #39: Coral nurseries / Happier cows, better Milk / Building materials marketplace
SomaDetect enables farmers and cows to produce better milk, Tangible is the tool for sustainable building materials, ReefVitalize is on a mission to restore corals.
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SomaDetect
#️⃣ AgTech / Computer vision / AI
SomaDetect bridges the information gap across the dairy supply chain by providing data from every cow at every milking. SomaDetect enables farmers to make informed decisions on their cows’ health, reproduction, and productivity, and anticipate diseases. The company has a patented technology that leverages AI, deep learning, computer vision, and an optical sensor to monitor health, reproduction, and nutrition from individual dairy cows. In-field results demonstrate a 50% reduction in antibiotic usage on farm. They are currently working towards proving an 8-10% reduction in GHG emissions.
SomaDetect has succeeded in field trials with multiple companies, including leading animal health groups, and has a major distribution agreement with a global dairy OEM. They have early investment from major players in the agtech and dairy industry including Merck Animal Health Ventures, Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, Dairy Farmers of America, Builders VC and Ag Capital Canada.
Co-Founder & CEO: Bethany Deshpande
Co-Founder & CTO: Bharath Sudarsan
HQ: Nova Scotia, Canada
Stage: Series A
Tangible
#️⃣ SaaS / Buildings / Materials
Tangible is a tool for finding, sourcing, and reporting on lower-carbon, sustainable building materials. Building materials are responsible for approximately 11% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, and real estate development firms are facing increasing investor pressure, local regulations, and tenant demand to build more sustainably. Tangible is a unified software platform that catalyzes the adoption of sustainable building materials by allowing real estate developers, architects, and contractors to identify, procure, manage, and report on products that meet their carbon, environmental, and social goals. The company has partnership agreements lined up with 5 firms.
Co-Founder & CEO: Anneli Tostar
Co-Founder & COO: Nicole Granath
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Stage: Seed
Company Asks: They would love support with customer development (developers and architecture firms).
ReefVitalize
#️⃣ Nature restoration / Oceans
ReefVitalize drives ecosystem regeneration and empowers local stakeholders through collaborative, resort-based citizen science and coral restoration. The company has close to 100 pre-sign ups for their crowdfunding campaign to fund their first coral nursery.
ReefVitalize is supported by the United Nations Development Program's accelerator lab in Barbados and an amazing team of scientific, business, and legal advisors.
Co-Founder & CEO: Brenna Bales
HQ: Austin, TX
Stage: Pre-Seed
Company Asks: Brenna would love help with finances and business strategy. She is looking for a co-founder to help build this aspect of the business with her.
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