Censys Technologies, Daytona Beach (www.censystech.com) is a Florida-based C—corporation that sells long-range commercial drones, documentation services, mobile operation enters & data processing solutions that help drone service providers and enterprises minimize overhead & headache. Their recurring revenue streams include maintenance services, recurrent training, and data processing.
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Central Florida tech company completes $2M fundraising round
Two Central Florida tech firms plan to hire employees and grow their inventory after raising $2 million in venture capital.
Celebration-based Violet Defense Group, which includes Violet Defense and Violet Gro, announced the closure of the fundraising round on Nov. 5. The round was led by local venture capital firm Kirenaga Partners.
Space Coast activities at center of emerging $1T space industry, says report
A new report from Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) leaves little doubt that Florida’s Space Coast is driving the space industry upwards — and stands to benefit from the sector’s continued growth.
Human exploration of space can be a catalyst to grow the industry through increased public and investor awareness, according to an Oct. 29 report by the New York-based investment bank. Morgan Stanley projects the global space industry will be worth $1 trillion by 2040, a leap from the $350 billion the firm values the industry at today.
Violet Defense Powered Light Fixtures Proven Effective Against Superbug Fungus
Puro disinfecting lighting solutions, powered by Violet Defense technology, has proven effective in killing 99.9% of the deadly, multi-drug resistant C. auris fungus in independent laboratory testing. C. auris has been of great concern to the CDC since its identification in 2009 because it is multidrug resistant, it is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings.
To read Puro’s full press release on this development, please see the link below.
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Trio of Distinguished California Chefs Join Plenty’s Culinary Advisory Board
Plenty has added three notable Californian chefs to its newly formed culinary advisory board. Dominique Crenn, Nancy Silverton, and Traci Des Jardins will be adding their expertise to Plenty’s mission to bring affordable, high-quality produce to urban centers around the world through cutting-edge vertical farming technology.
To learn more about this development, you can find a San Francisco Eater article at the link below.
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Port of San Diego Explores Clean-Up Program with EcoSpears
The Port of San Diego has initiated a project with EcoSpears to test its technology for use in removing toxic chemicals from local waterways. This marks the first project EcoSpears has initiated on the west coast, and the latest major victory for the Florida startup.
We’re ecstatic to see EcoSpears making inroads with the California community, especially given how progressive that region is when it comes to clean tech.
To read an Orlando Sentinel article on the topic, please see the link below.
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Violet Gro Partners With Hyperponic on Their Fully Integrated Vertical Tower Growing System
Violet Gro has continued creating market inroads through its recently announced partnership with Hyperponic who has selected Violet Gro’s LED lights as the primary light source for its fully integrated, patent-pending CropTower.
The Hyperponic CropTower is a technologically advanced growing system that provides growers with a complete computer-controlled environment and nutrition management system to facilitate increased quality and consistency, faster production, reduced space requirement and better yields at lower costs.
If you are interested in learning more, you can find the complete announcement at the link below.
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Violet Gro Teams Up With Greener and Manx Farms
Violet Gro has announced it is teaming up with Greener,
an advanced analytics and energy management technology platform, and Manx Farms, a grow collective based out of Los Angeles, to develop best practices for producing pharmaceutical-grade cannabis.
“This collaboration will enable us to further refine our product design, concretely quantify the benefits of our grow lights, as well as document proven methods for creating the optimal grow environment for cannabis,” said Kurt Kucera, president of Violet Gro.
Given our confidence in the benefits of Violet Gro’s product line to indoor agriculture, we’re eager to see the results of this exploration. To read the complete press release, you can find it at the link below.
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FastCompany.com Reviews Plenty’s San Francisco Facility
Plenty is once again in the news, getting recognition for the development of its San Francisco facility over the last couple of years. FastCompany.com, who last got to explore the facility in 2017, has gotten the opportunity to take a sneak peak at the progress demonstrated by the current site.
Plenty has been one of our most exciting investments to date, and we love to see them continuing to get media recognition.
To read the article yourself, you can find it at the link below.
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Violet Gro Partnering With University of Florida
Violet Gro has announced it is working with researchers from University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) to further explore the use of ultraviolet light in indoor growing environments to identify the best ways to grow plants that produce compounds of medicinal and therapeutic value, including industrial hemp. While prior studies have demonstrated the numerous benefits of UV light to indoor grow environments, there has been little research conducted specifically around the introduction of UV into indoor grow environments for hemp.
To read the announcement in full and get a better picture of why we’re so excited for this development, you can find it at the link below.