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I-Vive Crop Protection Inc. iyakuthokozela ukwabelana ngezindaba zokunwetshwa komzuliswano wayo ophumelele kakhulu woxhaso lwe-Series C. Umjikelezo ubone ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo kubatshalizimali abaqavile, okuhlanganisa iBhange Lokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi laseCanada (BDC), I-Export Development Canada (EDC), i-Urbana Corporation, Co-operators, Emmertech, Lex Capital, kanye ne-iSelect.
Uxhaso lokuqala lwe-Series C lukhulise i-Vive yezigidi ezingama-USD ezingama-26 zamaRandi, futhi lesi sandiso sengeze enye i-USD eyizigidi eziyisi-8.4, okulethe uxhaso oluphelele ku-$34.4 million USD.
Inhloso eyinhloko yalokhu kunwetshwa komzuliswano wezezimali ukuhlinzeka i-Vive ngezinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze iqhubekisele phambili imizamo yayo yocwaningo nentuthuko (i-R&D). Lezi zimali zizokwabelwa ukwandisa ingqalasizinda yelabhorethri yenkampani, ukusiza ukukhula kwabasebenzi bayo, kanye nokwenza intuthuko eyengeziwe kwezobuchwepheshe. Ukwengeza, i-Vive ihlose ukusebenzisa uxhaso ukuze ingene ezimakethe ezinganakiwe eNyakatho Melika futhi iqinise amakhono ayo okukhiqiza nokumaketha.
U-Darren Anderson, oyi-CEO ye-Vive Crop Protection, uzwakalisa ukubonga kwakhe ngokusekelwa okungantengantengi kwabatshalizimali, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi esiyinselele ezimakethe zokulingana. U-Anderson uthi, “Ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo kwabatshalizimali bethu, ikakhulukazi emakethe yezabelo eziyinselele, kukhombisa inkolelo eqinile yokuthi amandla e-Vive awanqunyelwe. Sijabule ukukhulisa ibhizinisi njengoba sinweba izindawo zethu futhi silethe imikhiqizo eminingi emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika.”
I-Vive Crop Protection igqamile embonini yezolimo ngenxa yobuchwepheshe bayo bokusungula, i-Allosperse® Delivery Technology. Lolu hlelo lwe-nanoscale, olusekelwe ku-polymer luthuthukisa kakhulu ukukhomba nokusebenza kwazo zombili izithako ezisebenzayo ezivamile nezebhayoloji. Ngokwenza ngcono ukubuya kwabalimi ekutshalweni kwezimali (ROI) kanye nephrofayili yokusimama, i-Allosperse® Delivery Technology inikeza isixazululo esithembisayo sokuvikela izitshalo.
UKyle Scott, Umqondisi Ophethe we-Emmertech, uyakwazisa ukukhula okukhethekile kweVive kanye namakhono akhethekile eqembu lakhe. UScott uyagcizelela, “I-Vive ingenye yezinkampani ezikhula ngokushesha kuyo yonke imikhakha, hhayi nje kwezolimo, futhi ineqembu elisebenza kahle kakhulu. Sibona umkhondo wokukhula othokozisayo ngaphambili; ikusasa likaVive alikaze libe eliqhakazile, futhi sijabule ngokuba yingxenye yohambo oluhambisana nabo.”
Ngokunwetshwa ngempumelelo komzuliswano wayo woxhaso we-Series C, i-Vive Crop Protection ibekwe kahle ukuze iqhubeke nomkhondo wayo wokuqamba nokukhula. Ukuzibophezela kwenkampani ku-R&D, ukunwetshwa kwezimakethe ezingakasetshenziswa, kanye nokuqinisa imizamo yokumaketha ngokungangabazeki kuzoba nengxenye empumelelweni yayo yesikhathi eside emkhakheni wezolimo.