1. Indigo Ag

2. Harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet OFFICES Headquarters: Charlestown, MA Commercial Team: Memphis, TN EMPLOYEES Jan 2016: 40 employees Oct 2016: 101 employees FUNDING $156 million raised FUN FACT Indigo’s lab contains the largest Conviron grow room in the world

3. We are not currently increasing agricultural production fast enough to meet rising demand in a sustainable manner
A. Water – 40% gap between demand and easily accessible water by 2030, straining grower resources
B. Land – over 20% arable land already degraded
CAGR
6,900 2%
900
2,800
-40%
4,500
Municipal & Domestic
Industry
600
1,500
100
4,200
800
4,500
700
Relevant supply quantity is much lower that the absolute renewable water availability in nature
Ground
water
3,100
3,500
Agriculture
Surface
water
Existing
with-drawals2
Existing
with-drawals3
Basins with
deficits
Basins with
surplus
Existing, accessible, reliable, sustainable supply
C. Climate change – 3-16% lower productivity by 2080
D. Productivity gain – steadily declining gains
Annual yield increase of major crops(1)
Decade average, percent
% yield gain/ year
Source: McKinsey Water Initiative; SAGE 2009; CGD – Global Warming and Agriculture: New
Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in agriculture productivity; Phillips
McDougall; FAO; ASTI; team analysis
(1) Includes cereals, oilseeds, sugar crops, pulses, roots, and tubers

4. The Plant Microbiome
Like humans, plants have microbiomes: including microbes inside of their tissues
At Indigo, we started to see that swapping plant microbiomes could dramatically alter plant stress tolerance…

5. Indigo adds back beneficial microbes that have been removed through modern agricultural practices
Untreated
SOY
WHEAT
CORN
COTTON
Wild crop strains possess a microbiome that is more numerous and diverse than modern cultivars
Indigo collects plant samples from around the world and employs powerful bioinformatics tools to identify beneficial microbes that have been depleted
Indigo adds back beneficial microbes in the form of a seed coating which improve plant performance

6. The Indigo Effect 2016 First commercial products: cotton
Indigo’s advances in cotton optimization consistently show average yield improvement of 10%+ in water stress conditions
Untreated
Untreated
2016
Launch of the first commercial product, Indigo Cotton, which has been planted on more than 50,000 acres in five states

7. Indigo’s Opportunity Cube
Indigo’s discovery is built to make the whole cube of agriculture opportunities possible
Dramatic improvements in crop yield and stress tolerance
Reduced pesticides on hundreds of millions of acres
Less water, fertilizer use; use of marginal lands
Healthier plants, better foods, greater diversity
Product opportunities to provide >$100bn in annual value creation
N. America
GEOGRAPHY
S. America
Australia
Europe
Africa
Asia
Corn
Cotton
Soy
CROPS
Wheat
Rice
Cassava
Insect
Fungal
Salt
Nitrogen
Water
Heat
STRESS