I-SWIIM, isistimu ye-accounting yamanzi enedeshibhodi yabalimi basepulazini, yaba yijaji elikhethwa kakhulu eMnyangweni Wesibili Wonyaka. I-Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association's (CFVGA) I-Tech Pitch. Lo mncintiswano, obuhlanganise abane kwabafake izicelo ezinhle kakhulu abavela emkhakheni wezinkampani eziqeqesheke kakhulu, bekuwumcimbi owafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngoFebhuwari 26 eNgqungqutheleni Yesihlanu Yonyaka ye-CFVGA, obuhanjelwe abalimi abangaba ngu-300, izimboni ezihlangene nabanye abathanda umkhiqizo. Okufike kuqala ngevoti lezithameli kube yi-GeoVisual, ubuchwepheshe bokubikezela ukukhiqiza obuhloselwe ukusiza abalimi bazi ukuthi ungakanani umkhiqizo abanawo ensimini ngayinye. Zombili izinkampani zisekelwe eColorado.
“Kube yilungelo ukwenza i-SWIIM – izinsiza zethu zokubalwa kwezimali, engqungqutheleni ye-CFVGA kanye nokuhlonishwa okuzokhethwa amajaji,” kusho u-Kevin France, oyi-CEO ye-SWIIM. “Ukutholakala kwamanzi kungenye yezinto ezikhathaza kakhulu abalimi njengoba kuhlobene nokusimama kwemisebenzi yabo kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo. Leli phuzu lithinte izethameli namajaji ngokufanayo – akukho okungathatha indawo yesabelo samanzi somuntu, futhi izithakazelo eziqhudelanayo zigxile kwezolimo.”
Futhi ababambe iqhaza ku-Tech Pitch bekukhona ababili abengeziwe abafinyelele kowamanqamu: i-Visugen, i-Denver. I-Colorado, inkampani edale ukutholwa kusenesikhathi, ukuqapha kwamanzi esizeni ukuze kuhambisane nemithetho ye-FDA; kanye ne-ToMarket, uhlelo lokusebenza oluhlanganisa abapheki nabakhiqizi bokudla bendawo.
Bobabili abawinile bathola ubulungu baminyaka yonke obuvela kubo bobabili i-CFVGA kanye ne-Western Growers kanye nokuchayeka nge-Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology kanye nobulungu obugcwele bosomabhizinisi obuvela ku-Rockies Venture Club obubiza u-$2859 lilinye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-SWIIM ithola izinsizakalo zomthetho ngenani lama-$3,000 kanye ne-GeoVisual enani lika-$2,000 ku-PSL Law Group, eBoulder, eColorado.
"Sijabule kakhulu ukuba nentshisekelo enkulu ku-tech pitch yethu kanye nokuba nezinkampani ezimbili ezizinze eColorado eziwinile," kusho uRobert Sakata, iSakata Farms, Brighton, Colo., Osebenza njengomongameli weCFVGA. "Inkundla iyithuba elihle lokuthi abalimi babe negalelo kubuchwepheshe bezolimo obusafufusa futhi bazi ukuthi yiziphi izinto ezintsha ezithuthukiswayo."
UJeffrey Orrey, umsunguli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sesayensi, iGeoVisual uthe: “Kungihlabe umxhwele ukugxila kwengqungquthela nokuzibandakanya kwabalimi baseColorado. Besigxile eCalifornia nase-Arizona uma sibheka usayizi ohlobene wezimakethe zezitshalo ebesiziqaphile, kodwa manje simagange ukuphendukela esifundeni sakithi futhi sihlanganyele nabalimi lapha. Ngokusekelwe empendulweni esiyitholile ngemva komdlalo nakuyo yonke ingqungquthela, sizobe silandela abalimi bendawo ukuze sihlole ezinye izilingo e-Colorado.”
Abathole i-tech pitch kwakunguJames Pritchett, isikhulu esibambisene nabo, Ikolishi Lesayensi Yezolimo laseColorado State University. Amajaji ahlanganisa uDave Puglia, Abalimi baseNtshonalanga; Jeni Lamb Rogers, PSL Law Group; UDenny Ostuga, i-Rockies Venture Club; David Magana, Rabobank; I-Reid Fishing, i-Mountain Quality Marketing LLC; kanye noWade Yoder, umongameli we-FFA waseColorado.
I-CFVGA inamalungu angaphezu kuka-250, okuhlanganisa abalimi babo bonke osayizi nezinhlobo zokukhiqiza kulo lonke izwe, kanye nabamele izimboni ezihlangene. Umkhakha okhulayo wezithelo nemifino waseColorado unikela cishe izigidi ezingama- $ 485 eColorado esangweni lepulazi futhi uyaphindaphindeka njengoba udlula ochungechungeni lokusabalalisa. Ngaphezulu kwamahektare angama-90,000 eColorado akhiqizwa izithelo nemifino.