Novastar Ventures backs the growth of Sistema.bio in Africa

20-Jan-2025 - 0 Comments.

Sistema.bio, a global leader in the delivery of biogas technology, financing, and services for family farmers worldwide, announces Novastar Ventures as its newest investor.

Precision Agri platform Fyllo raises US $4 MN funding led by IndiaQuotient, SIDBI Ventures

30-May-2024 - 0 Comments.

Agritech startup Fyllo has announced that it has raised $4 million in a fresh funding round led by IndiaQuotient and SIDBI Ventures. Existing investors Triveni Trusts, IAN, and KIAORA participated in the round. 

Freshleaf raises INR 1 Crore in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures

25-May-2024 - 0 Comments.

Premium tea brand Freshleaf has raised INR 1 Crore in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The funds raised will be utilized to expand marketing efforts, increase production capacity, and enhance research and development for new products.

Rozana, rural commerce startup gets US $22.5 MN from Bertelsmann India Investments, Fireside Ventures 

06-Mar-2024 - 0 Comments.

Rozana, a rural commerce startup announced its latest funding round of USD 22.5 Mn. The round was led by Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) with participation from Fireside Ventures and existing investors. Rozana's mission is to leverage tech and data science to cater to unique local demands of 1 billion Indians outside the scope of online commerce. 

Fasal cultivates future of horticulture value chain with INR 100 Cr Series-A funding

15-Jan-2024 - 0 Comments.

India's full-stack horticulture pioneer Fasal announced that it has raised INR 100 crores in its Series-A funding round led by TDK Ventures and British International Investment (BII), the United Kingdom's development finance institution and impact investor, with contribution from ITI Growth Opportunities Fund, Navam Capital and Aureolis Ventures.

Drone tech startup Urban Matrix raises INR 6 Cr in pre-Series A round

13-Nov-2023 - 0 Comments.

Drone tech startup UrbanMatrix Technologies has raised INR 6 Crores in a Pre-series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The funds will be allocated towards product development, team expansion and expanding into new markets. 

ERGOS raises $10 Million in Series B round led by Aber Nordic, Aavishkaar Capital, and Chiratae Ventures

22-Sep-2023 - 0 Comments.

Indian agritech firm ERGOS has secured $10 million in funding as part of its Series B round, with leading contributions from Aber Nordic, Aavishkaar Capital, and Chiratae Ventures, along with existing investor Trifecta Venture Debt Fund.

Kerala’s ornamental fish sector revives after COVID losses

23-Mar-2023 - 0 Comments.

Over 500 start-up units in the ornamental fish sector are on a course of revival after they suffered a heavy loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to efforts of the Kerala Aqua Ventures International Limited (KAVIL), a government of Kerala undertaking. 

Ergos disburse paperless agri loans of over INR 100 Cr in 7 months

01-Mar-2023 - 0 Comments.

Ergos, India's leading farmer-centric technology platform, backed by Aavishkaar Capital, Chiratae Ventures and British International Investment, that enables farmers to digitise their farm produce and provides them with doorstep access to end-to-end postharvest supply chain solutions, today announced that it has enabled its lending partners to achieve disbursement of over INR 100 crore to small and medium scale farmers and buyers.

AVPL joins hands with UPL Sustainable Agriculture Solutions, to skill 50,000 Agri entrepreneurs

01-Mar-2023 - 0 Comments.

AITMC Ventures Private Limited (AVPL), a leading training partner with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) across India joins hands with UPL SAS, a leading sustainable agriculture solution provider.

Cropin raises INR 113 Cr funding from ABC Impact, Chiratae Ventures, Google, and JSR Corporation

12-Jan-2023 - 0 Comments.

Cropin, the global agritech pioneer that has built the world's first industry cloud for agriculture, has secured INR 113 crores in funding from new investors Google and JSR Corporation, as well as existing investors ABC Impact and Chiratae Ventures.

Fresh From Farm raises over INR 3.2 Cr in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures

26-Nov-2022 - 0 Comments.

Food-Agri Business start-up Fresh From Farm has raised over 3.2 Cr in Seed Round led by Inflection Point Ventures. Fresh From Farm is a demand-and data-based aggregation ecosystem that recognizes retailer demand trends and buys the precise amount from farmers.

WRMS Ventures into the manufacturing of climate-smart agrochemicals

23-Nov-2022 - 0 Comments.

WRMS, a leading agri-tech company, has expanded its services by foraying into the manufacturing of climate-smart agrochemicals in order to provide better solutions for pest management and soil fertility to farmers.

BioPrime Agrisolutions raises INR 9 Crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Inflexor Ventures

25-Oct-2022 - 0 Comments.

Tech-focused VC fund, Inflexor Ventures, leads the Pre-Series A round of INR 9 Crore in Agbiotech startup, BioPrime Agrisolutions (BioPrime).

Farm-to-consumer firm, Deep Rooted raises $12.5 MN in Series A from IvyCap & Accel 

22-Sep-2022 - 0 Comments.

Deep Rooted, India's leading farm-to-consumer (F2C) brand for fruits and vegetables has announced that it has raised US $12.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by IvyCap Ventures with participation from existing investors including Accel, Omnivore, and Mayfield.  

Agtonomy receives seed III funding from Cavallo Ventures and Mirae Asset

16-Sep-2022 - 0 Comments.

Ag-tech innovator Agtonomy announced it closed a USD 13.5 million funding round for its cutting-edge software and services.

Insect biotech startup Loopworm raises $3.4M from Omnivore, WaterBridge

06-Sep-2022 - 0 Comments.

India's leading insect biotech startup, Loopworm, announced today that it has raised a $3.4 million Seed round co-led by Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures, with participation from Titan Capital and leading angel investors including Nadir Godrej (Godrej Agrovet), Sanjiv Rangrass (ex-ITC), and Akshay Singhal (Log9 Materials). 

