Introducing new agricultural products is always challenging, but it's made easier with the support of passionate growers like Langmead Herbs and New Farm Produce Ltd Their enthusiasm and professionalism during our first major field trials have been incredible. Getting into the field was a significant milestone for Lambda agri, providing us with invaluable insights on how we drive increases in crop yields. Just like our growers, we are now counting down the weeks to the next growing season.
Lambda agri
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 972 followers
Better Light 4 Plants
About us
We produce a paint that converts unused sunlight to light used for photosynthesis, spray coatable on greenhouses for a 20% increase in crop-yield. Please get in touch if you are interested in learning more and for collaboration or employment opportunities.
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https://www.lambda.energy
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- Industry
- Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- Materials Science, Nanophysics, Photochemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, synthetic chemistry, and photophysics
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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Lensfield Rd, Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1EW, GB
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We are delighted to announce that Lambda agri have been accepted to participate in Innovate Zero, receiving tailored support to help our company scale and reach our next milestones. We’re excited to be working with our Innovation Advisor Garry Boyle and the Sustainable Ventures team who are delivering this programme*. *Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and powered by London & Partners.
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We couldn't have put it better ourselves!
Did you know there’s a spray paint that can increase photosynthesis? 💡 Greenhouses often rely on artificial lighting to increase productivity. But this causes two challenges: super high energy costs that can be unaffordable for small growers, and increased carbon emissions. Lambda agri, a UK-based startup, is using photochemistry to improve agricultural sustainability by developing a spray paint that converts unused sunlight into light used for photosynthesis. Their innovation has led to increased food production without the need for additional electricity. Lambda is an example of science meeting sustainable innovation. They participated in our Greentech Europe 2024 programme. Read more at the link https://bit.ly/3WTBqV7 Our Greentech Europe initiative also tackles two big challenges: enabling the green transition across all sectors in Europe,*and* working on tackling that inequality by supporting diverse-led startups.
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Thank you Cambridge Tech Week for this beautiful Start-up of the Year Award - a lasting reminder of how lucky we are to be surrounded by such as supportive Start-up ecosystem here in Cambridge!
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We are excited to welcome our new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Charlie Hancock, to the Lambda agri Team. Charlie has a 30 year career in Agribusiness, including 14 years in Directorship roles, leading commercial operations across a wide range of geographies and sectors. Last but not least, Charlie grew up on a farm! Welcome on board Charlie! It's barely been 2 weeks & you've already made a difference.
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Lambda agri's 1st appearance on BBC SOUNDS Science in Action captures what we have been up to with our collaborators at the University of Cambridge, University of Bath and Cranfield University, a multilateral effort that has yielded edge-of-your-seats results. Do tune in if you'd like to know more!
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We're playing in the BIG field! Last autumn, we were awarded a £500k Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) grant to develop our next-generation material, that converted more of the UV into useful red light for plant growth, and undertake 4 major trials A/B trials on tomatoes 🍅, strawberries 🍓, coriander 🌱& mint 🌿 over a c. 2000 m2 area. Last Friday, we completed the final installation a 90m strawberry tunnel, spray coated with our latest active paint. It is incredible how much we have come on since the start of the year, thanks to a consortium made in heaven. Academic partners: University of Cambridge, Cranfield University, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Bath Growers: Langmead Herbs New Farm Produce Ltd, Tozer Seeds Commercial Partners: Brett Martin Ltd and LMA Services Limited
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99s to explain what you do, the why, where you're going and your traction is hard, but Lambda agri has simmered its message to the bare bones, and the audience? Resonated. We are grateful for the award from the Founders Live CEO Nick Hughes, UHY Hacker Young (East) and Mills & Reeve, it was an honor! If you'd like to know more about how we can help bring a more sustainable food supply system and beat climate change whilst saving greenhouse growers significant capital each year, please don't hesitate to touch-base, we're here to listen back, too.
