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March 5, 2019
TheKrishi brings multiple stakeholders of the Indian agri-ecosystem together on a platform.
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India’s Newest Entrepreneurs Are Not Techies; They’re Agriculturists
February 28, 2019
A number of Indian agritech startups are making headlines with their transformative technologies, but the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) project in the southern Indian province of Andhra Pradesh is also making waves in the once-ignored industry.
Indian Animal Health Startup ALS Raises $6.3m Series A from Fidelity’s Eight Roads, Anterra Capital
January 31, 2019
Animal health technologies are coming into focus this year after largely lagging crop technologies in startup investment.
Indian supply chain sensor startup AgNext raises $2m pre-Series A round
January 22, 2019
Kalaari Capital provided the funding, joining existing investor Omnivore.
From Sweden to India: Opportunity Abounds for India’s Food Tech Industry
December 21, 2018
For the past few days, Sweden Foodtech has been at the Tasting India Symposium in New Delhi. It is a magic experience. And we haven’t even mentioned the food, writes Johan Jorgensen.
Indian AgriFood Startups Raise $1.7bn in Venture Capital 2013 – 2017
December 17, 2018
Indian AgriFood Startups Are Innovating to Give Consumers What They Want, and Fix a Broken Industry. Find out more in this first-ever India AgriFood Startup report.
India’s CropIn Raises $8m Series B to Digitize Smallholder Farms at Scale
November 21, 2018
CropIn Technology Solutions, an Indian agriculture technology startup, has raised Rs58 crores ($8 million) in Series B financing from Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and
Indian Agritech: Accelerate the Adoption of Agritech Innovations By Enabling the Ecosystem
November 13, 2018
There is a weak link in the current ecosystem for Indian agritech entrepreneurs and businesses, and it’s the link with corporates, writes Hemendra Mathur.
Gates Foundation Invests in Dairy Tech Stellapps $14m Series B, First in India
May 31, 2018
This is the first equity investment by the Gates Foundation in India, highlighting the importance of modernizing India’s dairy sector, according to Mark Kahn, partner of Omnivore.
Can Imagery Cure India’s Food System Woes?
May 29, 2018
Hemendra Mathur discusses how image processing could be truly disruptive in Indian agriculture for solving the inherent problems of productivity, grading and sorting, yield estimation, pest detection, traceability, and detecting food adulteration.
Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders
April 24, 2018
A new coalition of agriculture and finance industry players is working together to find new ways to get technology into the hand of smallholders farmers
Indian IoT Platform for Pre and Post Harvest Raises Seed Round Led By Omnivore
April 18, 2018
AgNext has created a suite of tools, including hardware and software, to leverage data to improve the efficiency and profitability of farmers and processors.
Indian Milk Delivery Disrupter Raises $2.2m Seed Round from Omnivore
February 27, 2018
Doodhwala is building its own logistics service, overriding India’s established and complex network of middlemen and dealing directly with farmers.
TPG Rise Fund’s Agriculture Lead Discusses First Investment in Indian Dairy
February 22, 2018
We caught up with Joy Basu ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, to discuss how she approaches impact investing in agriculture at The Rise Fund and how agtech can fit into an impact investing thesis.
India-Focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners Holds First Close on $46m for Second Fund
February 12, 2018
Omnivore Partners, which calls itself an “impact venture fund” is solely focused on agtech investments in India, and investors (LPs) in the fund were largely impact-minded funds from Europe, India, and the US, demonstrating the growing link between agriculture and impact investing.
Best of 2017: AgFunder’s Top 7 Guest Articles
December 28, 2017
Our evergrowing global subscriber base of agrifood tech entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, agrifood corporates, governments, and enthusiasts means that we have an incredible amount of expertise in our 45,000-strong network.
India’s Skymet Raises Approx. $10m Series C for Local Weather Data Service
December 18, 2017
Skymet provides climate, weather, and crop analytics to insurance companies, banks, agribusinesses, and public sector institutions in India.
Ag Industry Brief: New Fund for Coops in Developing Countries, Target Buys Shipt, Soylent CEO is Out, more
December 15, 2017
A new fund will address the credit gap in the agriculture industry by raising capital from institutional investors and lending to agricultural aggregators like cooperatives, traders, and processors in developing countries and more in our weekly brief.
Indian Agribusiness Marketplace Startups are Having a Moment, But Will it Last?
November 14, 2017
As India grows its horticultural capacity, Indian agribusiness marketplace startups are rushing to add technology and structure to a centuries-old, largely informal supply chain.
Rajesh Sawhney: Indian AgriFood Tech is Where ECommerce Industry Was 10 Years Ago
October 19, 2017
With backing from Mistletoe, Sawhney is going deeper into Indian agrifood tech with the launch of a new startup accelerator called Gastrotope.
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