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Centaur AnalyticsIoT for Stored Agri Products
October 2016
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What we doAgTech IoT company
out to solvea $1 trillion problem:
eliminating waste andimproving quality of
post-harvest products Centaur Analytics
Volos & Thessaloniki, GreeceLos Angeles, CA
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Mega Challenge:
17%* of harvested crops are wasted due to quality problems
(mainly insect infestation)
> 30%* in developing countries
* UN Food & Agri Organization
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Wheat $520,000
valueMaize
$480,000valueSoybean
$950,000value
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Solution• Proprietary wireless sensors
(fumigant gas, temperature)
• Seamless cloud connectivity
• Cognitive analytics platform: fuses simulation, data science with entomology
• Detect and prevent infestation, secure from spoilage
Sensors'inside'
container'
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Centaurtekcloud server
Fumigation on cloud
wireless network
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Grains, Rice & Cereals
Coffee &Cocoa
Fruit Tobaccoleaf
Key Verticals
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Business Model
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• Cloud app• Basic paid
subscription
• Premium paid features
• Paid wireless sensors
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TAMGrain Logistics 6m sensors $10bn
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TobaccoLogistics 1.6m sensors $8.8bn
Stored Product IoT & Analytics >$20bn
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Competition
EXPENSIVE & CLUNKY
INEXPENSIVE & CONVENIENT
UNCONNECTED & MANUAL
CONNECTED & AUTOMATED
Metering stations: Costly,fixed point, little or no connectivity, no analytics
Draeger tubes: manual, slow, error-prone, no data recording
Our solution: Real-time, always connected, low-cost, powered by analytics
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Centaur stack
IaaS
Appstack
embedded
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Dr. Sotiris Bantas / CEOPh.D. RF semiconductors, 15 yrsSilicon Valley experience, patents in machine learning, wireless ICs
Vasilis Sotiroudas / CCOAgronomist & Stored Products Specialist, pioneer in modern fumigation methods, 20 yrs experience serving large F&B
Toli Lerios Big Data expert, founder Metanautix (acquired by Microsoft), ex Facebook, Invisalign, CenterRun; 13 patents
Leadership Team
Dr. Ron Ham / Advisor Wireless systems expert, advisor to Apple, ex Texas Instruments, Tracor Aerospace, Clemson U; 20 patents
Avi Reichental / Chairman ex President & CEO of 3D Systems, Sealed Air, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2011; 25 patents
Diogenis Devletoglou / FounderPrivate investor & technologist, ex Vodafone, industrial electronics, telecommunications
R&D team: front/backend, analytics, RF, embedded design, CFD
Advisory Team Prof. Christos Athanassiou Renowned global expert in entomology, stored product protection, UoThessaly
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Fundraising.
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16AgTech hub for the 2020’s?
Volos, Greece
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Linear vs. Exponential
18Angelos Zymaras AZSPORTSIMAGES
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DigitizationDeceptionDisruption
DemonetizationDematerializationDemocratization
(the Kodak moment)
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Love.
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Thank you! Centaur Analytics, Inc.
Dr. Sotiris Bantas, Founder & [email protected]
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