“When every grower’s objectives, needs and environment are unique, why are lighting solutions so generic? Bloem’s ethos is built upon the principle that collaborative customisation delivers optimal results.”
James Fleet, Co-Founder & CEO
“To optimally design a solution, we must first understand the grower’s objectives, needs and environment. We ask, listen and collaboratively create customised solutions of the highest quality, tailored to our grower’s needs within their application.”
Charlie Benson, Co-Founder & CTO
A Global Challenge
The global food crisis is undeniable, but it’s also solvable.
Future generations will rely on CEA to ensure there is enough fresh food for the increasing population.
Lighting has a pivotal role, typically accounting for 30% of an indoor farm’s CAPEX & OPEX.
Every farm is unique from their goals & objectives to their specific crop needs.
Far too often manufacturers ignore the individual lighting needs of the farm, preferring to sell an ‘off the shelf product’.
This forces growers to compromise, resulting in lower productivity and higher cost of ownership.
Optimal results are achieved by customising the solution to the grower’s needs.
Surely all manufacturers have a responsibility to provide farmers with the optimal tools to succeed?
When individual growers lighting requirements are met, the future of food security gets brighter.
We Customise, You Optimise
Bloem is built on the ethos that collaborative customisation enables vertical farm operators & greenhouse growers to maximise productivity & optimise cost-of-ownership.
Bloem’s mission is three-fold:
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Every solution is customised to our grower’s needs and unique environment.
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Optimising our grower’s lifecycle cost of ownership is central to every solution.
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Our success is determined by our growers achieving their long-term objectives.
Our People
Leveraging over 100 years of combined experience and expertise in designing, manufacturing, deploying and financing solutions of the highest quality, we like to feel you’re in safe hands.
James Fleet
Co-Founder & CEO
Former GM of Current EMEA with 25 years of commercial & leadership experience in the lighting industry.
Charlie Benson
Co-Founder & CTO
Former Design & Application Director of Current EMEA with 11 years of lighting & product design experience.
Antoine Charvin
Product Manager
Lighting engineer with over a decade’s experience in several lighting companies, specialising in horticultural solutions.
Andy Saunders
Solutions Engineer
An experienced engineer with a background in connected networks. Andy is the internal technical lead for automation, connectivity, and system architecture across our portfolio.
Ed Manjarres
Customer Operations Manager
Ed brings over 20 years of combined experience in customer service, logistics, and sales coordination to the Bloem team.
Ashley Rogers
Investor Director
Ashley Rogers is an Investment Manager at Foresight Group, focused on sourcing and supporting private equity investments in growing UK businesses.
Nemanja Rodic
Marketing Manager
A horticulture-focused marketing specialist with over 15 years of experience working with a range of brands across the horticulture industry.
David Hulston
Chairman & Non-Executive Director
Founder of Scipher Plc with over 30 years’ experience in technology businesses.
Graham Handley
Non-Executive Director
Over 40 years of creating and scaling technology-based businesses.
Our Results
“Light optimization plays a critical role in enhancing leafy green productivity particularly when grown in indoor farms under sole source lighting. By leveraging our research with Bloem’s Align Platform we are experiencing unparalleled results in yield, quality, consistency, nutrition and flavor.”
Tessa Pocock
Chief Science Officer
“Selecting the right lighting partner is not easy. We have partnered with Bloem to provide growers with innovation, quality & flexibility.”
Timo Helle
Founder & CEO
“Ecopromt designs and builds some of the most technologically advanced indoor farms in the world. Every project is unique, requiring customisation at every level. Bloem’s expertise, flexibility and speed enables us to provide a lighting solution that is truly optimal.”
Ulf Jonnson
Founder & Chairman
“Few LED-design teams are as talented and respected, and we’ve seen them consistently exceed grower’s expectations”