Another great evening hosting Founders Live Cambridge! Thank you to Mills & Reeve for hosting the event again at their fantastic offices overlooking the city. We were honoured to welcome Nick Hughes, Founder of Founders Live, as our special guest. Nick is currently on his European tour, sharing his inspiring story and journey. He also highlighted the importance of the vibrant Cambridge ecosystem and how we can all support each other to achieve success and stimulate growth. 📈 We witnessed some incredible pitches from our founders, each presenting their company in just 99 seconds: Mohamed E. from Tactful Monica Saavedra from Lambda agri Sacha Krstulovic from Understand-AI.today Federica Freddi and Ushnish Sengupta from Sqwish AI Carl-Magnus von Behr from innex.ai 👏 A huge congratulations to our winner Monica Saavedra from Lambda agri 👏 Lambda Agri produces a paint that converts unused sunlight to light used for photosynthesis, coatable on greenhouses for a 9% increase in crop yield. This groundbreaking invention can feed the world sustainably and allows growers to optimize natural sunlight to boost crop growth at an affordable cost and scale. Follow us to stay tuned with any future pitching events! #Cambridge #CambridgeFounders #Founders #Entrepreneur #Tech #Techstartups #AI
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Lambda agri was excited to take part is such an original and helpful accelerator Greentech Europe 2024. Coming on top after extensive peer review from the perspective of a VC, helped pave the way to our upcoming Series A. $25k will go a long way to keep our summer plant growth trials fueled, key for securing our grower use-cases to in turn secure further Global partnerships with agri manufacturers. A big thank you to Village Capital, and in particular Emma Scarf, Marta Zaccagnini and Zarina Gabdolova, for supporting us every step of the way!
Investing in the Future of Women-Led Sustainability Innovations We're thrilled to reveal the top peer-selected startups of Cohort 1: Greentech Europe 2024 program. Lambda agri (UK) enables greenhouse growers to reduce their energy bills by converting unused sunlight into light for photosynthesis, achieving higher crop yields. Prolong (France) has developed a SaaS platform empowering brands and retailers to seamlessly launch, pilot, and scale impactful white-label care and repair services. ♻️ These startups were selected by their peers as the most investment-ready, each receiving a USD 25K equity-free investment to fuel their game-changing solutions! Since 2022, this Visa Foundation-backed initiative has supported close to 150 early-stage, women-led startups tackling climate challenges across Europe and invested USD 675K in 63 of them. Ready to join the movement? Learn more about the program and apply for Cohort 2 (link in comments).
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🌟 Lambda agri has won 3rd place at the Tech Nation #RisingStars Grand Final at LONDON TECH WEEK 2024! 🌟 Suffering all day with a flu 🤒🤧 hasn't stopped us! I highly commend 1st & 2nd place winners, as two of the most interesting companies I have come across to date! 🥇 Francesca Cordeiro from Novai 🥈 Peter Gilleece from Vikela Thank you to the highly experienced judging panel 💊 Tej Lalvani, Vitabiotics Ltd 🚺 Deirdre O'Neill, Hertility 📈 Julia Hoggett, London Stock Exchange 💸 Oliver Kent-Braham, Marshmallow 🏦 Simon Bumfrey, HSBC Innovation Banking 📺 And the fab host, champion of diversity, June Sarpong OBE! A big thank you to Chantelle Young for organizing the whole event and getting our presentation to work on Canva! #RisingStars #WeAreRisingStars #LondonTechWeek #Startups
🌟 What a day! 🌟 The Founders Stage was absolutely packed yesterday as we hosted our #RisingStars Grand Final at London Tech Week. Here are the highlights: 👑 Francesca Cordeiro from Novai was crowned #RisingStars winner 🥈 Peter Gilleece from Vikela came in 2nd place 🥉 Monica Saavedra from Lambda agri came in 3rd place 👏 Sociability and Untangle were highly commended Shoutout to our fantastic judging panel 💊 Tej Lalvani, Vitabiotics Ltd 🚺 Deirdre O'Neill, Hertility 📈 Julia Hoggett, London Stock Exchange 💸 Oliver Kent-Braham, Marshmallow 🏦 Simon Bumfrey, HSBC Innovation Banking 📺 And our fab host June Sarpong OBE! Huge thank you to the #RisingStars partners for providing the generous prizes! JCDecaux, Microsoft, Blue Array | SEO Agency of the Year, wabya, VenturePath, Founders Keepers, Founders Makers, Founders Law, Manageable, OMA, & Founders Forum Group. As our #RisingStars winner, Novai will receive: 🗞️ £30k Out-of-Home Media Package from JCDecaux Nurture 🎨 £80k Brand and Go-to-Market Campaign from Founders Makers 🔎 £60,000 Executive Hire courtesy of Founders Keepers 🧠 £5,000 wabya Workshop 👩⚖️ 5 Hour Legal Audit with Founders Law ❤️ Therapy Sessions provided by OMA, experienced in supporting founders 🏢 Office Space for three months at Founders Forum Group HQ 🚀 VenturePath Membership 📱 Specialised SEO services from Blue Array | SEO Agency of the Year ⚡️ Opportunity for 1-1s with Microsoft executives to guide them on AI solutions Thank you to everyone who participated, watched and supported - we couldn't have done it without you! Configur Future Greens Niyo Hair and Beauty SocialPro Econominds UNNDOO Finalrentals Chantelle Young #RisingStars #WeAreRisingStars #LondonTechWeek #Startups
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