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IntelliDigest
Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu chats to Eagle Labs Agritech about IntelliDigest.
Tell us about your business.
We are a UK biotechnology company specialising in food sustainability. We draw on our innovative research development and consulting capabilities to address the sustainability challenges faced by food producers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, consumers and governments, globally.
We empower stakeholders from farm to fork to evolve a more sustainable food system and we are achieving this by developing technology solutions built on cutting edge research such as enzyme engineering, Omics, IoT-Infrared sensors and Artificial Intelligence.
Our first product is a nature inspired robot-iDigest that recovers nutrient from inedible food waste at the earliest possible time, preventing further deterioration and odour from degradation. These nutrients can be put back into the food system in hydroponics, cellular protein, aquaculture while other sustainable chemical can be used in producing circular packaging
We have other products in the pipeline, check our website for more details.
When did you start your business?
2016.
What's been your biggest highlight?
Securing letter of intent from Marriott Hotel to use our nature inspired robot to manage their food waste onsite.
What's been your biggest challenge?
Raising funding.
Advice for entrepreneurs starting out
Find a purpose and let your passion drive you to deliver societal, economic and environmental impacts.