What Verdant Technologies does

Verdant Technologies, LLC is a Centennial, Colorado-based ag-tech company that develops and commercializes the HarvestHold™ platform — a proprietary 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) delivery system for extending the post-harvest shelf life of fresh produce and cut flowers. The technology is delivered through printable sheets, stickers, and labels that integrate into standard packaging materials and activate via the plant's natural respiration and humidity, requiring no water, catalysts, or special handling. Verdant holds over 60 patents (with 241 filings across 42 countries), including USPTO-granted electrostatic printing patents and a European Patent for the 1-MCP delivery architecture. The company received EPA registration for HarvestHold Fresh in September 2021 and expanded its approved crop label by 18 additional fruits and vegetables in June 2022.

Verdant serves three primary customer segments: commercial produce growers and packers, wholesale distributors, and grocery retailers, with a secondary presence in the floral industry. Sales is led through dedicated regional sales directors (West, Mexico) and account managers, supported by enterprise pilots that demonstrate measurable shelf-life and shrink improvements — most notably a 9.96% broccoli volume increase at Harps Food Stores. Channel distribution includes a strategic partnership with Chrysal International for global floral market access. Verdant opened the Verdant Innovation Lab in Centennial, Colorado in October 2023, equipped with advanced gas analytics and cold storage infrastructure for in-house R&D.

The company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gulftech International following its June 2021 acquisition, leveraging Gulftech's footprint across 85 countries and its reach into companies touching approximately 90% of the world's fresh produce. Verdant generates revenue through consumable product sales (HarvestHold Fresh and Bloom sheets/stickers/labels) and holds licensing potential across its extensive patent estate. Current operations span the United States, Mexico, and Colombia. Pricing is quote-based per volume with no public disclosure of unit economics, and revenue figures are not publicly reported.

Name

Verdant Technologies

Legal name

Verdant Technologies, LLC

Website

https://verdant-tech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Verdant Technologies develops HarvestHold™, a proprietary 1-MCP-based sheet, sticker, and label technology that extends the post-harvest shelf life of fresh produce and cut flowers by 40-50%, serving commercial growers, distributors, and grocery retailers in the US, Mexico, and Colombia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Post-Harvest Agricultural Preservation

NAICS

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Protection Formulations (EC, SC, WG, WP, SL) (AFABAIAA)

Keywords

• Post-harvest shelf life extension
• Ethylene blocking technology
• 1-MCP delivery systems
• Produce freshness solutions
• Floral preservation products

Headquarters

HQ city

Centennial

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. HarvestHold Product Sales: Verdant generates revenue through the sale of HarvestHold sheets, stickers, and labels to growers, distributors, and retailers. The product is applied to produce and floral packaging at the time of harvest or packing. No capital investment required from customers.
2. Licensing Royalties: Technology licensing for 1-MCP delivery systems. The company holds over 60 patents and more than 1,000 patents granted globally over 20 years, providing intellectual property licensing opportunities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Verdant Technologies develops, manufactures, and sells HarvestHold™, a 1-MCP-based post-harvest product life extension technology delivered via proprietary sheets, stickers, and labels inserted into produce and floral packaging at the point of harvest or packing. The active ingredient 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) inhibits the natural ethylene ripening hormone, extending usable product life of fruits, vegetables, and flowers by an average of 40-50%. The technology is EPA-registered, activated by the plant's natural respiration and humidity without requiring water, catalysts, or special equipment.

