The Technology
Stem Shock™ is a programmable non-GMO herbicide platform to aid managers of towns, forests, farms, and parks in their fight against invasive or herbicide-resistant weeds. Our active ingredient kills only the weed while sparing the environment. Stem Shock™ uses RNA interference, a newly discovered technology gaining traction in the medical community. Unlike current chemical herbicides Stem Shock™ is not harmful to people and the environment. Stem Shock™ is nontoxic, non-spreading, biodegradable, and safe in rivers and lakes.
About Us
News:
Sep 2016: Stem Shock is competing in the 2016 Greater Vancouver Clean Technology Expo & Championship, 28 Sept 2016, from 0930 to 1630, Surrey City Hall, 13450 104 Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada.
Sep 2016: Chris Tuttle and director Jay Robinson will attend Ag Innovation Showcase in St. Louis, MO from 12–14 September, 2016. Read the agenda (Stem Shock presents Tues 13 Sept in the 1200-1245 slot) and Contact Chris to set up a meeting.
Mar 2016: Chief Scientific Officer Layne Woodfin attended World Agri-Tech Investment Summit in San Francisco, March 16–17, 2016.
Oct 2015: Proud to announce Cotyledon Consulting Inc d.b.a. Stem Shock has won the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase Prize in Austin, TX, USA for Supply Chain and Product Innovation! This was an award category with stiff international competition.
Sept 2015: Stem Shock won the BCIC Resource Industry Prize, having made it through 3 elimination rounds of the BCIC New Ventures Competition, starting with 128 companies!
Previous local news coverage: http://www.vicnews.com/news/233034891.html
The Stem Shock™ company:
- Addresses the growing and largely uncontrolled economic damage caused worldwide by invasive alien weeds.
- Protects diversity and native species; preserves working forests and land/water rights-of-way for industry.
- Replaces non-selective chemical herbicides which cannot be used in riparian and wetland areas, and whose use is increasingly banned in many jurisdictions.
- Addresses the growing threat of herbicide-resistant superweeds.
- Uses natural, biodegradable, non-replicating and non-integrating RNA technology. Sprays or other products containing Stem Shock will be non-GMO. RNA is natural, present in all cells, and non-toxic.
- Targets invasive alien plants to promote native species, has low energy use and CO2 emissions, and is an ethical investment in a sustainable company.
- Is a lean virtual biotech with R&D headquarters in Port Alberni, BC, Canada; diversifying to a presence in Saskatoon, Canada.
What stage are we at?
We have two Patent Cooperation Treaty filings in place with WIPO, and are entering the national phase now in multiple global territories.
We are moving our R&D into commercialization phase, focused on: testing spray formulations, multiple species, systemic spread throughout the target plant, and pollen delivery.
We are in the middle of our first major post-friends-and-family financing round.
We have received significant past and present funding from the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP). Our finances have also been approved by reviewed and approved by the federal Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED).
Contact
Co-founders and scientific team:
Chris Tuttle
chris@stem-shock.com
+1 250 893 5588
Layne Woodfin
layne@stem-shock.com
+1 250 920 6692
Executive consultant and business development:
Sam Mercer
sam@stem-shock.com
+1 250 884 7774