Quality Vineyard Decisions
Wine and IT, June 18, 2009

The Problem
P oble
Irrigation
Water S
W t Scarcity
it
Vintage
Characterization

A Complete Solution
Real-time,
Real-time wireless
and non destructive
measurements
Data Storage
D t St
Data Processing
Decision tool
Quality control

The Web-Application
Web A licatio

Time and V l
Ti d Volume of I i ti
f Irrigation
50%
Harvest
Veraison

Growing C to e Basis
G o i g Customer Ba i

Positive
Po iti e feedback
• "With Fruition Sciences I can monitor continuously the vine water
status to optimize fruit composition. Combining direct visual vineyard
monitoring,
monitoring pressure bomb readings and the real time information I
readings, information,
develop site-specific irrigation strategies to bring the best of my
terroir."
Benoit Touquette, Winemaker, Hartwell Vineyards
• "Fruition Sciences allows me to have a more precise monitoring of
vine water status, a better regulation of irrigation, and an increased
i t t t b tt l ti f i i ti d i d
ability to improve fruit quality."
Austin Peterson, Assistant W e a e , Ovid Vineyards
ust ete so , ss sta t Winemaker, Ov d V eya ds

News and A a d
Ne a d Awards
• 2008 Laureate OSEO-Creation and Development in
France: 250,000€
• 2007 Laureate OSEO-Emergence in France: 39,000€
• Laureate of YEi competition
• Winner of the New York Club 600 competition:
$10,000
• Winner of the Jacques and Francoise Douce prize
q p
(French Senate-Tremplin) : 7,500€
• Winner business booster challenge
(San Francisco) : $ 1000

The Team
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Two founders surrounded b experienced advisors and collaborators
T f d d d by i d d i d ll b t
Advisors
David Aslin Consultants
(Finance, strategy)
Prof. Whitehouse Yoni Rosenbaum
(Wireless Systems) (Web developers)
Dave Walther Eva Potter
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(Clean Technology)
gy) Management
g (Web Designer)
Guillaume Obozinski Sébastien Payen
(Statistics)
Ph.D. Mech. Eng. at UCB Employees
Partners
P t CEO
S. Grillo
Dynamax, Inc. Viticulture (Sap flow Intern)
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(Sap Flow Sensors)
) B. Soufflet
Thibaut S h l h
Thib t Scholasch (IT engineer)
INRA Pech rouge
Ph.D., SupAgro (France)
(H. Ojeda, B. Tisseyre)
VP R&D
Montpellier SupAgro
p p g
(E. Lebon, J. Prieto)

sebastien@fruitionsciences.com
thibaut@fruitionsciences.com
thib t@f iti i