Covered in 91 stories including WSJ, NYT and The Economist
Key coverage in Wall Street Journal, New York Times and more drives investor interest
Cleantech solution provider WISErg needs media coverage to increase product adoption
More than 30 percent of all food grown in the U.S. is wasted somewhere between the farm and the consumer. Clean technology startup WISErg is on a mission to help retailers use data to reduce food waste and to turn the remaining scraps into a valuable organic fertilizer. With such a powerful vision and innovative technology, but a small market footprint, WISErg needed a communications partner to drive company awareness through media coverage to help increase adoption of its product.
A solution for food waste
Voxus capitalized on the idea of WISErg as a market disruptor offering the right solution for a major economic and societal problem – food waste. This concept was worthy of media attention despite the company’s early stage. The combination of WISErg’s technology, data and output fertilizer told a simple story eloquently: how one company turned trash into a valuable resource.
Using trends to frame the WISErg story
When WISErg first engaged Voxus, the company was at an inflection point. After successful pilots with a local grocer, the company’s Harvester technology was ready for a larger stage. WISErg was on the verge of announcing pilots with national grocery chains in an industry that more slowly adopts technology and often plays “follow the leader.” WISErg wanted to show that its solution was winning the hearts and minds of the industry. By strategically leveraging WISErg’s pilot and partnership news and tying its company mission to bigger story trends, Voxus was able to present it as an emerging green technology player and an innovator worth watching.
Early deployment stimulates interest and inquiries
Despite the fact that WISErg’s Harvester technology is only deployed in a handful of grocery stores, Voxus delivered high profile local, national and industry coverage that led to incoming business inquiries and investor interest for the company. Coverage included broadcast (radio and television), features and mentions in larger stories about the food waste problem.
Big idea, big results
The media campaign for WISErg generated 91 pieces of coverage in local, national and industry media, including:
- The Wall Street Journal
- The New York Times
- The Economist
- Fast Company
- Entrepreneur
- Forbes
- Fortune
- Inc.
- Inhabit
- Geekwire
- Greenbiz
- The Huffington Post
- KQED (PBS affiliate)
- Seattle Times
- KOMO News (ABC affiliate)
- TechCrunch
- Xconomy
- Slate
- Puget Sound Business Journal
- Northwest News Network (NPR affiliate)
- Supermarket News
WISErg is a bio-clean technology company that eliminates food waste from grocery stores and restaurants by converting it into a valuable, organic fertilizer. The company utilizes a patent-pending, oxidative conversion technology to intercept nutrients from food before they become waste.
Pilot installation in Issaquah WA
Food waste is converted into organic fertilizer to create more food
Organic fertilizer recycles food waste