Vegrow raises USD 25 million to broaden its geographic scope

Prosus Ventures led the Series B investment round of USD 25million for Vegrow, a B2B agritech marketplace for fruits.

Climate-smart deeptech startup Ecozen raises INR 54 Cr in Series C funding led by Dare Ventures

20-Jun-2022 - 0 Comments.

Climate-smart deeptech startup Ecozen has announced that it has raised INR 54 crore of additional funding as the first tranche of a planned INR 200 crore Series C round.

Seso raises USD 25m in seed funding lead by Index Ventures

18-Apr-2022 - 0 Comments.

Seso, a San Francisco, CA-based workforce management platform for agriculture, closed USD 25m in Series A funding.

Leaf Agriculture raises USD 5m seed funding from S2G Ventures

31-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Leaf, food and agriculture's data infrastructure company, has raised USD 5m in seed funding led by S2G Ventures with participation from all existing investors including Cultivian, Radicle Growth, and SP Ventures.

Koidra raised USD 4.5m seed funding from Ospraie Ag Science for IA of greenhouses

30-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Koidra, intelligent automation (IA) platform company based out of Seattle, has raised USD 4.5m in its seed round. Ospraie Ag Science (OAS) led this round of funding, with participation from Amritam Holdings, Cavallo Ventures, and Foothill Ventures.

Agritech Nakhla secures finance from Euphrates Ventures

17-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Nakhla, an Iraqi-based Agri-tech social enterprise, has received a six-figure investment from Euphrates Ventures, an Iraq-focused venture fund. The investment was facilitated by the Iraqi Angel Investors Network and marks the first investment round completed by an Iraqi Agri-tech startup.

AgriAku Indonesian agritech raised USD 6m from Go Ventures in pre-Series A funding

04-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

Jakarta's AgriAku, a B2B marketplace for farmers, announced that it has raised USD 6m in pre-Series A funding. Go Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from MDI Arise, MDI Centauri, Mercy Corps Social Venture Fund, and angel investors.

Yes Bank incubates scalable fintech solutions for agritech

02-Mar-2022 - 0 Comments.

YES BANK announced the launch of an annual start-up enabler program, YES BANK Agri Infinity, which seeks to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem by mentoring entrepreneurial ventures in the field.

Wholsum Foods secures USD 7m; targets INR 500 crore revenue by 2025

25-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.

Wholsum Foods, a millet-based food startup that makes Slurrp Farm, has raised USD 7m in a fresh round of fundraising led by Investment Corporation of Dubai and existing investor Fireside Ventures. Fundraising follows Fireside Ventures' initial investment of USD 2m in the company one year ago.

SatSure raises USD 5m in funding from Baring PE India, ADB Ventures, and others

14-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.

SatSure, a startup working at the intersection of spacetech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Software as a Service (SaaS), announces the raise of USD 5m in Pre-Series A funding in a round led by Baring Private Equity India Pvt Ltd, who have now been joined by ADB Ventures (Asian Development Bank's venture arm), according to a company press release.

MoooFarm secures funding from Accel to assist small dairy farmers

02-Feb-2022 - 0 Comments.

Dairytech startup MoooFarm has raised USD 2.4m in an initial funding round led by Accel India. Rockstart's AgriFood fund and Navus Ventures also took part in the funding round.

Agritech robotics startup TartanSense raises $5mn from FMC, Omnivore and Blume Ventures

25-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.

Agritech robotics startup TartanSense has announced that it has raised USD 5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by FMC Ventures and Omnivore, with participation from existing investor Blume Ventures.

Otipy raises USD $10.2 mn in Series A led by SIG, Omidyar

19-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.

Otipy, India’s community group buying platform for fresh produce, raised a Series A financing of USD $10.2 million (Rs 76 crores) led by SIG. Omidyar Network India, Innoven Capital and existing investors IPV (Inflection Point Ventures), Pravega, and FactorE also participated in the round.

Skylark Drones raises USD 3 Million from InfoEdge Ventures, IAN Fund

07-Jul-2021 - 0 Comments.

Skylark Drones, a drone platform company, announced that it has secured USD 3 million in a pre-series A funding round to strengthen its product offerings and fuel international expansion.

Jai Kisan raises USD 30mn in Series A funding led by Mirae Asset

31-May-2021 - 0 Comments.

Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan has raised USD 30mn (INR 217 Crores) in a combination of equity and debt in a Series A round of funding led by Mirae Asset. Blacksoil, Stride Ventures, and Trifecta Capital contributed the debt in the round whereas, Veda Corporate Advisors was the exclusive financial advisor to Jai Kisan for the fundraise.

AgriTech silk supply chain startup ReshaMandi raises USD 1.7 mn seed funding

23-May-2021 - 0 Comments.

ReshaMandi, an agritech start-up digitizing India’s silk supply chain, has raised USD 1.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Omnivore and Strive Ventures with participation from Axilor Ventures and Supply Chain Labs (Lumis), according to a media report.

Kings Infra, NEC Corp jointly launch a proof of concept for Precision Aquaculture

21-May-2021 - 0 Comments.

Kings Infra Ventures Limited and Japan-based NEC Corporation achieved a remarkable landmark in Precision Aquaculture when the Proof of Concept (POC) project using Recirculated Aquaculture System (RAS) based shrimp Aquaculture along with Artificial Intelligence and IOT was launched on 3 May 2021.

Intello Labs raises $5.9M to digitize quality in fresh produce

19-May-2020 - 0 Comments.

Intello Labs has announced that it has raised a INR 45 crore (USD $5.9 million) in a Series A round led by Saama Capital, alongside global agritech funds GROW, SVG Ventures THRIVE