Ameter Summary
- 2. Ameter: at the forefront of sustainable energy and agriculture Our Company Ameter has been running for just over one year. It has primarily objective is to develop the hardware and software needed to accomplish our aim of making a lab-grade phytoplankton density sensor. Within 3 months we have now successfully developed a fully functional prototype sensor that is currently being tested and calibrated. The company has received seed funding from the University of Southampton to continue to develop the prototype and is in line to access more funding to bring the product to market. We believe Phytoplankton is going to be a major disruptor in a myriad of sectors in the coming decade. Trials using it for fertilisers, biofuels and animal feeds are underway with many more industrial sectors seeing the potential use case for the growing of phytoplankton. Ameter is positioning itself at the forefront of this green revolution by providing a means to increase production yields and minimising culture collapse. Our Vision Our Value We are also exploring the development of bespoke blends of phytoplankton, as opposed to monocultures, to give enhanced nutritional benefits to the end product. Our sensor technology is calibrated using thousands of data points to give a reproduceable and accurate measurement giving industries not only quality data to be working from but also removing the need to employ a specialist to gather this data. We are confident that the future will rely heavily on phytoplankton, and with our product and experience we believe industries can see massive potential in growing these microalgae.
- 3. Our Services Our Solution Create a data driven process to optimize farming processes to enable scaled production Produce accurate calibration regimes and profiles that are standardized for each use case Tailor efficient blends optimized for the local environment The Challenges • Growing phytoplankton has traditionally required an experienced and trained individual to judge when to harvest the culture to avoid total collapse. Not many experts exist and therefore they are expensive to retain. Lack of producers today. New producers will have a steep learning curve and high potential for crop failure • Whilst the myriad of industries that will be keen to adopt phytoplankton culturing may differ from one another, the challenges of doing so efficiently do not. Different uses have different needs and problems • Phytoplankton is a collection of over 20,000 species. The nutritional profile of each is different. • The time to grow to harvest density is different and the resistance to herbicides is also different in these species. As such the selection of which species to culture, and blends of complementary blends, is another challenge for the industry depending on use cases. Lack of understanding on what species would be best suited
- 4. Our Process •Due to the affordability of our technology, scaling to multiple users would enable us to collate a wider range of data providing better insight and more accurate analysis •By coupling our technology with our experience, we can provide valuable insight, localized to producers for the optimization of their processes to maximize yield •Our technology allows us to quickly measure the results of each change. The portability of our sensor allows real time lab quality data in the field • We use an agile process to develop and deploy. This enables us to develop blends of phytoplankton that have efficient profiles for each use case Implement Measure Analyze Refine
- 5. Our Team • Peter has more than 40 years working in licensing and business development within the analytical laboratory market, notably the environmental and pharmaceutical sectors • More than 25 years actively developing the use of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) and Proficiency Testing (PT) in support of the ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory environment and working with suppliers to improve both availability of CRMs & PT and their proper use • Established 3 new businesses to produce and distribute CRMs and PT • Andrew is a Business Consultant with over 15 years experience managing and developing products and programmes in Financial services, including managing global teams of over 250 people and budgets from $40k to over $70m • Has a successful track record delivering market leading innovative programmes and solutions in a highly regulated industry. Has previously delivered complex use cases using AI and ML models. Most recently implemented a best in class automated decisioning capability for credit decisioning • The Founder and CEO of Ameter Ltd • Reid is a marine biology master’s student at the university of Southampton. Having formally had a career in IT, Reid has worked for large and small organisations with a skillset ranging from coding to building server infrastructure • Following a passion for the ocean, Reid decided to re-train and focus on research in the marine biology field as he felt it the most likely field he can make a meaningful impact in AMETER Reid Buck Peter Jenks Andrew Dang Founder, CEO, Head of Product Dev & Tech Calibration & Quality MD Delivery, Strategy & Business MD