A presentation by Sotiris Bantas.

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Centaur Analytics
IoT for Stored Agri Products
October 2016

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What we do
AgTech IoT company
out to solve
a $1 trillion problem:
eliminating waste and
improving quality of
post-harvest
productsCentaur Analytics
Volos & Thessaloniki, Greece
Los Angeles, CA

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Mega Challenge:
17%* of harvested crops are wasted
due to quality problems
(mainly insect infestation)
> 30%* in developing countries
* UN Food & Agri Organization

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Wheat
$520,000
value
Maize
$480,000
valueSoybean
$950,000
value

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Solution
• Proprietary wireless sensors
(fumigant gas, temperature)
• Seamless cloud connectivity
• Cognitive analytics platform:
fuses simulation, data science
with entomology
• Detect and prevent infestation,
secure from spoilage

6. Sensors'
inside'
container'
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Centaurtek
cloud server
Fumigation on cloud
wireless
network

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Grains,
Rice &
Cereals
Coffee &
Cocoa
Fruit
Tobacco
leaf
Key Verticals

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Business Model
++
• Cloud app
• Basic paid
subscription
• Premium
paid
features
• Paid wireless
sensors

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TAM
Grain
Logistics
6m sensors
$10bn
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Tobacco
Logistics
1.6m sensors
$8.8bn
Stored Product IoT
& Analytics
>$20bn
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Competition
EXPENSIVE
& CLUNKY
INEXPENSIVE
& CONVENIENT
UNCONNECTED
& MANUAL
CONNECTED
& AUTOMATED
Metering stations: Costly,
fixed point, little or no
connectivity, no analytics
Draeger tubes: manual,
slow, error-prone, no
data recording
Our solution:
Real-time, always
connected, low-cost,
powered by analytics

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Centaur stack
IaaS
App
stack
embedded

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Dr. Sotiris Bantas / CEO
Ph.D. RF semiconductors, 15 yrs
Silicon Valley experience, patents in
machine learning, wireless ICs
Vasilis Sotiroudas / CCO
Agronomist & Stored Products Specialist,
pioneer in modern fumigation methods,
20 yrs experience serving large F&B
Toli Lerios
Big Data expert, founder Metanautix
(acquired by Microsoft), ex Facebook,
Invisalign, CenterRun; 13 patents
Leadership Team
Dr. Ron Ham / Advisor
Wireless systems expert, advisor to
Apple, ex Texas Instruments, Tracor
Aerospace, Clemson U; 20 patents
Avi Reichental / Chairman
ex President & CEO of 3D Systems,
Sealed Air, E&Y Entrepreneur of the
Year 2011; 25 patents
Diogenis Devletoglou / Founder
Private investor & technologist, ex
Vodafone, industrial electronics,
telecommunications
R&D team: front/backend, analytics, RF, embedded design, CFD
Advisory Team Prof. Christos Athanassiou
Renowned global expert in entomology,
stored product protection, UoThessaly

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Fundraising.

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16. 16AgTech hub for the 2020’s?
Volos, Greece

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Linear vs. Exponential

18. 18Angelos Zymaras AZSPORTSIMAGES

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Digitization
Deception
Disruption
Demonetization
Dematerialization
Democratization
(the Kodak moment)

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Love.

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Thank you! Centaur Analytics, Inc.
Dr. Sotiris Bantas, Founder & CEO
sotiris@centaurtek.com
centaurtek.com