Oreka

Oreka is an ag-tech insect company driving Immune-health advantages for more productive aquaculture! They harness the power of insects, specifically the black soldier fly, to create an alternate, sustainable food source for aquaculture.

Oreka is an ag-tech insect company driving Immune-health advantages for more productive aquaculture! They harness the power of insects, specifically the black soldier fly, to create an alternate, sustainable food source for aquaculture.

Their founder came across a unique approach to a food source for agriculture,  the black soldier fly, and as a result launched Oreka Solutions.  The company began raising and harevest the larvae of the black soldier fly and processed them as a unique protein source for agriculture.   The challenge was how to make it profitable.

 

The Problem

As a startup organization, Oreka was capitalizing on research based on alternate food sources for agriculture.   They were commercializing the farming of black soldier flys in a highly competitive market.   They needed help to increase their margins, and accelerate revenue to deliver on promises to their angel investors.

ISSUE #1
  • As a small organization, they needed to increase their margins as they didn’t have enough capital to penetrate the general agricultural feed industry.
ISSUE #2
  • The cost of hiring a sales person or a sales team were prohibitive for a small organization.
ISSUE #3
  • They needed to establish a more profitable revenue strategy and execute it.

The Solution

Get More Sales build the revenue growth strategy for Oreka and we delivered a fractional sales team to create a pipeline of opportunity in the Aquaculture sector of the agriculture market.

  • Define your Value
    • Our philosophy is to sell your value, not your product.  We identified the value proposition and how to message it to the market.
  • Align the business to the value
    • We build out their sales process and applied best practices.  We redefined their pricing model and build out the revenue strategy to maximize margins.
  • Target your Value
      • We identified the Ideal Buyer profile, their industries, motivators, and business profiles.  This resulted in a laser focus on aquaculture where the margins were the highest.
  • Communicate your Value
    • We implemented the strategic plan and acted as their cost effective sales force.

Benefits

GMS identified, prospected and closed business with aquaculture farmers for Oreka.   We identified over $300K in pipeline in 90 days with aquaculture farmers across North America.

Client:
Oreka
Year:
2019
Category:
Agriculture, Agri-tech, Start Ups
Location:
Cambridge
New Pipeline and Trials:
$300K+