Suncrest USA, Inc. | Always local. Always fresh.®
Suncrest™ is changing the way food is grown by licensing its technology to "local" greenhouse growers to address consumer demand for “locally-grown” produce.
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry Agriculture
- Location Seattle, WA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded January 2012
- Employees 5
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website suncrestusa.com
Company Summary
SUNCREST™ is an agtech company that licenses its advanced Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponic technology to "local" greenhouse growers to enable them to grow premium-quality leafy-greens in high-volume, 365 days/yr. Suncrest then sells and distributes the leafy-greens our licensee grows within 100 miles from where they are grown. Whole Foods calls "local" the new organic! We have licensees in the Seattle and San Francisco Bay areas.
Team
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James P. DayChairman & CEO
• 25+ years consulting to Fortune 500’s and founder of several start-up companies
• His firm, The Day Group, has worked in a dozen industries, including energy and agriculture
• Helped launch the fastest growing real estate firm in the Bay Area — Intero Real Estate
• M.S., Systems Integration; B.A., Chemistry; Ph.D. Candidate Biochemistry -
Gordon SnyderChief Scientist
• 30+ years working in water treatment, monitoring and resource management
• Founder of Gordon Snyder & Consultants, well known for benchmarking water purity
• Principle Scientist for NASA’s “Microgravity Hydroponic Plant Research” for the
International Space Station and the future moon base
• Ph.D., Water Quality; M.S., Water Resource Management; B.A. Instrumental Chemistry -
Robert B. DayVP, Commercial Growing & Sales
• 25+ years owner/grower of leading wholesale “color” operation in DFW market
• General Manager/Head Grower for 128 greenhouse operation with 25+ employees
• Helped build Vaughan-Jacklin Seed’s department sales to $10M
• B.A., Horticulture, Cornell University -
Ed GarthCFO, Finance & Operations
• 35+ years as CFO, vp administration, board and advisory level strategic contributor in seed and early stage ventures • Former CFO, VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. [led reverse merger with Canadian public funding] • Co-founder of DI Software Inc. [led sale to Microsoft], formerly, Design Intelligence, Inc. • B.B.A. Accounting, Eastern Michigan University
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Stan MarkAdvisor: Grocery Key Accounts
National sales working with Costco, Safeway and major retailers
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Peter M. MortonAdvisor: HR & Engineering
• 42 years working for Boeing
• Aviation Consultant with Systems Engineering and Technology LLC (SeaTec)
• Leader in the development of the 757 flight deck & the Boeing Customer Training Center
• Former president of AABInternational
• B.S., Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Advisors
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Joe Wallin (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Seattle)LawyerUnconfirmedEd Garth (Financial Advisor)AccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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James P. DayUnconfirmedLarry BenderUnconfirmed
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