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Growing fresh
from inside
BC's backyard

Sustainabite Fresh Farms is a proven, revenue-generating indoor vertical farm supplying 30+ BC grocery retailers with locally grown basil — no middlemen, no hype, just real numbers from two years of operations.

Express Interest
Monthly Revenue
$14–15K
Per container, proven over 2+ years of live operations
Contribution Margin
~40%
Actual operating margins, not projections
Retail Accounts
30+
BC grocers including Meinhardt, Pattison Group stores
Current Raise
$1.5M
Convertible note — actively deploying capital
Instrument
Convertible Note
Target Raise
$1,500,000
Minimum Check
$25,000
Stage
Revenue-Stage · Phase 1
Based In
Surrey, BC · Canada
The Opportunity

The local food
gap is real —
and measurable

Over 85% of fresh herbs sold in Canadian grocery stores are imported — trucked thousands of kilometres, sitting in cold storage for 4–5 days before reaching the shelf. Consumers pay premium prices for produce that is already past its peak.

Sustainabite grows basil in sealed, climate-controlled shipping containers in Surrey, BC. Harvest-to-shelf is less than 24 hours. Retailers get consistent supply, year-round. Customers get genuinely fresh product. We get margins that imported produce simply cannot match.

This isn't a concept. We've been doing it for over two years, with real purchase orders from real retailers, and real numbers to show for it.

Investment Terms — Convertible Note
Instrument Convertible Note
Target Capital $1,500,000
Minimum Investment $25,000
Use of Capital 14 New Containers
Revenue (Per Container) ~$168K/yr
Additional Grants (Parallel) ~$1M sought
Projected Return* ~10× on $100K
*Base-case projection. All investments carry risk. This is not a guarantee of returns. A full information memorandum is available upon request.
Proven Traction

Two years of real
numbers. No projections.

30+
BC grocery retail accounts. Direct relationships — no broker, no distributor, no middleman.
4,000
Plants per container, running continuously. 16-hour light cycles, dual 1,000L irrigation loop.
~10%
Energy cost as a share of revenue — among the most efficient indoor farms operating in BC.
<24hr
From harvest to retail shelf. Imported competitors average 4–5 days in transit and cold storage.
The Business Model

Container farming
done profitably

01
Controlled-Environment Container System
Each 20-ft shipping container houses ~4,000 plants in a vertical tower hydroponic system. Climate, nutrients, and light are fully managed — no weather dependency, no pesticides, year-round production.
02
Direct-to-Retailer Distribution
We supply directly to grocery retailers, bypassing distributors entirely. This means better margins for us, better freshness for the retailer, and a relationship built on consistency and trust — not price wars.
03
Proprietary IP & Biological Protocol
Patents filed in Canada and USA (March 2026) covering the tower system design. A proprietary biological disease-defense protocol — developed and battle-tested over 2+ years — forms our competitive moat.
04
Replicate and Scale
Each new container is a self-contained revenue unit. This raise funds 14 additional containers, approximately 15× our current footprint, while the unit economics are already proven.
CapEx per Container $110–150K
Annual Revenue per Container ~$168K
Contribution Margin ~40%
Energy as % of Revenue ~10%
Containers Being Funded (Phase 1) 14 units
Current Retail Accounts (BC) 30+
IP Status Filed CA + USA
R
Ranjot Singh Dhaliwal
Founder & CEO
M.Sc. Agricultural Engineering
M.Eng. Environmental Engineering, Concordia
Patented Agri-Tech (India → sold to larger firm)
2 Years Uber Eats → $100K Bootstrapped
30+ BC Retail Accounts, Zero Brokers
The Founder
"I didn't come to Canada with a network or capital. I came with two Master's degrees and a willingness to work."

Ranjot built and sold an agricultural technology business in India — including a patented crop sprayer — before completing a second graduate degree at Concordia University in Montreal. He arrived in Canada and noticed something immediately: the produce on grocery shelves looked perfect, but it had no flavour. It was weeks old, shipped thousands of kilometres, optimised for shelf life rather than freshness.

With no credit history, no investor network, and no shortcuts, Ranjot worked a full-time day job and drove Uber Eats every evening until 1 AM, seven days a week, for two years. Every dollar from Uber went into a separate account, untouched. That account became Sustainabite.

He cold-walked into grocery stores, built relationships with buyers directly, and grew the business to 30+ accounts without a single broker or distributor. Sustainabite is entirely bootstrapped, entirely proven, and now ready to scale.

Use of Proceeds

How the $1.5M
gets deployed

~65%
Container Acquisition & Build-Out
Purchase and fit-out of 14 new production containers. Each unit is a proven, self-contained revenue module — the same system generating $14–15K/month today.
~20%
Working Capital & Operations
Seeds, nutrients, energy, labour, and packaging to run expanded operations through full ramp-up. Covers the period from container deployment to first harvest and sale.
~15%
Technology, IP & Infrastructure
Monitoring systems, IP protection costs, facility infrastructure, and the operational groundwork to support Phase 2 (multi-site BC expansion) from a position of strength.

This raise is paired with an active pursuit of ~$1M in non-dilutive government grants (BCCAI, AAFC). Combined, the capital programme targets a ~15× expansion of current production capacity.

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