Nexem

Name

Nexem

Legal name

Nexem

Website

https://nexem.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nexem is a Chicago-based engineering and consulting firm that designs indoor controlled-environment agriculture facilities and supplies the AliceOS™ SaaS automation platform, Pheno.AG containerized grow units, and cultivation equipment to licensed North American producers, greenhouse operators, and hobbyist growers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indoor Cultivation Technology

NAICS

Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141), Agricultural Implement Manufacturing (33311), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) / Vertical Farming (Indoor LED Farms) (AFAGAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

CEA Monitoring, Sensors & Automation Software (SCADA, IoT, Climate/Recipe Control) (AFAAAHAG), Plant Propagation & Nursery CEA Equipment (Germination Rooms, Tissue Culture Support) (AFAAAHAJ), Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

Keywords

• Controlled environment agriculture
• Indoor cultivation systems
• Cultivation facility design
• Greenhouse automation software
• Vertical farming equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of Pheno.AG containerized grow facilities, Agrify Vertical Farming Units, grow lights, climate control systems, fertigation equipment, and cultivation technology solutions.
2. SaaS/Software Platform: AliceOS™ SaaS platform providing control and automation capabilities for cultivation facilities with 24/7 global access and real-time insights.
3. Professional Services: Integrated indoor cultivation facility design services including CAD drafting and BIM presentations by in-house designers and engineers, MEP engineering, and cultivation consulting.
4. Direct SKU Sales: Sale of thousands of direct SKUs including commercial lighting fixtures, environment controllers, water pumps, irrigation supplies, nutrients, supplies and consumables.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Nexem designs, engineers, and integrates indoor cultivation technology systems for North America's licensed indoor producers and greenhouse cultivators. The company combines its proprietary AliceOS™ SaaS automation platform with in-house MEP engineering services, Pheno.AG containerized grow facilities, Agrify Vertical Farming Units, and thousands of direct cultivation equipment SKUs to deliver turnkey indoor farming solutions for high-value medicinal plants, vegetables, and industrial hemp.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AliceOS™ Control and Automation Platform A SaaS platform that integrates with control and monitoring hardware sensors to help cultivators automate operations, manage people, plants, process and compliance in one place, providing 24/7 global access and real-time insights.
• Integrated Indoor Cultivation Facility Design Custom facility design services using CAD drafting and BIM presentations by in-house designers and engineers, integrating HVAC and electrical systems for the specific environmental needs of indoor production facilities.
• Pheno.AG Containerized Grow Facilities (FGU) Pre-packaged modular growing facility packaged inside a 40' high cube shipping container with 16 sq ft clonal propagation space, 60 sq ft mother/vegetative space, and 240 sq ft flower canopy (316 sq ft total), controlled by AliceOS™ platform automation. Distributed exclusively by Nexem and Agrify.
• Agrify Vertical Farming Unit (VFU) Stackable 8 foot x 4 foot x 9 foot tall vertical farming unit featuring a fully managed micro-climate, stackable 3 units tall to provide 6 total levels of canopy space on a single floor.
• High-Tech Lighting Products Commercial lighting fixtures including LEC/CMH, LED, Sun System DE/SE reflectors, electronic and magnetic ballasts, lamps, fluorescent lighting, complete systems, light movers and handlers for indoor cultivation facilities.
• Growing Environment Controllers Environment controllers, fans, ventilation, ducting, AC/dehumidification/humidification systems, air purification, timers and instruments for climate management in indoor cultivation facilities.
• Water & Aeration Systems Water pumps, irrigation supplies, chillers, heaters, purification systems, water treatment, aeration equipment, pH/EC/TDS meters and solutions for irrigation management in cultivation facilities.
• Grow Tents, Systems & Trays Tents, indoor greenhouses, grow systems, trays and reservoirs for indoor cultivation operations of various scales.
• Growing Media & Containers Growing media and pots/containers for plant cultivation across propagation, vegetative, and flowering stages.
• Plant Propagation, Nutrition & Health Cloning and seed starting products, nutrients, supplements, pest and disease control, leaf shines and washes for plant health management throughout the cultivation cycle.
• Tools, Accessories & More Plant support, hand tools, growing accessories, liquid and weight measurement, harvest solutions, food and water storage, and hygiene and safety equipment for indoor cultivation operations.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Pheno.AGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPheno.AG Field Genetics Unit (FGU) is exclusively distributed by Nexem and Agrify. The FGU is a containerized and modular growing facility packaged in a 40' high cube shipping container with integrated lighting, climate control, irrigation and fertigation systems controlled by the AliceOS™ platform.
• AgrifycoreTechnology or IntegrationAgrify is the manufacturing partner for Pheno.AG containerized grow facilities and Vertical Farming Units. Agrify manufacturing produces the pre-packaged cultivation technology solutions that combine with Nexem's integrated cultivation systems design and AliceOS Platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Broad incumbents

• Plenty: Major indoor vertical farming operator with proprietary cultivation technology stacks, working in the same controlled-environment agriculture category and serving similar institutional and licensed-producer customers.
• AeroFarms: Large-scale indoor vertical farming operator using advanced CEA technology and proprietary platforms; an end-user of similar controls and automation rather than a direct system seller, but operates broadly in the same indoor cultivation category.
• BrightFarms: National greenhouse grower and supplier of locally grown produce; serves as both a large-scale buyer of greenhouse automation/lighting technology comparable to Nexem's portfolio and an incumbent in its primary customer segment.

Direct peers

• Priva: Global provider of climate, irrigation, and process automation software for greenhouses and indoor cultivation - a direct competitor to AliceOS in the CEA control and monitoring market.
• Freight Farms: Builds containerized modular hydroponic farms (Greenery S) with integrated climate control and farm-management software, closely comparable to Nexem's Pheno.AG FGU model and target customers.
• Argus Control Systems: Supplies environmental control systems and automation hardware for greenhouses and indoor cultivation, directly comparable to Nexem's AliceOS platform and integrated facility design offerings.
• Agrify: Manufacturer of Pheno.AG containerized grow facilities and Vertical Farming Units that Nexem distributes exclusively; offers overlapping cultivation hardware and software automation products to the same indoor producer customer base.
• Heliospectra: Supplies LED horticulture lighting and lighting control software for controlled environment agriculture, overlapping with Nexem's high-tech lighting portfolio and AliceOS automation layer.

Others

• Certhon: European provider of turnkey greenhouse and indoor farming construction projects, an enabler/adjacent peer in the same controlled-environment design and build services space Nexem offers via its integrated facility design offering.

Emerging players

• Motorleaf: Provides AI-driven automation and predictive analytics for greenhouses and indoor farms, competing for the same data-and-automation layer that Nexem's AliceOS platform addresses.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NexemInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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