AeroFarms SPAC Presentation Deck
Accessing $1.8 Trillion Market Opportunity Strategic Partnerships
P
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Expansion into Berries and
Other Markets
Producing higher-quality berries
and other traditionally seasonal
produce year-round
Fresh produce market
opportunity: $1.3tn¹
Work to Date Includes:
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Have grown thousands of
berry plants in R&D facilities
since 2017
Growing capabilities yield
strawberries that consistently
exceed industry averages for
sweetness
DUCDAVIS
Plant Breeding Center
AEROFARMS
USDA
Plant-made Pharmaceuticals,
Nutraceuticals and
Cosmeceuticals
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Broader market
opportunity: $471bn²
Work to Date Includes:
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Using plants as bioreactors to
produce proteins and inputs for
other applications
Actively participating in a
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) sponsored trial
Growing an Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredient
(API) for COVID-19 (or other
SARS) therapeutic trial
NIH
National Institutes
of Health
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Advanced Genetics
Products and Services
Using fully-controlled platform for
speed breeding and genetic
development
Broader market
opportunity: $56bn³
Work to Date Includes:
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Founding Member of the
Precision Indoor Plants (PIP)
Consortium and Principal
Investigator for first and
largest project (lettuce)
Co-developed first ever
CRISPR-Cas9 produce product
PP-BASF GreenVenus
FLUENCE
BY OSRAM
RENNPLANT
FFAR BENSON HILL
I
Potentially selling components of
technology platform, including
lighting and agSTACK system
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Technology
Components
Work to Date Includes:
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Broader market
opportunity: $10bn4
I
Co-developed standalone
machine vision capabilities
with Nokia Bell Labs
Co-developed a horticulture
luminaire
Developing proprietary
automated nutrient delivery
and agSTACK systems
NOKIA
Bell Labs
1 BMI 2019 retail food market data, excludes foodservice sales; Produce is defined as fresh produce minus leaf and stem vegetables; 2 Technavio 2020; ³ 2019 Mordor Global Seed Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast; 42020 Markets and Markets -
Hydroponics Market Global Forecast
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