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Gardin Raises $4.5M to Advance Precision Agriculture with Breakthrough Photosynthesis Sensor & AI Platform to Monitor Greenhouse Crop Health at Scale, in Real Time

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Gardin Agritech has raised a $4.5M Seed 2 financing round led by Navus Ventures with participation from new investor Oxford Innovation Finance as well as existing investors LDV Capital, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Alchimia Investments and angel investors.

OXFORD, England, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gardin is growing their list of customers leveraging their novel optical photosynthesis sensor & AI that measures crop photosynthesis in real time, giving growers early insight into plant health and development. This allows for faster, more targeted interventions, resulting in improved yields, better crop quality and more efficient use of resources such as water, light and energy. Clients have reported up to 10x return on investment. Since commercial launch in June 2023, Gardin’s sensors have been deployed across a wide range of environments – from polytunnels in Spain and Morocco to greenhouses in the Netherlands and Canada – and used successfully on more than 20 crop species, from algae to tomatoes. In 2025, the company is doubling down on light optimisation and energy efficiency enabling growers to make informed decisions, with trials already showing growers can achieve 20-30% in energy savings. Gardin’s technology also aids research into hardier seed varieties, contributing to a more sustainable and secure food supply.

The news comes at a critical time for the $200 billion global Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) market, which is expanding rapidly due to rising demand for reliable food supplies and decreasing setup costs. Yet the sector faces mounting pressures: energy and labour costs have surged, emissions regulations are tightening and there’s a shortage of skilled growers to operate indoor farms, greenhouses and seed breeding businesses. Existing tools lack the sophistication to process vast amounts of data and deliver timely insights, leaving many operations struggling to adapt efficiently. This underscores a pressing need for AI-powered solutions capable of analysing large swathes of data in real time – enabling smarter, automated decisions and unlocking the full potential of precision agriculture.

Agriculture Investments Limited, one of the UK’s most progressive fruit producers, adopted Gardin’s technology after seeing its potential to deliver scalable, confident decision-making for more resilient, high-quality crops. “We have been long believers that to truly optimise food production we need to be able to change the greenhouse climate to adapt to the crop’s needs but there was no solution on the market that could solve this with high confidence and scalably…. Until we met Gardin. Gardin’s unique sensor + AI is able to detect changes in crop photosynthesis and provide clear, actionable insights based on that. As a result, within a couple of months of trialling Gardin’s product we decided to sign a multi-year contract,” said David Moore, Director of Agriculture at Agriculture Investments.

Fromboer reports a 5% yield increase per square meter thanks to more uniform, high-quality production and improved cost control. “The sensor contributes to homogeneous production with high quality and cost control. Overall, I estimate yield is at least 5% higher per square meter,” said Leonard Boer, Owner & Head Grower at Fromboer.

Ridder highlights Gardin’s ability to drive profitability boosts of up to 30%, yield gains of 15%, and early detection of crop stress weeks in advance – marking a shift from traditional climate control to data-driven “crop control.” “For many years now we have been able to effectively automate climate control around the crop, the next phase is to incorporate real time feedback from the crop and move from ‘climate control’ towards ‘crop control’. Gardin has developed the key technology to enable this,” said Sander Baraké, CTO at Ridder. “Results include profitability boosts of up to 30% by optimizing winter LED efficiency and maximising summer light. Yield increases of up to 15% and early detection of biotic and abiotic stresses by up to 4 weeks before crop walking,” he continued.

With this new round of funding, Gardin will enhance its platform and grow their commercial team to expand its customer base across continents. Available jobs are listed here.

Led by serial entrepreneur Sumanta Talukdar, who previously co-founded and exited WaveOptics for over $500 million, brings decades of experience across optics, photonics, sensors and computer science,

“Navus Ventures are in my opinion the best Ag focussed investor in Europe with a deep knowledge and network in this ecosystem. The whole Gardin team is very pleased to partner with Navus,” said Sumanta Talukdar, Founder & CEO of Gardin.

“Gardin has developed a unique affordable technology that gives growers an actual pulse on their plants and therefore business. A great addition to our portfolio and fit with our strategy and background, we are looking forward to helping Sumanta and the Gardin team through the next phase of commercial scaling,” said Jaap Zijlstra, director at Navus.

