Data Snapshot: Investment in premium food brands slowed in India last year, but grew in China
February 23, 2022
Premium Branded Foods remained one of India’s most active categories, despite a pandemic-related slowdown.
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Data Snapshot: Seed stage deals more than doubled for India agrifood startups in FY21
February 2, 2022
Pandemic-related labor shortages and supply chain issues drove early-stage investment in solutions closer to the farm for India’s agrifood startups.
Brief: India to offer subsidies of up to 100% to encourage farm drone adoption
January 25, 2022
Drones could be revolutionary for Indian agriculture – but their cost means they remain out of reach for most of the country’s farmers.
With $60m in fresh funding, Arya is eyeing a $20bn slice of India’s grain market
January 20, 2022
It’s boosting farm incomes and reducing food waste by providing logistics, warehousing, and financing solutions to small-scale grain growers.
Data Snapshot: India’s most active funding category last year? Midstream Tech
January 19, 2022
Midstream Tech deals increased in response to the problems and inefficiencies in India’s agrifood supply chains highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brief: Indian farmer-to-business platform WayCool bags $117m to build agrifoodtech conglomerate
January 17, 2022
The Chennai-based startup will use the Series D funds to expand into “aligned” categories including alt-protein, according to CEO Karthik Jayaraman.
Data Snapshot: Funding to Agribusiness Marketplaces in India shot up 3x in 2021
January 12, 2022
Online farmer marketplaces like DeHaat, Bijak, and Animall were among India’s big winners when it came to venture investment last year.
India AgriFood Startup Report 2021: Upstream agrifood deals surpass downstream in India for first time
December 16, 2021
The latest edition of AgFunder’s India Agrifood Startup Investment Report, released today, also reveals that food delivery platforms raked in the most dollars during a difficult year.
Data Snapshot: Funding to India’s farm tech startups increased 22% to $527m in FY2021
December 15, 2021
A sneak-peek at our India Agrifood Startup Investment Report, which comes out tomorrow.
Data Snapshot: Agrifoodtech’s epicenter shifted farther east in H1 – but US still rules the roost
November 24, 2021
Global agrifoodtech funding is still dominated by the US – but a few massive deals in China, India, and other countries are stealing a greater share.
Indian horti-platform Fasal scores $4m for Southeast Asia push
November 22, 2021
“Given we are operating in crops like palm, coffee, [and] pepper, we see the Southeast Asia region as a massive opportunity,” says co-founder Shailendra Tiwari.
Brief: Indian government shelves ag reforms after months of mass protests
November 19, 2021
The farm laws “were for the benefit of farmers, but we could not convince a section of them despite our best efforts,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
DGV raises $3.1m to bring financial services to India’s underbanked dairy farmers
November 16, 2021
It’s on a mission to help India’s 100 million dairy farmers and workers get access to formal banking and other financial services.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Nick’s raises $100m; Bezos pledges $2b against climate change
November 4, 2021
Swedish company Nick’s grabbed the biggest funding round of the week, while India’s cloud kitchen market grew and Twiga Foods got $50 million to expand across Africa.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Daring, Fabric & World Fund raise big money; Sweetgreen files for IPO
October 28, 2021
Fabric raised $200 million for its fulfillment robotics platform, while farmer marketplace DeHaat scored India’s biggest-ever agtech round.
Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round
October 27, 2021
The Patna-based startup says it serves 650,000 smallholders and collaborates with 3,000 rural micro-entrepreneurs.
Onato scores seed funding to digitalize India’s fruit & veg supply chain
October 19, 2021
It links suppliers and buyers of fresh produce across the country, opening up more buy and sell opportunities while also facilitating timely payments.
GramCover banks $7m Series A, aims to insure 10m Indian farmers in next 3 years
October 4, 2021
The online-to-offline platform aims to insure 10 million Indian smallholders to the tune of $135 million over the next three years.
India’s Proeon raises $2.4m seed funding to supply plant-based protein industry
September 7, 2021
The Pune-based startup aims to grow its presence in North America and Europe, including the establishment of an R&D facility in the Netherlands.
Brief: Amazon launches agronomy service for Indian farmers
September 3, 2021
The US tech giant also said it’s building “robust temperature-controlled supply chain infrastructure” to preserve food quality and reduce waste.
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