CO2 GRO Inc. Selected by Sente Foundry LLC to Participate in its Indoor AgTech Program

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / November 18, 2020 / Toronto based CO2 GRO Inc. ("GROW") (TSXV:GROW, OTCQB:BLONF, Frankfurt: 4021) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Chicago based Sente Foundry LLC ("Sente"), in partnership with GrowRay Lighting Technologies and Nobo to participate in their Indoor AgTech program taking place virtually through December 2020.

Sente's Indoor AgTech program connects the participants with indoor and greenhouse customers. At the end of the program, at least three start-ups will be selected to pilot their technologies in a state-of-the-art growing facility.

Selected participants are:

AgEye Technologies (https://ageyetech.com/) – with offices in the US and India, AgEye Technologies develops technology that helps indoor farms become sustainable and scalable through significant reductions in operational costs.
FloEnvy (https://www.floenvy.com/) – maker of cannabis cultivation software that captures each decision on the ground in real-time so that growers can manage their cultivation from one place at all times.
Grownetics (https://grownetics.co/) – founded to solve the world's agricultural inefficiencies, Grownetics' grow optimization platform leverages the latest sensing and automation tools to make growing the best plants easier than ever.
PhenoLogic (https://phenologic.com/) – automates a complex part of plant & crop production, saving money and time while increasing production yields. PhenoLogic is based in Michigan.
iShence AgTech (https://ishence-grow.com/) – an Israeli Agtech company aiming to provide growers with affordable and effective solutions combining agronomic knowledge with cutting edge technology.
R.O.A.B. (https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/current-team/r-o-a-b/) – Part of Harvard Innovation Labs, R.O.A.B Technologies is building a series of autonomous agriculture devices starting with a solar-powered roving mini laboratory built to provide farmers with analyses that can increase their productive efficiency by more than 50% while at the same time mitigating the ecological damage that farming can create.
Universal Grow Controls (http://universalgrowcontrols.com/) – Denver-based company that helps growers manage their environmental controls, including CO2 enrichment, irrigation, and fertigation from anywhere in the world.

According to Aaron Archibald, GROW's VP Sales and Strategic Alliances, "After several initial sessions, it is clear to us that Sente's Indoor AgTech Program participants offer opportunities for strategic partnerships that can accelerate our technology's deployment. Many of the participants' technologies, such as lighting, are complementary to our CO2 Delivery Solutions™. Networking is a key driver for introducing new technologies to cannabis growers. The Sente program offers us the opportunity to tap into the participants' networks to help drive business development. We are honored to be selected by Sente to collaborate with their selected group of leading edge AgTech companies."

About Sente Foundry LLC

Sente Foundry, LLC ("Sente") is a Chicago-based start-up investment, scouting, and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential start-ups and helps them scale through partnerships with international corporations and investors. With Sente, start-ups can scale faster and do so internationally; investors get line-of-sight, and a new way to invest in the world's most promising start-ups, and corporations accelerate innovation like never before. Since its founding in 2013, Sente has supported early-stage companies that operate in over 40 countries, received over $35M in funding, and have generated revenues exceeding $80M. Find Sente online at https://sente.link, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About GrowRay Technologies

GrowRay's PhD-driven team of horticulture scientists and engineers design and manufacture state-of-the-art patented LED lighting for the greenhouse and indoor agricultural industry. GRT's LED lighting products have a documented track record of significantly increasing the production output of high-DLI crops by 10-25% and dramatically reducing the energy cost by up to 45%. This product has applications in cannabis and other agricultural operations with exponential growth potential. GRT is developing other innovative ancillary products to promote and develop new technologies/products for the industry through its joint venture with Sente Foundry in Chicago. Find GrowRay in person in Boulder, Colorado, and online at https://growray.com/, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

About Nobo

NOBO's mission is to create a portfolio of cannabis industry assets, including sustainably-focused licensed operations and pick-and-shovel businesses, strategically chosen to amplify shareholder, owner-operator, and strategic partner returns on investment. The NOBO team has a keen eye for identifying and harnessing industry relationships to build successful partnerships. Our team is well integrated into the national cannabis landscape and is able to leverage our expertise, industry track record and resources to implement flexible strategies that maximize the strategic value of each opportunity. NOBO identifies, tests and implements an industry-leading suite of sustainability-focused cultivation technologies. These technologies and practices become part of NOBO's ‘Whole Systems' integrated approach to minimizing environmental impact and lowering cost of production. https://noboinc.com/

About CO2 GRO Inc.

GROW's target markets are focused on the 50 billion square feet of global greenhouse and covered cultivation space (USDA). Atmospheric enrichment of CO2 by gassing has been practiced in indoor and expensive sealed greenhouses for decades resulting in enhance crop yields of up to 30%. However, 85% of the world's greenhouses are unsealed and have open-venting designs for heat ventilation which makes CO2 gassing uneconomical and impractical since the CO2 gas easily escapes.

GROW's CO2 Delivery Solutions™ naturally and safely dissolves CO2 gas into water creating an aqueous CO2 solution which is then misted directly on plant leaves. GROW has demonstrated its technology to be as effective as CO2 gassing by improving crop yields up to 30%, while using a fraction of the CO2 gas. The CO2 solution's micro droplets create an aqueous film around the entire leaf surface, isolating the leaf from the atmosphere. This creates a diffusion gradient favoring CO2 transport into the leaf and other gases out of the leaf. Increased carbon availability enhances photosynthesis resulting in faster and larger plant growth. CO2 Delivery Solutions™ has been demonstrated on crops including Cannabis, hemp, lettuce, kale, microgreens, peppers and flowers. In addition, aqueous CO2 misting offers Perimeter Protection™ for plants by slowing the spread of micro pathogens such as E. coli and powdery mildew. Greenhouse growers everywhere can now supplement CO2 to their crops using CO2 Delivery Solutions™, increasing plant yields and profits.

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For more information, please visit www.co2gro.ca or contact Michael O'Connor, Manager of Investor Relations at 604-317-6197.

SOURCE: CO2 Gro Inc.

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