Global Neighbor Inc. (GNI)

Global Neighbor Inc. (GNI) was founded with a single mission: to reduce chemical usage around the home and farm. GNI is a growing, Ohio-based innovation leader in successfully developing multiple environmentally friendly products to eradicate weeds and unwanted plants by means of its patented Directed Energy (DE) technologies utilizing dual-wavelength, unnatural illumination sources, thereby eliminating the need for harmful herbicides.

In early 2022, GNI announced the signing of a Lead Investor Agreement with Innova Memphis, a globally recognized early-stage venture capital firm focused on starting and funding high-growth companies in the bioscience, technology, and AgTech fields. Led by Dean Didato, a partner with Innova Memphis and new GNI board member, the current investment round has already achieved $1.1M in commitments as a part of the first close and the firm expects to secure another $400K in the next 90 days for a total of $1.5M.