<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti: Creating a Locally Grown Food Conglomerate</span></b></p><p class="" align="left"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><table class="" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:18.35pt"><td width="779" valign="top" style="width:467.5pt;border:1pt solid black;padding:0in;height:18.35pt"><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center">Date: Friday, October 9, 2015</p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center">Time: 8:00am – 10:00am</p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center">Organizer: Gelvin Stevenson, PhD</p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center">Sponsor and Host: Crowell & Moring. LLC</p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center">Location: 590 Madison Ave. at 57^th Street, southwest corner, 22^nd floor</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="" align="left"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="" align="left"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Locally grown foods in urban areas is well-established and accelerating across the country and indeed in countless urban areas around the world. Greenhouses come in many varieties: indoors, outdoors, in soil, on cloth and hydroponically and grow a large number of foods: tomatoes, herbs, corn, squash, grasses, sunflowers, and on and on.</span></p><p class="" align="left"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Most have been fairly small operations focusing on one market segment. But EcologiCiti is super-sizing that vision with a vertical farming center concept that challenges the existing norm.</span></p><p class="" align="left"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify">EcologiCiti plans to design, build, finance, and operate the nation’s first vertically integrated sustainable urban food center using indoor Hydroponic and Aeroponic farming with the financial savvy and assistance of BuildFarms, a company that pairs energy efficient real estate expertise with cutting edge technologies to start and fund urban farming initiatives. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">These facilities will be developed in urban brownfield sites (usually a 10,000-20,000 sq. ft. facility) installed indoors and in rooftop greenhouse component in the New York Tri-State area. EcologiCiti expect to grow up to 100 tons of premium-quality leafy greens, basil, arugula and berries each year for sale to local retail and restaurant markets.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti’s facilities will combine technically sophisticated, commercially-proven Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) techniques along with an energy generation component along with unique energy saving innovation and techniques. Their aggregator commercialization business is responsive energy burden, minimization project, which will reduce energy price risk while addressing the ecological and health concerns of conventional growing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti food production and processing centers will be built in close proximity to dense urban populations to meet the growing demand for locally grown food.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti competitive advantage arises from the combination of three crucial components:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Efficient food production technologies – Grow, Sell, Process</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Real estate development – Renew real estate</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On-site energy production – Generate Energy efficiently</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti has targeted sites in several areas within the New York Metropolitan Area: Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx as well as Bridgeport, CT., Paterson and Newark, NJ. Ideal initial sites a will be underutilized manufacturing and or industrial locations in “food desert” neighborhoods, where access to fresh food is inadequate, unemployment rates are high and where we can create good-paying jobs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Business Model</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The EcologiCiti business, with all its components, is a closed-loop system, sustainable aggregator development of urban food centers. Indoor vertical growing technology (Aeroponic or hydroponic) is proven to have the highest yield per square foot in a clean, climate-independent and predictable environment. The vertically integrated EcologiCiti is new to the market since it consolidates the food supply chain by controlling production, processing, utility cost, distribution (retail and wholesale) and quality. The energy generation will be done on site, using an array of proven, site-specific, distributed green energy technologies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:158.5pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,31,32)">The Market</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Market, environmental and demographic factors have contributed to a food crisis that will require suitable innovative responses from public and private entities. State and Federal government agencies have advocated that local, scalable, sustainable, efficient and profitable food chains are the future.  EcologiCiti takes advantage of these realities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Increase demand for locally grown fresh, healthy e-coli-free, reliable, produce for urban populations with diminishing access to local farms and at affordable prices.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Volatile and intensified climate changes have had catastrophic impact on food availability.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The “Locavore” Revolution for locally grown, healthy, fresh, sustainable vegetables has produced demand from upscale purveyors and celebrity chef restaurants.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The diabetes epidemic and obesity-related illnesses have created a market for healthy fresh food.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">High energy cost has increased food prices due to the added cost associated with distant travel.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Governmental Incentives, Tax Credits are available for local food farming that conserves water.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:158.5pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti has positioned its business to profitably take advantage of the convergence of technologies and changes in consumer food attitudes to bring vertical farming to the market. EcologiCiti is moving Urban Food Center indoor, creating the perfect business for the future of food security with minimal environmental impact, sustainability. EcologiCiti will sell and compete in these market segments: <i>Upscale food vendors and restaurants, mass market and local retailers, and public institutions.  </i>EcologiCiti along with BuildFarms<i> </i>has an advantage over conventional crop growers in that customer are assured a high quality, taste, freshness, easy availability, competitive price and sustainably-produced, produce regardless of climate or seasonal factors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti will utilize hydroponic and Aeroponic technology to produce year-round, leafy green crops in half the time that traditional farming methods require. Hydroponic cultivation is a water-based growing system in which no soil is required and nutrients are carefully controlled. (CEA) Controlled Environment Agriculture uses LED lighting and a water-nutrient solution to grow plants in racks in a highly efficient, predictable manner. Our distribution time is greatly reduced due to locations in urban areas close to the end-users. Targeting development sites in underutilized, often neglected locations will create real estate asset value on an otherwise non-performing real estate properties we select.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:1pt 4pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register at the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greentech-investor-forumecologicitiurban-food-conglomerate-of-the-future-tickets-18855865401">Greentech Investors Forum Eventbrite Page</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Or contact Gelvin at </span><a href="mailto:gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti will pursue two types of development for its sites: Smaller Rapid Start Community Scale (<i>RSCS</i>) and larger Urban Scale (<i>USCS</i>) Developments. RSCS sites will tend to be smaller projects in existing underutilized buildings that will meet the local community’s needs. The USCS sites will be larger projects in either underutilized warehouse or industrial sites or purpose built facilities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Financing Requirement</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">EcologiCiti is requesting $600,000 in startup capital funding and $8,600,000 in deal equity for initial site development for a total of $9,200,000 to be used for:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">S<i>ite preparation Capital expenditure</i></span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Architecture, Engineering and other intangible expenses</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Management Expenses incurred during development</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in">➢<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Initial Working Capital Requirements to support all operations including Hydroponic growing, Energy generation management, and Site Renewal management.</span></i></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Presenter: Emilio J Valls, CEO & Founder, Ecologiciti</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sector Expert: Ravi Suria, Founder/CIO at Valmiki Capital Management LLC</span></p><div style="border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:1pt 4pt"><p class="" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Disclaimer: The Greentech Investors Forum (GIF) is not soliciting funds for the presenting companies, nor is it encouraging parties to invest in them. We try to find good companies—not necessarily good investments. They have been advised on what is acceptable in terms of predicted results, but GIF takes no responsibility for what they actually do, say, or how they perform in the future.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Security:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">              If there is a problem at the Security Desk, please contact Ellen Reilly at </span><a href="tel:%28212%29%20895-4265"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">(212) 223-4000</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> (first choice) or call Gelvin Stevenson at 917-599-6089.  </span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:1in"><b>Fees:</b>                     $50, payable ahead of time or at the door. Cash or checks and credit cards accepted.</p><p class="" style="margin-left:1in">   $25 for call-in. Registered call-ins will be emailed the call-in numbers and, if available, the slides to be presented.</p><p class="">                              $25 for students and members of E2 and other affiliated organizations.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class=""><b>Agenda:</b>              8:00 to 8:30 -     Networking</p><p class="">                            8:30 to 8:40 -     Introductions</p><p class="" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> 8:40 to 9:10 -     Emilio Valls, CEO and Founder</span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> 9:10 to 9:30 -</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">   Ravi Suria, Founder/CIO at Valmiki Capital Management LLC</span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">9:30 to 10:00 -   Discussion</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To register, visit this Eventbrite site <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greentech-investor-forumecologicitiurban-food-conglomerate-of-the-future-tickets-18855865401">Greentech Investors Forum Eventbrite Page</a> or send your contact information to Gelvin Stevenson at </span><a href="mailto:gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com"><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> or 917-599-6089. And contact Gelvin If you have questions or need more information.</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Bios:</span></p><div align="center"><table class="" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:944px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:31.45pt"><td width="18%" style="width:165.35px;border-style:solid;border-color:white;border-width:1pt 1pt 3pt;padding:0.75pt 2.5pt 0in;height:31.45pt;background:rgb(86,134,22)"><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:8pt">NAME</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p></td><td width="81%" style="width:763.75px;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:white;border-top-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:white;border-bottom-width:3pt;border-right-color:white;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0.75pt 2.5pt 0in;height:31.45pt;background:rgb(86,134,22)"><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:8pt">EXPERIENCE</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:65.7pt"><td width="18%" style="width:165.35px;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;border-left-color:white;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding:0.75pt 2.5pt 0in;height:65.7pt;background:rgb(79,129,189)"><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:8pt">Emilio J. Valls</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p><p class=""><i><span style="font-size:8pt">Chief Executive Officer</span></i><span style="font-size:8pt"></span></p></td><td width="81%" style="width:76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tyle="font-size:8pt">Mr. Ostroff brings 20 years of experience in project management, project development, financial management, working directly with senior management on large development project.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ravi Suria, Founder/CIO at Valmiki Capital Management LLC, specializing in Impact Investing, previously worked at Moore Capital Management, Duquesne Capital Management and Lehman Brothers, where he was head of their convertible research. </span></p></div>
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