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8th October 2020
When it comes to saving our planet, Adam Dixon believes he can help. The Cardiff University graduate (BEng 2015, MPhil, 2016) founded Phytoponics. The company designs and manufactures Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponic growing systems that produce high-yield crops whilst drastically cutting the use of land, water and carbon emissions. The 2017 UN Environment Young …
24th April 2020
The Phytoponics’ Deep Water Culture solutions are configured around grow modules which enable fully controlled soilless growing conditions without the need for additional substrates such as rockwool or coconut coir, but with the additional ability to apply unique root zone management to the crop. “We have developed a range of Deep Water Culture hydroponic growing solutions that are suitable for large scale commercial crop production, tested and refined to deliver high quality taste and yields for vine tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, with recent trials on soft fruits”, the teams says. Now they’ve completed a £500,000 equity financing round and announce their […]
24th November 2017
Young British inventor Adam Dixon has won the UK’s inaugural Young Champion of the Earth prize for his horticultural innovation to tackle food insecurity and habitat loss. Taken from a Cardiff University Article: link Adam, 25, who graduated from Cardiff University’s School of Engineering in 2015, has developed Phytoponics – a hydroponic growing system that supports the growth of plants using 10 times less land and water than conventional horticulture. His win secures £11,300 ($15,000) in seed funding, intensive training and a tailored mentorship to help develop his idea, which has been described as a ‘jacuzzi in a bag.’ Dixon, 25, […]
16th August 2017
We are proud to announce that our CEO Adam is a UN Young Champions of the Earth finalist for Europe. Young Champions of the Earth is a competition run by the UN which seeks to breathe life into the ambitions of brilliant young environmentalists who have a vision for a sustainable future. Each year, six young people aged between 18 and 30 will be named Young Champions of the Earth, one from each global region. These winners receive seed funding, intensive training, and tailored mentorship to help them bring their big environmental ideas to life. Talking about the programme Erik Solheim, […]
26th July 2017
We are excited to announce another investor in Phytoponics, Huw Dixon, a leading European economist, (see his LinkedIn profile here). Huw has been a professor at Cardiff Business School since 2006, having previously been Head of Economics at the University of York, after being a Professor of economics there, and the University of Swansea, a Reader at Essex University and a lecturer at Birkbeck College (University of London). Huw is also the father of Phytoponics’ CEO Adam Dixon, and his decision to invest is naturally also a matter of trust and affection, but he has decided to invest considering the quality […]
25th July 2017
We are delighted to announce that we have been chosen by Hello Tomorrow Nonprofit as one of the world’s top 500 deep-tech startups, and will be attending their global summit from 26th – 27th October in Paris. Hello Tomorrow is a global non-for-profit created by deep tech entrepreneurs to empower and connect the most promising deep-tech enterprises around the world, and accelerate the transfer of breakthrough technologies into real world solutions. Deep tech solutions are those that have the tremendous potential to transform the world that web technology had fifteen years ago! However, advanced technology startups face very specific struggles […]
18th July 2017
Phytoponics is excited to introduce our most recent investor; executive angel Marco Bicocchi Pichi (see his LinkedIn Profile here), an award-winning marketing, branding and strategy executive with one of the largest Startup presences in Italy. After a management career as an executive at the intersection of digital technology and business with international leading companies such as EDS, Ernst & Young, Etnoteam, Booz Allen Hamilton and AT Kearney, Marco has participated since 2008 in founding and funding several technology startups including Nextome, Alleantia, and WIB. From its formation in 2012 Marco was a member of the association Italia Startup, and then in […]
6th July 2017
In June 2017 Phytoponics was awarded support from the Welsh government’s Accelerated Growth Program. The program offers support for small to medium enterprises that giving them access to coaching, advisory services as well as funding and networking. Phytoponics are very honored and enthusiastic to be among the 1,000 businesses selected for this program. The program is designed to stimulate the growth of Welsh companies, driving investment and development in the country. Phytoponics being a Cardiff developed and based company is committed to driving Welsh innovation and making it a world leader it horticultural innovation and development.
6th July 2017
In May we attended InfoAgro, a three day exhibition in Almeria, Spain, which was another opportunity to showcase our innovative hydroponic solution and connect with other agricultural supppliers. Luke & Giorgia represented Phytoponics alongside 177 other exhibitors and over the three days learnt a lot about the potential opportunities and clients which will enable Phytoponics to penetrate the Spanish market in the future.
6th July 2017
In May we had the amazing opportunity to attend Seed & Chips in Milan, one of the top food innovation events in the world, which is dedicated to showcasing national and international talent and cutting edge solutions. Over four days hundreds of startups, companies in food and tech, investors, thought leaders, and policy makers came together to share content, visions and experience with innovating food production. One of the keynote speakers at the event was President Barak Obama, 44th President of the United States who spoke about climate change, and how we can work towards a sustainable food future with solutions […]