The Swiss biosensors startup appoints Dutch horti expert

Rentes is a senior professional with a broad international network and more than 30 years of experience in the agri- and horticulture industry. He has held successive commercial and business development and general management roles within the seed industry: at Seminis, Monsanto and Germains Seed Technology.  He started in 2015 as an independent business development consultant supporting a portfolio of innovative clients with their scale up and go to market strategies in the agri and horticulture industry.  Rentes has an MBA degree in Food and Finance from Nyenrode Business University.

Carrol Plummer, Vivent's CEO says: "We are delighted to welcome Carl to our team. He will support our scale-up thanks to his in-depth experience of the horticulture and agriculture sector."

Carl Rentes, Commercial Director at Vivent: "I am excited to join Vivent's commercial team. Growers are fired up by Vivent's technology and I look forward to being part of this impressive startup."

About Vivent: 

Vivent was founded by well-known serial entrepreneurs Carrol Plummer and Dr. Nigel Wallbridge, who have now applied their information processing and telecommunication system skills to biological networking, with an initial focus on plants.  The pair have worked with leading agricultural institutes, universities, crop protection companies and growers to validate this innovative approach. Vivent's focus is on high-capital indoor growing operations with plans to move into high-value outdoor crops and then into large volume field crops. More information is available at www.phytlsigns.com

Contact:

For further information, comment and images or to arrange interviews and site visits, contact Marina Martin Curran marina.curran@vivent.ch +41 76 285 1472

Source: HortiBiz