SVG Partners Announce THRIVE IV Accelerator Cohort and Latest Corporate Partners
Summary
The THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform also welcomes latest partners Coca Cola and Wilbur-Ellis alongside its existing partners Wells Fargo, Trimble, Taylor Farms, Land OLakes, Western Growers Association, Verizon, City of Salinas, Corteva Agriscience, Driscolls Berries, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory, Produce Marketing Assocation, Sun World Innovations, Orrick, JV Smith, and Turatti.THRIVEs partnership with Coca Cola aims to sustainably source 100% of the Fortune 500 brands priority agricultural ingredients by 2020 and build a healthy agricultural supply chain. In order to meet the expectations of its consumers, customers, and stakeholders, Coca Cola is committed to finding new innovation that protects land and other natural resources in the communities it operates in and sustainably source agricultural ingredients at the core of its products. Orbis OPSTM solution- which has built up a blue-chip customer base including Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America- provides manufacturers with operations and performance management functionality to effectively plan, schedule, execute, track, analyze, report and improve production processes. The Orbis OPSTM Solution provides a data-hub and associated analytics to the enterprise which is central to the evolution of food and beverage to industrial internet of things (IIOT).Famers currently rely on soil sampling to make decisions which affect 32% of their input costs. The companys vision is to support fertilizer efficiency that helps farmers increase crop yields, optimize input costs, and protect the environment with its product SMARTSOILTM.Re-Nuble uses an inexpensive, patent pending process to transform food waste into chemical free, organic nutrients for both soil based and hydroponic cultivation.