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TeamLogic IT Honors Top Franchisees, Brings Leading Industry Experts Together at TeamLogic IT Owners Summit Convention

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MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TeamLogic IT, a national provider of managed IT services and technology support, celebrated the achievements of its franchise network at the company’s annual Owners Summit and Vendor Show, held October 5-8, 2026. The event brought together TeamLogic IT franchisees, vendors and partners for a week of learning, collaboration and connection, culminating in the recognition of the network’s top-performing franchisees.

“One of the things that makes TeamLogic IT so special is the strength of our franchisee community. Our TeamLogic IT franchise owners represent the very best of the managed services industry,” says Richard Lowe, president and CEO of TeamLogic, LLC. “Owners Summit gives us the opportunity to come together, exchange ideas and celebrate what we’ve accomplished as a network. Recognizing our top-performing owners is always a highlight. Their leadership and commitment to delivering high-quality technology solutions are helping drive our network forward and strengthen the TeamLogic IT brand nationwide.”

The sold-out vendor exhibition featured more than 70 leading companies in the technology industry, including Pax 8, the conference’s signature sponsor, Bitdefender, Blackpoint, Cytracom, Sophos, Kaseya, N-able, NinjaOne, Proofpoint, Rewst, Slide and more.

At a closing ceremony, the following awards were presented:

Franchisee of the Year: Arti Dutt – West Northridge, CA

Rookie of the Year: Reese Verschelde and Corey Gisondi – Bryn Mawr, PA

Technician of the Year: Federico Hansen – N. Palm Beach, FL

VIP (Volume Increase Percentage)
Larry Anderson and Tony Anderson – Montgomery, ALSteve Anderson – Johns Creek, GATop 15 (Based on 2025 sales)
Jim Hackett and Andrew Hackett – Woburn, MATodd & Linda Harrell – Morris Plains, NJTodd & Ruth Tolly – Santa Rosa, CAPaul Behrman & Nadia Pukhova – Lake Forest, CACory & Kathleen Boxall – Ashburn, VARob Fallows & Chris Kasten – Phoenix, AZKirk Gramoll and John Halama – Germantown, WICindy McPike, Cameron Nelson, and Jacob Harrington – Salem, ORBob Roloff – Ft. Myers, FLDwight & Allison Blankenship – Columbus, OHRick Higgins – Dunwoody, GADan & Becky Thomas – Durham, NCScott Daniels – Naples, FLEric Summers – Des Moines, IARandall Wilson – Decatur, ALMillion Dollar Club
Kyle Temple – Richmond, VAJeremy Mason – East Madison, WIJoseph & Joyce Tauras – Manchester, NHSandeep Kaushal – Vernon, CTJim & Mikki Young – Lake Arlington, TXSteve & Jamie McGlumphy – Aurora, ILMike Treiser and Danny Ramey – Denver West, COMayank & Jaimini Patel – Niles, ILAllen Chu – White Plains, NY

About TeamLogic IT
TeamLogic IT is a national provider of advanced technology solutions for companies of all sizes. Local offices provide clients with the IT support they need to run their businesses more efficiently by leveraging the latest technology solutions, including managed IT services, cybersecurity, business continuity, cloud, co-managed IT services, managed AI, and consulting and support. With more than 350 independently owned and operated locations across North America, TeamLogic IT helps companies minimize downtime, improve productivity and secure their IT infrastructure. Visit www.teamlogicit.com or www.TeamLogicFranchising.com for more information on the TeamLogic IT franchise network.

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Mili and Egnyte Partner to put Client Documents to work in Financial Advice

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The partnership brings Egnyte’s secure content platform and Mili’s AI agents together, so advice firms can deliver more comprehensive, personalized advice at scale.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mili, an AI platform for wealth management firms, and Egnyte, a leader in secure content collaboration, intelligence, and governance, today announced a partnership that brings Mili’s AI agents to client documents in Egnyte. Advisors work from a file or a whole client folder alongside data from the firm’s CRM, portfolio and planning systems, under each advisor’s Egnyte permissions.

