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One instrument, many answers: Miraterra is digitizing & simplifying lab testing, providing comprehensive data & insights in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional methods.
About
Miraterra provides proximal sensing that is precise, accurate, fast, clean, and affordable - in the lab, in the field, and in the ground. Lab-grade results are delivered with no chemicals, burning, consumables, or complex soil preparation. Miraterra’s proprietary technology measures soil properties quickly & accurately, powering insight so growers can manage, recarbonize and build healthy soils. Today, soil measurement is: - infrequent and inconvenient - slow, expensive, manual and tedious - data is dispersed — test results are in binders, notebooks, hard drives, and people’s brains - constrained from taking action by the lack of data Miraterra's novel sensor solution is breakthrough technology 100 years in the making, revolutionizing soil measurement by overcoming the detection limitations of Raman spectroscopy. Our team's innovative approach combines novel hardware, signal processing, machine learning, and computational chemistry to deliver accurate, parts-per-million results and adaptability to all soil types. And our sensor allows for simple, preparation-free, speedy soil testing. Innovative technology reads the molecular fingerprint of soil, providing accurate information about the complete chemistry of every sample: One instrument, many answers. Measurements from our novel sensor are also building our capacity to pair this data with insights generated from millions of data points and generations of farming expertise. How? - With our novel signal processing and hardware, we use lasers to generate data - Raman spectroscopy analyzes scattered light for molecular identification and characterization. - Our computational platform makes it possible - Leveraging advanced signal processing (signal separation), computational chemistry (simulation and generalization), and machine learning (deconvolution), we achieve remarkable soil component identification down to parts-per-million precision. We have the most advanced computational chemistry & ML engine in the industry including: the world’s largest set of synthetic soil models and data sets, millions of machine learning models for analyte identification, and millions of soil scans on the novel sensor. - Trusted results - To ensure quality, we “ground truth” our novel sensor with results from our soil testing lab. Providing parts per million level analysis backed by a three stage verification process: 1 - synthetic data created, 2 - novel sensor data (soil scans) verified versus synthetic data and 3 - novel sensor data verified versus ground truth lab data. Our precise measurements and advanced reporting and verification tools will power a whole new wave of precision agriculture and trust in carbon markets. Accurate and affordable measurement holds the key to: - Managing and enhancing soil health and carbon sequestration - Lowering costs and maximizing farm profits - Strengthening farm resilience and ensuring food security What people are saying: “The sensor where it is right now is leaps ahead of anything on the market." Soil Scientist “What your instrument is capable of delivering is the holy grail of soil testing because it delivers a complete panel of analytes and solves the soil preparation and collection challenge” Soil Lab
Key Benefits
Data unlocks insight and action: Miraterra helps growers see how their soil changes each year, providing better information for the decisions ahead. With this data, they can break the vicious cycle of damaged soil and instead build soil health, improve harvest, and kickstart carbon sequestration and carbon markets. Current state, a vicious cycle of inadequate data: 1. Costly inputs 2. Reduced microbiome and less carbon in soil 3. Polluted runoff and increased greenhouse gas 4. Topsoil loss, reduced harvests With Miraterra, quality data heals soil: 1. Optimized inputs, often big savings 2. Enhanced microbiome and more carbon in soil 3. New revenue opportunity: Carbon markets 4. Topsoil gain, weather resilience, better chance of profitable harvests
Applications
Soil Testing Labs are our first customers. Traditional soil analysis has challenges with margins and scaling up due to expensive equipment, high labour costs, and costly consumables and chemicals. Miraterra's competitive advantages: Our sensor unlocks unprecedented fast and affordable complex materials analysis. One instrument, no prep, many answers. It is: - Faster - Minimal sample prep and processing, and only minutes to results - Cheaper - No capital investment, reduced operational costs, and simple capacity expansion - Cleaner - Non-destructive tests with no chemicals or consumables required We can also deploy our benchtop sensor outside of traditional labs if we could find the right testing volumes in partnership with a company like Tesco, large farm cooperatives or through other similar models.