john riggs

CAPE TOWN (ZAF)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

CAPE AQUATIC HUMATES

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Location: CAPE TOWN
Industry: Agriculture
Year Founded: 2008
Number Employees: 10-50 people
Description: * What is your business, service, product, etc? technology process and fertilizer manufacture has income streams in humic acids fertilizer ,bottled water and carbon credits * How long has your company been established? 15 years of laboratory research completed process works on laboratory scale * What expertise or experience do you have in this field? I am a marketer and member of Institute of directors and the scientist is a PhD qualified expert in limnology and water process engineering additional inputs are from chemists * What are your strengths? This is set apart form other humates like leonordite products since it is aquatic in ours thus renewable and not removed by digging and extractive processes that are destructive * Who is in the team? Dr Thebe Thebe(RSA) ,Baezia (UK),John M Riggs(RSA) * What is the state of the market? * What is the competition? Omnia holdings Pty /Ltd south Africa in format of Australian Humates ,one other is an American company and Various Chinese companies as well as one German and on Turkish company * Do you have any figures (financial history or forecasts)? a business plan yes and costings to erect pilot plan and some inquires and "order book" * What are your short and long term goals? To supply to all of southern African and do a deal with international funders investing in NEPAD and Zimbabwean Agricultural revivals,similarly in Transkei where biomass fuel pellet manufactures are operative or planned ,Cabinda,Mozambique and Congo Republic where maize and others including bio-diesel projects are underway * What is the investment going to be spent on? pilot plant for commercial production ,laboratory for soil analysis recommendations and marketing support and distribution facilities * What are you offering the investor in return for the investment? 40 % equity is what we deem to offer if the right price is afforded by the investor * What is the expected return on investment or breakeven period? initially 3 years alternatively 4 - 5 Additional information is shown at a blog is set up at : (URL removed) to indicate a bit of background information