Investment Opportunity with Typha Co.

Typha Co. has received limited-time approval to issue preferred shares under Manitoba’s Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit (SBVCTC) program.

This incentive allows eligible Manitoban investors and companies to claim a 45% non-refundable tax credit on the amount invested in Typha Co.’s common shares. 

You may qualify if you meet any of the requirements below:

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Net income before taxes was more than $200K in the past two calendar years.

(With the expectation that net income will either be the same or greater in following calendar year)

Combined net income with your spouse was more than $300K in each of the last two calendar years.

(With the expectation that net income will either be the same or greater in following calendar year)

Alone, or with your spouse, you own more than $1 Million in cash and securities.

(After subtracting any debt related to the cash and securities.)

Alone, or with your spouse, you have net assets worth more than $5 Million.

(Your net assets are your total assets including real estate minus your debt.)

Why invest in Typha Co.?

Champion Climate Action

Providing local climate change mitigation and adaptation for farmers and rural communities (i.e. water conservation and flood protection). Transforming marginal landscapes into climate resilient heaven for biodiversity habitat.

Changing Legislation

Global market gap for renewable substrate and fibres due to newly imposed bans that restrict plastic and peat consumption. Uniquely positioned to offset biomass costs through carbon and water-quality trading credits.

Critical Mineral Conservation

Phosphorus is a scarce, non-renewable resource essential for food production, with no substitute and no large-scale recovery solutions in place. Treating water has typically been cost prohibitive, our solution transforms watershed management in a profitable endeavour.

Saving Lake Winnipeg

Harvesting competes favourably with wastewater treatment facilities in both cost-effectiveness and its capacity to address non-point source pollution— while also providing the added benefit of a verifiable audit trail for phosphorus removal and carbon sequestration.

There has never been a more critical time to support solutions that will help keep our lakes and waterways clean:

  • A $4B First Nations lawsuit targets Lake Winnipeg pollution (May 2024)
  • Phosphorus was added to Canada’s critical minerals list (June 2024)
  • Manitoba set an aggressive phosphorus reduction target (August 2024)
  • Winnipeg committed $2M annually to green infrastructure (Oct 2024)
  • 1000+ residents petitioned for sustainable peatland alternatives (Nov 2024)

Typha Co. is positioned to be the solution. Let’s discuss how you can be part of this movement.

  • Scaling operations nationally for proven gardening products.

  • R&D for new, high-margin Typha-based horticulture product with greater sales repeatability.

  • Processing facility engineering to ensure product mix optimization for market opportunities.

Timeline

2024

  • Incubated at North Forge, SVG Thrive, League of Innovators.
  • MEIA Green Dragon Pitch Finalist. Attended Indoor- Ag. Conference, Cottage Country’s Lake Show and MB Horticulture Association event.
  • Distributed Typha Garden Amendment across 7 garden centres surrounding Winnipeg, MB.
  • Sold 0.3 Tonne of by-product (seed fibre) to oversea textile manufacturers.
  • 18 kg Phosphorus (p) removed from Lake Winnipeg’s watershed and 23.6 T of CO2 sequestered from 2024 harvesting activities

2025

  • Incubated at McGill X1 program and Aqua-Entrepreneur.
  • McGill Dobson cup Finalist: Placed 2nd as most promising climate venture.
  • Distributed Typha Garden Amendment across 11 garden centres across MB.
  • Received a purchase order for 5 tonnes of by-product (seed fibre) from overseas’ customer.
  • 26 kg Phosphorus (p) removed from Lake Winnipeg’s watershed and 34.1 T of CO2 sequestered
  • Complete pre-seed financing round ($300,000) by August 31st, 2025

2026

  • Scale potting mix across Canada with the help of toll processors and wholesalers.
  • Conduct a two-pass harvest with mechanical means of collection at a case study harvest site.
  • Pilot facility design validated by P.Eng firm.

2027

  • Commission pilot facility construction near Centre port to scale up to 5000 Tonne/annually by 2029. Generating over $ 3 million in revenues by 2029
  • Close seed stage fundraising round ($ 2.2 million) while also leveraging federal Ag. clean-tech grants.
  • Anticipated gross profit margins of 61% on typha co. 's products and removing 4 tonnes of phosphorus/ annually when running at our pilot facility scale.

Traction

Investment Readiness Level: 7

  • High-Fidelity Minimum Viable Product has demonstrated product-market fit and validated revenue model.
  • Raised $32,500 (SAFE) so far through Startup- TNT. Pre-approved to raise up to $2.2 million via SBVCTC program
  • Total Federal and Provincial grants leveraged so far: $186,203 with additional $237,500 confirmed.

Technology Readiness Level: 7

  • Validated vital proof-of-concept pilots, and demonstrated superior floriculture plant growth  in nursery settings compared to leading alternatives.
  • Peer-reviewed growing trials on our product. Conducted by Dr. Poonam Singh, Assiniboine Community College (2022).
  • Internal growing trials with Bio-System Engineering Students at University of Manitoba (2022-2025)
  • Collaborative research project with Carbon Lock Tech and Vineland Research Centre & Innovation (2025). Validated Peat-reduced and Peat-free potting mix for Chrysanthemum cultivation by Canada’s leading industry experts.

Customer Readiness Level: 8

  • Confirmed global market gap for peat substitute, received positive feedback on beta customer testing.
  • Signed Letter of Intent (LOI) with national wholesaler to distribute our product across their 14,000 retail stores.
  • Signed LOI with two hydroponic system manufacturers to provide subscription as a service to their existing clientele.
  • Long standing relationship with multiple multi-national peat & packaging companies.

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