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Making a new possible in crop protection
• Privately held agtech company that renovates existing pesticides
• Uses Allosperse delivery system that is covered by 44 patents
and 46 patents pending in 10 families
• 36 employees, 20 scientists and engineers
• EPA registration received
• Production facility scaled and running
Vive Crop Protection
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Strong Management Team
Keith Thomas, BASc, MA, MBA - Chief Executive Officer
➢ Over 24 years of financing, restructuring and management experience, sold Vector
Innovations for 5x return
Ken Yoon, BSc, LLB, MBA, CA, CPA - Chief Financial Officer
➢ Over 18 years in the finance, accounting and consulting fields, Ernst & Young, Vengrowth
Darren Anderson, PhD – Chief Communications Officer and VP, Regulatory
➢ Founding president of Vive, author of 13 issued patents and 35 pending applications
Paul Thomson – VP, Product Development
➢ Senior Product Development with 30+ years industry experience
Tony Zatylny, BSc (Ag) – VP, Business Development – NAFTA
➢ 32 years of crop protection sales experience at Amvac, Arysta and Dow
Skip Campbell, MBA – Chief Commercial Officer and VP, M&A
➢ M&A and financing investment banking, high tech experience, venture capital and
consulting background
Flavio Campagnaro, BASc, P.Eng. - Chief Manufacturing Officer
➢ Over 20 years of process design, manufacturing and project management experience
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Strong Corporate Governance
Charles Fischer
Former CEO of Dow AgroSciences
William Lambert
Former Partner at Birch Hill Equity Partners
Warren Libby
Former President of Syngenta Crop Protection Canada
Mark MacDonald, ICD.D.
Former Vice President at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
Neil Reid, Ph.D., Chair
Co-Founder of MDS Sciex and MDS Proteomics
Amy Yoder
Former President of Arysta LifeScience North America and Australia
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Founded from
University of Toronto,
prototype
formulations
Pilot production,
greenhouse trial
successes
2006-2009 2009-2011 2012-2013 2014-2016
Preliminary EPA
registration, field
trial successes,
partnerships with
manufacturers and
distributors
Full scale
manufacturing, first
product EPA
registered and
launching to select US
growers
History – Strong Track Record of Success
Core Capabilities:
• Complete delivery system: Allosperse technology, recipe development, know how
• In-house performance screening and field trial administration
• Consistent EPA registration process
• Commercial scale Allosperse manufacturing at Vive
• Extensive and growing IP suite
• Asset-light infrastructure in place
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What is Allosperse?
• Nanoscale polymer particles
used as a shuttle to deliver
active ingredients to desired
target
• Made from polymers commonly
used as inerts in agriculture
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What is Allosperse?
• Hydrophobic interior holds onto AIs – hydrophilic exterior
easily disperses in aqueous media
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What is Allosperse?
• Precise control over chemistry – controls how active
ingredient inside Allosperse interacts with soil / foliage /
fertilizer carriers
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Two Main Routes for Application
Soil-Applied:
• Excellent compatibility with fertilizer carriers
• Control over mobility in soil
• Seed treatments
• In-furrow dust-free alternates to seed treatments
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Two Main Routes for Application
Foliar:
• Excellent compatibility with foliar fertilizers,
micronutrients
• Fungicides with better curative performance
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AZteroid – Azoxystrobin with Vive Delivery System
proprietary and confidential
• EPA Registration Number
89118-3, issued May 15, 2015
• 18.4% loading SC formulation –
1.65 pounds per gallon
• Label includes all established
in-furrow & foliar uses for
azoxystrobin
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Corn Yield Response
Starter fertilizer and AZteroid, in-furrow at planting
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160
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AZteroid™
With Allosperse
Yield increase can be achieved when combining starter fertilizer
and AZteroid
Untreated Starter
Fertilizer
Starter
Fertilizer
&
AZteroid
Yield(bushels/acre)
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Broad Fertilizer Compatibility
proprietary and confidential 3
Fertilizers shown, left to right:
Alpine Mn Alpine 10-34-0
Alpine Zn OMEX 28% UAN
Alpine Fe OMEX 10-34-0
Alpine G24 OMEX Starter P
Alpine fortified foliar Conditions: after mild agitation
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• Mixes with a wide variety of undiluted liquid fertilizers (including high P)*
• Tank mixes well with other products used at-plant
• Water based formulation for lower toxicity and safer handling
• Will not clog filters and screens
• Performs well under freeze-thaw conditions
• Will not settle out of solution and requires only minimal agitation
*Jar test should be performed prior to use with fertilizer to confirm compatibility
Advantages
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• EPA Registration Number 89118-2
• 19.3% loading SC formulation –
1.75 pounds per gallon
• Label includes all established in-
furrow & foliar uses for bifenthrin
Bifender – Bifenthrin with Vive Delivery System
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Advantages
• Mixes with a wide variety of undiluted liquid fertilizers (incl. high P)*
• Tank mixes well with other products used at-plant
• Water based formulation for lower toxicity and safer handling
• Will not clog filters and screens
• Performs well under freeze-thaw conditions
• Will not settle out of solution and requires only minimal agitation
*Jar test should be performed prior to use with fertilizer to confirm compatibility
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• EPA Registration Number 89118-4
• SC formulation contains 1.0 pounds
of azoxystrobin per gallon and 0.5
pounds of bifenthrin per gallon
• Broad label for foliar uses
Fenstro – Azoxystrobin & Bifenthrin Pre-mix with Vive
Delivery System
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Product Development Pipeline
Launching 2016 Proven and in
productization
Early results
positive, in
development
1st Generation
• Liquid fertilizer
compatibility
• Strobilurins,
pyrethroids,
triazoles, neonics,
etc.
• Multiple
component
premixes
2nd Generation
• Soil and thatch
mobility
• Foliar coverage
and rainfastness
3rd Generation
• Seed treatment
• Extended control