Product overview

Verdant Technologies offers a unified product line built around its proprietary HarvestHold™ platform, which delivers 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) technology to extend the shelf life and quality of perishable produce and floral products. The platform includes three distinct product variants: HarvestHold Fresh for fruits and vegetables, HarvestHold Bloom for floral products, and a portfolio of delivery formats (sheets, stickers, and labels). All products share the same core 1-MCP technology that inhibits the ethylene ripening hormone, activated by the plant's natural chemistry without requiring water, catalysts, or special equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HarvestHold Fresh Post-harvest shelf-life extension solution for fruits and vegetables that uses 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) technology released from a sheet inserted into packaging at harvest, extending usable product life by an average of 40-50% and significantly reducing waste in perishable supply chains. EPA-registered and approved for use on over 30 fruits and vegetables.
• HarvestHold Bloom Post-harvest life extension solution for cut flowers and potted plants that utilizes the same 1-MCP technology as HarvestHold Fresh to preserve floral quality and extend vase life during storage and transit. Distributed globally through the Chrysal International partnership.
• HarvestHold 1-MCP Delivery Formats (Sheets, Stickers, and Labels) Proprietary 1-MCP delivery system available in multiple form factors (sheets, stickers, labels) that can be printed on standard packing materials including plastic sheets, paper stock, and labels. Activated by natural plant respiration and humidity without requiring liquid water, special handling, or complicated application methods, enabling use anywhere in the supply chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-50% extension in usable product life
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• University of Florida (UF-IFAS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2022Research partnership with University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science. Study led by Dr. Steven A. Sargent demonstrated that grape tomatoes treated with HarvestHold reduced weight loss by 50%, maintained firmness during cold storage, and had 25% less decay compared to untreated tomatoes.
• CIAD (Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2021Partnership with Mexico's chief food science and technology research center for trialing HarvestHold on tomatoes, broccoli, avocados, melons, and papayas. Results validated US trialing with maintained quality and color, improved firmness, reduced water loss, and increased shelf life.
• Chrysal InternationalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 20 October 2020Strategic partnership to bring 1-MCP-based solution to the floral industry. Initial focus on Colombia (one of the largest floral growers in the world) and Miami (major US receiving area for floral products). Chrysal's global customer base of growers and packers gains access to Verdant's shelf-stable 1-MCP solution.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Apeel Sciences: Apeel Sciences provides plant-derived edible coatings that slow water loss and oxidation in produce, addressing the same shelf-life extension problem as Verdant through a different mechanism. Targets similar grower, distributor, and retailer customers with a complementary rather than identical solution.
• StixFresh: StixFresh produces sticker-based produce freshness extensions that consumers or packers apply directly to fruit, addressing the same shelf-life extension problem for produce retailers and packers with a similar sticker format to Verdant's HarvestHold products.
• RipeLocker: RipeLocker applies controlled-atmosphere/low-pressure technology to extend produce shelf life during storage and transit, competing for the same produce supply-chain customers and shelf-life value proposition.
• Mori (formerly Cambridge Crops): Mori develops edible coatings derived from natural proteins for extending shelf life of fresh produce. Targets similar fresh produce customers with a coating-based alternative to Verdant's 1-MCP sheets and stickers.

Direct peers

• Hazel Technologies: Hazel Technologies develops 1-MCP and other ethylene-management sachet-based technologies for extending produce shelf life. Targets similar produce packers and growers and competes directly for the same shelf-life extension wallet share.
• AgroFresh: AgroFresh is the dominant incumbent in 1-MCP-based postharvest technology through its SmartFresh product line, serving the same growers, distributors, and retailers as Verdant. It is the most directly comparable competitor in the same 1-MCP crop protection category.

Broad incumbents

• Bayer Crop Science: Bayer Crop Science is the crop protection arm of Bayer and one of the largest global agricultural input companies, serving produce growers and packers with a broad portfolio. It represents a broad incumbent that could compete or partner in postharvest shelf-life extension.
• Syngenta Group: Syngenta is one of the world's largest agricultural input and crop protection companies, with both pre-harvest and postharvest product lines that touch the same grower-packer customers as Verdant and could expand into shelf-life extension through R&D or M&A.
• UPL Limited: UPL Limited is a global crop protection and seed company with a sizable postharvest portfolio, including products serving produce growers and packers. As a broad incumbent, it has overlapping capability in crop protection chemistry for the same customer base.

Others

• Chrysal International: Chrysal International is Verdant's channel partner for HarvestHold Bloom in the global floral market and also sells its own postharvest flower care solutions, positioning it as both enabler (reseller) and adjacent competitor in the floral freshness space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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