AeroFarms SPAC Presentation Deck
Accessing $1.8 Trillion Market Opportunity Strategic Partnerships
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Pharmaceuticals,
Nutraceuticals and
Cosmeceuticals
Expansion into Berries
and Other Markets
Fresh produce market
opportunity: $1.3tn¹
Producing higher-quality berries
and other traditionally seasonal
produce year-round
Work to Date Includes:
Have grown thousands of
berry plants in R&D
facilities since 2017
Partnered with Hortifrut to
optimize blueberry and
caneberry production for
vertical farming
HORTIFRUT
USDA
UCDAVIS
Plant Breeding Center
AEROFARMS
Broader market
opportunity: $471bn²
Using plants as bioreactors to
produce proteins and inputs for
other applications
Work to Date Includes:
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
Broader market
opportunity: $56bn³
Using fully-controlled platform for
speed breeding and genetic
development
Work to Date Includes:
Founding Member of the PIP
Consortium and Principal
Investigator for first and
largest project (lettuce)
Co-developed one of the first
ever produce products using
CRISPR-Cas9
PP-BASF GreenVenus
FLUENCE
BY OSRAM
PRECISION INDOOR PLANTS
FFAR BENSON HILL
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
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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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