Agri Start-Ups
Origo eMandi and Vivriti Capital join hands to provide finance to FPOs, farmers
Origo “eMandi Cash” is among the first few digital lending platforms to address...
India’s agrifood start-ups close record-breaking $4.6bn in funding in FY22
India has overtaken China as Asia-Pacific's biggest funder of agrifood tech innovation,...
Agritech start-up Arya.ag reports four-fold jump in profits in H1 FY23
The company reported a profit of Rs 14.38 crores, an increase over its last year's...
Zuari FarmHub Ltd appoints Balaya Moharana as CTO to strengthen its position in agri-tech industry
Moharana will be responsible for building innovative agri-tech products that cater...
Arya.ag invests in computer vision-focused SaaS start-up Assert AI
Assert AI aims to utilize the funds to expand its presence overseas in the US market...
IFC invests in Crystal Crop to fund growth in affordable, green crop solutions
The new investment promises to benefit millions of Indian farmers by establishing...
Agri startup BioPrime Agrisolutions raises Rs 9 crore in a Pre-Series
The company aims to utilise the funds for their SNIPR Biologicals registrations,...
Unified rural commerce start-up Hesa partners with Oxecart to leverage better market linkages for their farmers
With Hesa's geographical spread and Oxecart's market linkage, this partnership will...
F2C brand Deep Rooted raises $12.5mn in Series A round from IvyCap and others
The round was led by IvyCap Ventures with participation from existing investors...
B2B food processing platform Suite42 raises $4.3mn in seed round from Omnivore and Orios
Suite42 plans to use the seed funding for talent acquisition, developing the “Suite42...
Insect biotech start-up Loopworm raises $3.4mn in seed round from Omnivore and WaterBridge
The seed round also had participation from Titan Capital and leading angel investors...
Intellecap and TRIF launch carbon finance platform for 1mn smallholder farmers
The platform will enable income generation, livelihood enhancement and climate-resilient...
Omnivore sells Eruvaka to Nutreco, delivering the largest exit in Indian agritech
Based in Vijayawada, Eruvaka develops cloud-based aquaculture pond management solutions,...
Jai Kisan raises $50mn to fuel rise of rural India, giving rural customer first-ever fully digital POS financing experience
Jai Kisan's app, Bharat Khata, helps rural value chains digitize transactions, capturing...
Rural commerce platform Hesa acquires Flinkhub for enhancing super app capabilities
Flinkhub has two products — Flinkhub relationship intelligence, a tool that accurately...
Piatrika Biosystems raises $1.2mn in seed funding led by Ankur Capital to build a platform for discovery of new sustainable crop varieties
India/UK-based agri-genomics start-up Piatrika Biosystems has raised $1.2mn in a...
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