Vertical farm and contract research company Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) has retained Contain to explore strategic options to elevate its status as a technology supplier in indoor ag.
“We are delighted to have been awarded this mandate by UCS”, says Nicola Kerslake, founder of Contain. “It is a mark of the UCS management’s professionalism and dedication that they are open to exploring options from merger or acquisition to adding strategic investors to take this firm to the next level.”
“We have long realized that we would need to decide between remaining independent and joining a larger organization to scale. This is the optimal time to make this move,” said Frederic Bulcaen, Chairman and founder of UCS.
UCS’s clients range from global billion-dollar companies to research institutions and start-ups across multiple industries in Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. The growth of the business is attributed to strong management and scientific team who have created great products and services made possible by application expertise and trade secrets. UCS expects to more than triple its revenues and reach breakeven profitability this year.
Maarten Vandecruys, founder and CTO of UCS, comments, “Now that we have our solutions and services in place, it is important that we pursue the best strategic options for the future of our organization and team.”
Product portfolio
UCS offers two key solutions and product channels, namely, plant biotechnology research having the capabilities to simulate any growth environment and create growth recipe applications to address business and market opportunities in all crop verticals for use across numerous industries. UCS has developed innovative research applications such as growth performance of wheat, tobacco, and cotton plants in controlled environments, growth recipe for green roof succulent plants on substrates, and use of residual flows from waste to grow food.
“As a Board, we have long realized that we would need to decide between remaining independent and joining a larger organization to scale. There is such great momentum in indoor farming that this is the optimal time to make this move”, explains Frederic Bulcaen, Chairman and founder of UCS.
UCS also offers vertical farming technology, such as indoor growing installations of hydroponic modules with growing surface areas ranging from 70 to over 5,000 square meters with an end-to-end customer support model. UCS has four different classes of product size that can be customized to meet the size or configuration requirements of any customer.
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