Agtech pioneer Crop Enhancement expands presence in Indonesia

Crop Enhancement Inc., an innovator of sustainable agrochemicals for enhancing crop yields, has strengthened its go-to-market team with the appointment of two experienced agricultural business development executives. Crop Enhancement is gearing up for commercialization of its non-toxic crop protection technology, CropCoat®, following successful field trials with cacao growers in Indonesia.

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PTG Water & Energy signs a new customer: Smog City Brewing

PTG Water & Energy (PTG), developer of onsite power generation technology optimized for craft breweries, has been selected by Smog City Brewing Co. to provide onsite electricity and process heat at its primary craft beer production facility in Torrance, California. By integrating PTG’s water-energy cogeneration system with its production process, Smog City will lower its costs, reduce its carbon footprint, and derive valuable facility operational data.

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Profile of Trayt's CEO, Malekeh Amini, in SVBJ

Part of launching a company and a brand is establishing its presence within its local community. This serves to not only build awareness with target customers, partners and potential employees; it's also an important first step toward securing more national prominence for its leadership. So we're very pleased to see this profile of Malekeh Amini, Trayt's CEO, in the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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Salad days: Suncrest USA and its tasty lettuces

Suncrest USA Inc., a leader in sustainable hydroponic growing technology, has ramped up production in Silicon Valley to meet strong demand from local restaurants and grocers for its locally grown leafy greens. In less than two years, Suncrest has successfully progressed from an angel-backed pilot project operating in stealth mode to a 1.25-acre scaled-up greenhouse operation with dozens of marquee customers and proven technology. To date, it has signed licensees in two key markets: Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, and is gearing up for operations in 40 U.S. markets.

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Infoworks secures $15M Series B funding

Today, Infoworks announced that it has closed $15 million in a Series B financing. The company will use the financing to scale go-to-market and customer success programs to meet customer demand. Centerview Capital Technology led the round with participation by existing investor Nexus Venture Partners. Ned Hooper of Centerview Capital Technology joins Buno Pati, Naren Gupta and Amar Arsikere on the Infoworks board of directors.

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