Penn State alumnus tọrọ ntọala mmalite Igwefoto, onye ndu na teknụzụ fatịlaịza na-adigide, kwupụtara n'oge na-adịbeghị anya itinyekwu ego site n'aka ndị isi ọrụ ugbo zuru ụwa ọnụ na-agbakọta $5.3M. Ego a ga-akwado azụmahịa nke teknụzụ RhizoSorb (akaraahịa edebanyere aha) n'ahịa ihe ọkụkụ US.
Usoro ntinye ego ọhụrụ a gụnyere itinye ego sitere na Ospraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, uru bara uru, ogwe aka itinye ego zuru ụwa ọnụ nke Bunge, na UPL Ltd. Usoro a na-esote usoro A ngụkọta $ 10.3M kwupụtara n'isi afọ gara aga, nke kwere ka Phospholutions mee ihe. karịa okpukpu atọ n'ogo. Na mgbakwunye, Phospholutions nwetara ntinye ego $250,000 n'oge na-adịbeghị anya Ihe ịma aka Radicle sitere na UPL.
Onye guzobere Phospholutions na CEO Hunter Swisher malitere ịmalite RhizoSorb dị ka onye na-agụsị akwụkwọ na mmemme sayensị osisi na Penn State. Dị ka akụkụ nke ọrụ nyocha nke na-agụghị akwụkwọ, Swisher mụtara banyere nkà na ụzụ nke otu n'ime ndị prọfesọ ya mebere na ikike. N'ịhụ ahịa ahịa maka nkà na ụzụ, ọ na-arụ ọrụ na Penn State Office of Technology Management iji nye ikike IP na ịmepụta Phospholutions.
Swisher kwuru, "Ọganihu anyị na uto ngwa ngwa anyị agaraghị enwe ike ma ọ bụrụ na nkwado na ntọala nke gburugburu ebe obibi ụlọ ọrụ azụmaahịa na Happy Valley na-enye obodo," Swisher kwuru. "Nkwado a bụ otu n'ime ihe mere anyị ji dowe isi ụlọ ọrụ anyị na Innovation Park."
Phospholutions' RhizoSorb bụ ngwaahịa na-akwalite ala site na iji teknụzụ emebere na mbụ. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. Site na nyocha na-egosi ihe karịrị ọkara fatịlaịza etinyere n'ala, osisi anaghị eji ya eme ihe, RhizoSorb bu n'obi ime ka njigide ihe oriri na-edozi ahụ na-abawanye, na-ewelite ihe ọkụkụ, wee belata mkpofu ahịhịa na phosphorus.
Swisher kwuru, "Ntụnye ego a ga-enyere aka mee ka mmalite azụmahịa anyị dịkwuo elu site n'ịkwado mmemme nnwale azụmahịa nke afọ a, mmekorita mmepe atụmatụ, ma na-enyere aka ibuga ngwaahịa n'ahịa ihe ọkụkụ US maka oge na-eto eto 2023," Swisher kwuru.
Na mgbakwunye na usoro ntinye ego ọhụrụ a, Phospholutions kwuputakwara na Penn State alumnus Stephan Levitsky sonyeere ndị otu ahụ dịka onye isi ọrụ na onye isi oche nke Sustainability. Levitsky nwere ihe karịrị afọ 20 nke ahụmịhe onye isi na-eduga nri na ụlọ ọrụ ugbo.
Levitsky kwuru, "Nkwado maka ọhụụ zuru ụwa ọnụ anyị na-ekerịta maka ọdịnihu ga-adịgide adịgide maka ọrụ ugbo na-eme ka anyị na ndị na-achụ ego anyị na-emekọ ihe n'ụzọ ziri ezi bụ ndị na-achọ iweta ihe ngwọta sayensị kwadoro n'ahịa iji nweta mmetụta bara uru," ka Levitsky kwuru.
N'ọgwụgwụ afọ gara aga, ahọpụtara Phospholutions dị ka otu n'ime ụlọ ọrụ ise mbụ ahọpụtara maka Platform Nnwale Nkà na Ụzụ Nri nke Farm2050 na New Zealand, haziri Finistere Ventures na Mgbalị Innovations. New Zealand ga-esonye na Canada, US, Turkey, India, Brazil na Africa na ndepụta nke ọnọdụ ikpe RhizoSorb zuru ụwa ọnụ nke akwadoro maka 2022.
"Teknụzụ RhizoSorb dakọtara na ebumnuche ụlọ ọrụ anyị iji obere ihe na-eme karịa," Carl Casale si OAS kwuru. "Nkà na ụzụ na-akwalite ịba ụba nke ndị na-akụ ihe ọkụkụ ma na-ebelata mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi iji nye aka na ọdịnihu ga-adigide maka ọrụ ugbo."
Iji mụtakwuo maka Phospholutions ma soro njem ha, gaa na www.phospholutions.com ma ọ bụ na LinkedIn.
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