Ho qala ka Penn State alumnus-thehiloe Phospholutions, moetapele oa theknoloji e tsitsitseng ea manyolo, haufinyane o phatlalalitse matsete a eketsehileng ho tsoa ho lik'hamphani tse etellang pele tsa temo lefatšeng ka bophara tse etsang $5.3M. Tšehetso ena ea lichelete e tla tšehetsa khoebo ea theknoloji ea bona ea RhizoSorb (letšoao la khoebo le ngolisitsoeng) 'marakeng oa lijalo oa US.
Letoto lena le lecha la matsete le kenyelletsa matsete a tsoang ho Ospraie Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, mokhatlo oa lichelete oa lefatše oa Bunge, le UPL Ltd. boholo bo fetang hararo. Ho feta moo, Phospholutions haufinyane e hapile matsete a $10.3 nakong ea The Radicle Challenge ka UPL.
Mothehi le CEO oa Phospholutions Hunter Swisher o qalile ho nts'etsapele RhizoSorb joalo ka moithuti oa pele lenaneong la mahlale a limela Penn State. E le karolo ea morero oa ho etsa lipatlisiso ka li-undergraduate, Swisher o ile a ithuta ka thekenoloji e neng e entsoe le ho fuoa litokelo tsa molao ke e mong oa liprofesa tsa hae. Ha a bona bokhoni ba 'maraka bakeng sa theknoloji, o ile a sebetsa le Ofisi ea Tsamaiso ea Theknoloji ea Penn State ho fana ka tumello ea IP le ho qala Phospholutions.
"Katleho ea rona le kholo e potlakileng li ka be li sa khonahala ntle le tšehetso le motheo oo tsamaiso ea tikoloho ea khoebo e Happy Valley e fanang ka eona ho sechaba," Swisher o itse. "Tšehetso ke le leng la mabaka a entseng hore re boloke ntlo-kholo ea rona e le Innovation Park."
Phospholutions' RhizoSorb ke sehlahisoa se ntlafatsang mobu se sebelisang theknoloji e qapiloeng Penn State College ea Saense ea Temo. Ka lipatlisiso tse bontšang karolo e fetang halofo ea manyolo a sebelisoang mobung ha ho mohla e sebelisoang ke limela, RhizoSorb e ikemiselitse ho ntlafatsa ka tlhaho ho boloka limatlafatsi, ho eketsa ho kenngoa ha limela, 'me qetellong ho fokotsa litšila le phosphorus.
“Letsete lena le tla thusa ho akofisa ho thakgolwa ha rona kgwebong ka ho tshehetsa lenaneo la selemo sena la teko ya kgwebo, dilekane tsa ntshetsopele ya lewa, le ho etsa hore sehlahiswa se iswe mmarakeng wa dijalo wa United States bakeng sa sehla sa kgolo sa 2023,” ho boletse Swisher.
Ntle le letoto lena le lecha la matsete, Phospholutions e boetse e phatlalalitse hore alumnus ea Penn State Stephan Levitsky o ile a ikopanya le sehlopha e le Mookameli ea ka Sehloohong oa Ts'ebetso le Motlatsi oa Mopresidente oa Sustainability. Levitsky o na le lilemo tse fetang 20 tsa boiphihlelo bo phahameng ba bolaoli ba ho etella pele lik'hamphani tsa lijo le tsa temo.
"Ts'ehetso ea pono ea rona ea lefats'e ea bokamoso bo tsitsitseng haholoanyane bakeng sa temo e re etsa hore re ikamahanye le batseteli ba rona ba batlang ho tlisa tharollo e tšehelitsoeng ke mahlale 'marakeng ho ba le tšusumetso e ntle," ho boletse Levitsky.
Qetellong ea selemo se fetileng, Phospholutions le eona e ile ea khethoa e le e 'ngoe ea lik'hamphani tse hlano tsa pele tse khethiloeng bakeng sa Farm2050 Nutrient Technology Trialing Platform New Zealand, e hlophisitsoeng ke Finistere Ventures le Innovations Endeavors. New Zealand e tla ikopanya le Canada, US, Turkey, India, Brazil le Afrika lenaneng la libaka tsa liteko tsa lefats'e tsa RhizoSorb tse reriloeng bakeng sa 2022.
"Theknoloji ea RhizoSorb e ikamahanya haufi-ufi le sepheo sa feme ea rona ea ho etsa ho hongata ka ho fokolang," ho boletse Carl Casale oa OAS. "Theknoloji e khothalletsa phaello e eketsehileng ea balemi 'me e fokotsa tšusumetso ea tikoloho ho kenya letsoho bokamosong bo tsitsitseng ba temo."
Ho ithuta haholoanyane ka Phospholutions le ho latela leeto la bona, etela www.phospholutions.com kapa LinkedIn.
Mabapi le Invent Penn State
Invent Penn State ke boikitlaetso bo akaretsang ba linaha tse ling ho khothaletsa nts'etsopele ea moruo, tlhahiso ea mesebetsi le katleho ea baithuti. Invent Penn State e kopanya mananeo a thuto a shebaneng le bo-rakhoebo, koetliso ea ho qala khoebo le ho kenya chelete, lithuso tsa lichelete bakeng sa khoebo, le litšebelisano tsa univesithi, sechaba le indasteri ho tsamaisa tšebetso e thata ea ho fetola litšibollo tsa lipatlisiso hore e be lihlahisoa le lits'ebeletso tsa bohlokoa tse ka ruisang batho ba Pennsylvania le batho.
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