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What if we could help address the coming food crisis?
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* As a person moves from low-income to middle class, their protein consumption increases 3x
Saumil Shah Managing Director What if we could help address the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Saumil Shah Managing Director What if we could help address the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Saumil Shah Managing Director What if we could help address the coming food crisis? * * As a person moves from low-income to middle class, their protein consumption increases 3x By growing something more nutritious than fish 2x protein of
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By growing something more nutritious than fish…
1 Tablespoon of Dry Spirulina
(10 grams)
=
2x protein of Beef Steak 3x Magnesium of Mackerel 10x Iron of Spinach 4x Potassium of Bananas
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What if we could grow it anywhere?
Downtown rooftop in Bangkok, Thailand Rural village in Madurai, India
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How Spirulina is Traditionally Grown
Spirulina is currently grown in open ponds:
- Large scale industrial production
- Small regional farms to fight malnourishment (primarily in Africa and India)
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Our Disruption
Proprietary close-circuit production system with: ⟡ No airborne contamination ⟡ Reduced water consumption ⟡ Better productivity ⟡ Easy to set-up and scale ⟡ Optimizes non-useable land ⟡ High quality and taste neutral spirulina produced
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Our Traction
5-year commercial track record
Ø 3 commercial farms operating in Thailand, 1 under construction, 2 in planning phase Ø 1 farm operating in rural India, 1 in Singapore Ø 2 in development in Bangladesh
Winners of:
ü 2016 Blue Economy Challenge (DFAT) ü 2017 Tech4Farmers Challenge (USAID) ü 2nd place at 2016 ASEAN Impact Challenge and 2017 Sankalp SE Asia
Global press coverage from Al Jazeera, The Guardian, UK Channel 4 and many others
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What if we could make Spirulina a bulk commodity for mainstream use?
Cold Soup Juices-Smoothies Energy Balls Ice Cream Hummus Pasta
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And uplift livelihoods in the process...
20 EnerGaia Bioreactors 5.5 kg Spirulina per year $10 per kg
$1,095
per farmer x x
=
System Productivity Contracted Purchase Annual Revenue
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Significant market opportunities
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. An FAO perspective…” 50 100 150 200 250 Millions of Tonnes 2015 2050
SPIRULINA FISH
How ?
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Our Team
Ezra (PhD) and Amon(B.S.), Thailand Microbiologists Kalimuthu (PhD), India Microbiologist Saumil (CEO, M.S. Aerospace Eng) and the Bangladesh team Bonnie (M.S. Architecture & Urban Planning), Project Manager Minh (MBA), Business Development and Manasak, Operations Charlotte & Agathe (Agro Science), Sales Interns Muha (B.S. Industrial Biotechnology), Ops Manager Thailand R&D team with University and government research partners
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Our Vision of the Future
Spirulina is born! Mayans mix it with chocolate Aztecs eat it with maize and chili Open ponds and clay pots EnerGaia rooftop farms
3.5 billion years ago 1,500 years ago 500 years ago Yesterday
Today
Tomorrow 2050
Rural contract farming
Fish of the future!
10 years from now
Spirulina farms everywhere!
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Tomorrowland!
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Thank You !
CONTACT DETAILS: Saumil SHAH Managing Director Phone number: +66 63 880 7474 Email: saumil@energaia.com Skype ID: shahsaum17 Website: www.energaia.com