Agritech startup Arya.ag has raised $60 million in its Series C funding round led by Asia Impact SA, a Luxembourg-based investment firm, according to ETtech report. Existing investors Lightrock India and Quona Capital also participated in the funding round. Post funding, the company is valued at $300 million. While $46 million came in as equity…
Agritech startup BharatAgri has announced that it has secured $6.5 million in Omnivore and India Quotient led Series A funding round. The funding round also saw participation from 021 Capital. Speaking on the announcement, Siddharth Dialani, Co-Founder and CEO, BharatAgri, commented, “Even three years ago, it was unimaginable that rural Indians would be paying monthly…
Agritech startup Superplum has announced that it has raised $3.8M in pre-Series A funding round from marquee investors. The Noida-based startup informed that it has raised $6.8 million in total, since its inception. It’s investors include businessman and venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, Coatue Ventures and earlier Facebook’s Dan Rose, RPS ventures, Mark Siegel, Softbank’s Kabir Misra, Curtis…
Agritech startup digitizing India’s silk supply chain – ReshaMandi has raised $1.7M in seed round led by Omnivore and Strive Ventures. The fresh funding round also saw participation from Supply Chain Labs (Lumis) and Axilor Ventures. “The founders’ plan is to use this funding to strengthen their digital platform and expand beyond Karnataka, establishing a…
Microsoft, a US-based software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services, announced the launch of a program for agritech startups in India that are committed to driving transformation in agriculture. The Microsoft for Agritech Startups program is designed to help startups build industry-specific solutions, scale, and grow…
Gurugram-based agritech startup Bijak recently announced that it has raised $12mn in series A funding round. The funding round saw participation from over half a dozen investors including existing investors Sequoia-owned Surge Ventures and Omidyar Network. Earlier in October, the startup had raised $2.5mn in seed funding. Bijak was also among the 20 startups picked…
Gurugram and Patna-based agritech startup DeHaat recently announced that it has raised $12mn (₹83Cr) from investors. The recent funding round was led by Sequoia India and saw participation from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank along with existing investors Omnivore and AgFunder. According to the company website, DeHaat is a technology-based platform offering full-stack agricultural…
Agritech startup Ergos recently announced that it has raised ₹35Cr in a Series A funding round from Aavishkaar Capital, the investment arm of Aavishkaar Group. It is being said that the Series A funding is expected to be a part of a larger INR 100 Cr round which will see participation from Aavishkaar Capital and…
MeraKisan Private Ltd., a part of the Mahindra Group, and a prominent player in the organic agribusiness market, with a focus on avant-garde organic food supply chains, recently announced its partnership with Ajinkya Rahane, Vice-Captain of the Indian Test Cricket team. Ajinkya who hails from a farming background and is an ardent supporter of farmers…
Greenhouse agritech startup Clover recently announced that it has raised $5.5mn in Series A funding round from Omnivore. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors Accel and Mayfield. In a press release Avinash BR the Co-founder of Clover, said “We are thrilled to partner with Omnivore, Accel, and Mayfield as we scale our…
Farmers Fresh Zone, an agricultural startup based on Kochi announced that it has received an undisclosed amount in the seed round of funding from Indian Angel Network, IAN fund, Malabar Angels and angel network NativeLead. Farmers Fresh Zone is an innovative startup by Pradeep PS, a computer science engineer from Calicut University. FarmersFZ helps farmers to sell vegetables, fruit,…