Food Crops & Controlled Environments Agriculture Techniques For Use In The GCC Countries

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1 Food Crops & Controlled Environments Agriculture Techniques For Use In The GCC Countries

2 Presenters Staffan Hillberg, CEO MBA Finance, INSEAD BS Engineering Previous CEO, Bonnier (SE) Founder, Appgate (SE) Product Evangelist, Apple (USA & EU)

3 Presenters (cont d) Christopher Steele, COO MSc Intellectual Capital Management BS Business Previous Executive Director, European Partnership for Innovation Capital International Key Accounts, Klarna Start-up Founder, Encubator

4 Company Background Heliospectra founded 2007 in Sweden Based on deep knowledge of plant biology Systems based approach Solution developed together with Swedeponic - Europe s largest grower of fresh herbs Extensive patent portfolio: 1 approved, 6 filed Raised $15M USD in capital Went public on Swedish Nasdaq-OMX First North Exchange on June 18, Shares trading in USA via ADR by BNY Mellon 20 employees in Sweden, 3 in USA Part owned by Midroc Group, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein al Amoudi

5 Existing Customers DLR German Space Agency Heliospectra and DLR part of jointventure that recently received EU grant totaling 4.5 M euro NASA NASA uses Heliospectra s equipment in simulation of Mars expedition MIT Media Lab - CityFarm Heliospectra s lights used by MIT Media Lab CityFarm project

6 What is light? Depends on time of day, location, type of day... O U T D O O R Light Regime Development H E L I O

7 Photosynthesis activity Heliospectra vs HPS Heat High Pressure Sodium = streetlight, orange-yellow Green curve = photosynthesis, spectrum preferred by plants Heliospectra HPS HPS light does not match photosynthesis curve HPS light is static, ie spectrum cannot be varied HPS light has vast quantities of heat in the beam Heliospectra spectrum is preferred by plants Heliospectra s spectrum can be varied for different plants and control the plant growth Heliospectra has no heat in the beam Spectral wavelength (nm)

8 Systems approach to smart grows

9 Plant Sensor Development Incoming Light Reflected Light Flourescense Heat Growth Transmitted light

10 Product Vision Cloud Computing Database Internet of Things Realtime Predictive Algorithms using sensor-data from many sites in order to learn and understand what the optimum growing situations are in different circumstances

11 Customer Benefits Before: Traditional HPS lights After: Heliospectra lights Up to 50% reduced energy consumption Increase yields Study Better quality plants, which provides benefits such as: Reduced waste Longer shelf life Sturdier Better tasting More nutritious Ability to adjust production to demand

12 Light Regime Development Regulating Height and Flowering of Tobacco Regulating Development of Arabidopsis Helio U1 HPS Helio UC Helio U9 Helio U1 Helio UC Helio U16 Regulating Development of Dill Helio BR2 Helio D1 Helio S1 HPS

13 Light Regime Development Reducing height of chrysanthemums for UK grower in order to avoid growth retardants HPS Helio 1 Helio 2 Helio 3

14 Comparison testing Power 600 W 400 W 600 W 1000 W

15 Application Areas

16 Greenhouse Cultivation - 1 lamp per 4 sq.m, hrs/year Watts per lamp - HPS bulb changed every 1-3 years - Over 56 million lamps worldwide TWh/year - 8 billion $/year energy costs

17 Market Cultivation Vertical Lettuce Farm, Japan South Korea Whole Foods Market, Brooklyn, New York

18 CEA Vertical grow Water cooled LED solution Increased production by 15%

19 Waste Water Treatment using Algae "The Warm and the Clean City Lund, Sweden

20 HI-SEAS Mars Simulation Space Exploration

21 Lighting rigs using HPS helpful but ultimately ineffective Turf requires high light intensity and high quality light Poor root system development using HPS Turf is easily destroyed and repairs are ineffective Football Pitches

22 How does this fit?

23 Water reduction & LED Lab indications (vs. HPS) 30+% water savings Up to 50% electrical savings LEDs + Aeroponics can reduce: water use by 98% fertilizer by 60% pesticide by 100%

24 Future Ideation for Qatar Vertical Aeroponics

25 Technohub Crop Production Use CEA crop production techniques Prove that crops can be produced: Sustainable Scalable Efficient Economical

26 Grown w/ Heliospectra

27 Heliospectra & CEA for GCC Efficient, sole-source crop lighting technology Helps achieve water use reduction Experience growing wide array of crops using CEA techniques Trusted technology for growing in the harshest climates on earth (and beyond) Product vision for 21st century tech

28 Q&A