Legal marijuana an opportunity for LEDs

Errba Spectrum provides environmental lights for those who grow plants indoors

Jonathan Villagomez grew up maintaining his family's yard and tending to the church garden. At 19, he started a landscaping company before venturing off into the IT world. So when looking for business opportunities with LED lighting, it felt natural to intertwine the two.

"I understand technology and how things connect, and I also understand how things grow and the nutrients they need," says Villagomez, a 28-year-old father of three.

He put about $250,000 of his own money into designing and building prototypes of LED panels to grow plants indoors and raised about $1 million more from private investors. Early last year, he jumped into the competitive LED market by launching Errba Spectrum with an office in Katy and warehouse in Brookshire.

While touting the perceived environmental advantages of the lighting, Villagomez says he hopes to capitalize on the...

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