Kitces Research finds that reviewing client documents is the most common way advisors use AI. Its productivity research puts a new financial plan at 15 to 40 hours of team time.

Advisors use Mili’s agents to model the tax cost of moving a client’s accounts into the firm’s strategy, weigh a rebalance against unrealized gains, summarize a bonus agreement and build a financial snapshot from a statement. The agents link answers to their sources and flag what an analysis may still need.

David Ringler, Managing Director at Onyx Bridge Wealth Group ($1.6B+ AUM), said, “Egnyte and Mili are two valuable pieces of technology in our stack, and bringing them together has changed how our practice runs. Mili’s meeting prep and planning agents have become significantly better with Egnyte data behind them.”

Chirag Gandhi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mili, said, “How many clients an advice firm can serve well has long been capped. It is set by the work of understanding each client’s financial life. Agentic AI is changing that, helping advice firms uplift client capacity by accelerating the delivery of high-quality advice.”

Kyle Blair, Director of Global Financial Services at Egnyte, said, “Egnyte helps financial services firms accelerate critical business operations by turning document-heavy tasks into faster, connected, and revenue-generating workflows. Our partnership enables Mili’s AI agents to securely access and work on customer data within Egnyte for better business outcomes.”

The integration is live for mutual customers. Building on Mili’s work with hundreds of advice firms, it aims to put a firm’s full client knowledge into its advice.

About Egnyte

Egnyte is a leader in secure content collaboration, intelligence, and governance, trusted by more than 23,000 customers to increase employee productivity, drive operational efficiencies, and secure mission-critical content. Egnyte’s AI-powered platform empowers organizations to create, share, and protect their information at scale, with specialized solutions designed to meet the unique needs of organizations in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), financial services, life sciences, and other industries. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

About Mili

Mili is an AI platform for wealth management firms. Its specialized agents automate advisor workflows across meetings, prospecting, onboarding, planning, data management, document intelligence, and compliance. Mili is SOC 2 certified, ISO 27001 compliant, and works with RIAs and broker-dealers managing $250B+ in client assets. Learn more at getmili.ai.

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QUANTUM CONNECTIONS PROMOTES JAMES “JAMIE” GRIFFETH TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DIALOGUE TRAINING INSTITUTE

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DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Quantum Connections® has promoted James “Jamie” Griffeth to Chief Operating Officer. Griffeth joined the organization in September of 2025 as Chief Learning Officer and will continue to serve as Director of the Dialogue Training Institute in addition to his new responsibilities.

Since joining Quantum Connections, Griffeth has focused on the organization’s learning mission. He designed a four-tier practitioner credentialing framework, architected the Quantum Dialogue Profile behavioral assessment, led the migration to a new enterprise learning management system, and built the organization’s localization pipeline—delivering that training in French Canadian with Spanish and Chinese queued as next languages.

Griffeth’s expanded role brings together organizational operations and learning leadership around multiple goals: maintaining the company’s infrastructure in ways that align with its mission, expanding the certified leadership network, and continuing to make dialogue skills easier to access, practice, and apply in everyday life.

“Jamie has earned my complete trust and admiration thorough his exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to turn vision into execution.” Said Dr. Jonathan Thorp, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Connections. “When I asked him to success me as Chief Learning Officer, I already knew he was capable of great things. His performance has only reinforced that confidence. I’m delighted to recognize his contribution with this promotion and look forward to partnering with him as we continue building the future of Quantum Connections.”

Griffeth will continue to support Quantum Connections’ mission by preparing the company for sustainable growth while maintaining the quality and consistency of its learning experiences. By linking program delivery to assessments and evidence, Griffeth aims to use technology to expand its reach to more partners and clients, helping them understand how to apply dialogue skills and the outcomes that follow.

About Quantum Connections
Quantum Connections, founded by renowned relationship experts Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., leverages over 40 years of expertise to provide individuals and organizations with invaluable relational competency skills rooted in neuro and quantum social sciences. Quantum Connections serves small businesses, large corporations, global faith communities, educational institutions, and community organizations, as well as individuals, couples, and families, offering live and on-demand training, coaching certification, and resources to foster authentic connections through effective communication and skill development.

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