VITAE: Restorative Agriculture

We can change the way food and agricultural raw materials are grown using our science and nature based products designed for any crop. By using our Restorative Agriculture treatments, growers of any size can restore and preserve degraded soils, reduce water consumption, sequester carbon and eliminate runoffs from chemical inputs into the environment.As a consequence of the above mentioned benefits, they will also increase their yields as well as the quality of their crops, they will reduce production costs, protect their ecosystems and eliminate all risks for public health and the environment.

11. Which revolution does your start-up contribute to?: Food - agriculture - protein
18. In which region does your start-up mainly operate?: North America
19. In which country is your start-up head office located?: Mexico

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Christopher Hauff

Hello! Really nice project and I am missing what is the impact that you have for your customers, for example how much do you reduce water consumption by and increase crop yield, etc. Also how big do you see the organization becoming and how do you plan on realizing that? In answering these questions keep in mind the impact(water savings, crop yield, etc.) and financial(revenue, profit margin, cash flow) reality that will be created. If you have questions or would like guidance in answering these questions reach out to me https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-hauff/

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Juan Castelblanco

Hello Christopher, many thanks for your suggestions to improve this pitch. There was a second stage of this contest which was based on additional questions to be answered. The data you mention is posted on those additional questions. Honored to have you as a mentor.

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Christopher Hauff

I see now, when I first looked at your submission those additional questions were not present. You have mentioned acquiring investment and also a sales growth plan in your proposal. How much will it cost to implement this sales growth and what will be the required expansion on the production side to be able to fulfill those orders and cost of that production expansion? From this plan what is the type of valuation growth you expect to see in the next 3-5 years and is this large enough to be interesting to an investor? Or would you then be looking at other types of financing options? You also mention a global scope to the company and in your growth plan make no mention of growing outside of Mexico, when would this happen and how?

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Juan Castelblanco

Cost to implement growth plan: $USD391k up to break even point, USD21.5M for the 5 year plan. Our current facilities can cover this estimated volume of sales both on biotech products as well as the molecules. At the end of the 5 year plan we will need an expansion and an upgrade of equipment. Maybe you can help me estimating valuation with a known methodology to you? Yes, we can also consider financing with loans depending on interest rates and payment terms. Regarding expansion, I want to move south of the border first to Central and South America but it won't happen before I cover all 32 states in México which, being very conservative it will take 3 additional years. If we can raise enough capital I can multiply exponentially our growth rate and shorten that time frame. The strategy is to replicate our model here, with our own professional sales force looking to increase market on a monthly basis.

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Christopher Hauff

Reach out to me on linkedin and we can setup a time to talk more in detail about these things.

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Mauricio Torres.Nuñez

Una idea muy pertinente para el presente y el futuro. Excelente!

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Pili Mejía

Great project! So necessary for the environment !

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Carlos Mario Cuellar Arango

Muy interesante.

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Gilberto Amaya Amaya

Good Project

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Carlos Prieto

Thank you for caring about the environment and the future.

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Cristina Zaragoza

It’s a great project and necesary for environment

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Juan Castelblanco

Done.

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Mariana Hurtado Alvarado

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