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| 15.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics: A Rising Star in Agritech Robotics | Niqo Robotics, formerly known as TartanSense, has been making waves in the agritech industry with its innovative approach to agricultural robotics. Recently, the company raised $9 million in funding from Brida Innovation Ventures, marking a... |
| 15.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics raised $13 M Series B funding to scale globally | The agritech robotics company Niqo Robotics (previously TartanSense) revealed that Brida Innovation Ventures led a $13 million Series B round of funding. Significant contributions were also made to the round by Omnivore, an existing investo... |
| 14.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics raises $13 Mn in Series B round to scale globally | Agritech robotics firm Niqo Robotics (formerly TartanSense) on Tuesday announced that it has raised $13 million in a Series B round led by Brida Innovation Ventures. The round also saw significant investments from new investor Fulcrum Globa... |
| 30.04.2024 | New report: India’s 60% drop in agrifoodtech investment is ‘a reversion to the mean’ | Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.
In some ways, Indian agrifoodtech investment in 2023 tells a familiar and, at this point, unsurprising tale. Investment to Indian agrifoodtech startups dropped 60% from 2022 levels, land... |
| 23.05.2023 | India’s agrifoodtech sector attracts $2.4b VC funding in 2022: report | InvestmentsLandscape reportsNews
Deepti Sri · 24 May 2023 · 2 min readIndia’s agrifoodtech sector attracts $2.4b VC funding in 2022: report
Venture capital investments in India’s agrifoodtech startups totaled US$2.4 billion in 2022, accordi... |
| 25.01.2023 | Omnivore achieves partial exit in Ecozen’s $25m Series C led by Nuveen for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech | Ecozen, an Indian company that’s providing solar-powered irrigation and cold chain storage solutions, has closed a $25 million Series C in equity and debt from a pool of investors and banking institutions.
The equity round was led by the US... |
| 07.10.2022 | If it’s agtech, it’s climate change: How the crisis is shaping investors’ strategies | To state the (painfully) obvious: The fates of agriculture and climate change are inextricably linked.
The weather dictates what grows where and when, but as the Earth warms beneath a wool blanket of excess carbon, agriculture is especially... |
| 05.10.2022 | 7 investors discuss how agtech can solve agriculture’s biggest problems | Climate change and geopolitical instability are wreaking havoc on agriculture. To gauge how VCs are responding to these issues, we spoke with seven investors.
For starters, rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving punishing droughts and ... |
| 18.08.2022 | Indian insect biotech firm locks in $3.4m seed funding | GreenTechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Xavier Kong · 1d ago · 1 min readIndian insect biotech firm locks in $3.4m seed funding
Loopworm, a Bangalore-based biotech company that creates insect-based bio products, secured a US$3.4 million seed round... |
| 05.08.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Vertical farmer Spread raises $30m, McWin launches $500m restaurant fund | Kyoto-based Spread set a record for foodtech funding in Japan this week with a Series A raise for its vertical farming operation. Investment firm McWin has launched a fund for restaurants, while Source Global bagged a late-stage round for i... |
| 28.04.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Middle East in the money as Foodics gets $170m, Red Sea Farms nets $19m | This week, UAE-based Foodics landed Series C funding to bolster its order management and fintech platform for restaurants. In neighboring Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Farms raised funds to expand its greenhouse tech that leverages saltwater to cul... |
| 28.04.2022 | BREAKING: India’s Tractor Junction hauls in $5.7m seed funding from AgFunder, Omnivore & others | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Tractor Junction.
India’s Tractor Junction, an online marketplace for tractors and other farm vehicles, has raised $5.7 million in funding.
The seed round was co-led by Indian fi... |
| 15.12.2021 | Data Snapshot: India’s farm tech startups raised $527m in total last year | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 22.11.2021 | BREAKING: Indian horti-platform Fasal scores $4m for Southeast Asia push | Farm management platform Fasal has raised $4 million in funding as it plots its expansion within India and into Southeast Asia.
The pre-Series A round was led by local VC firm 3one4 Capital, with participation from existing investors includ... |
| 16.11.2021 | BREAKING: DGV raises $3.1m to bring financial services to India’s underbanked dairy farmers | Digivriddhi Technologies (DGV), an Indian fintech startup focused on the dairy industry, has raised $3.1 million in its pre-Series A round.
Among the participants in the round was Info Edge Ventures, a fund backed by internet giant Info Edg... |
| 27.10.2021 | BREAKING: Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in DeHaat.
Ag marketplace DeHaat has raised $115 million in Series D funding, it announced today. The round was co-led by Belgium’s Sofina and Indian branch of the UK’s Lightrock.
S... |
| 27.10.2021 | Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in DeHaat.
Ag marketplace DeHaat has raised $115 million in Series D funding, it announced today. The round was co-led by Belgium’s Sofina and Indian branch of the UK’s Lightrock.
S... |
| 27.10.2021 | Full-stack Agritech platform DeHaat raises US$115 million in series D round | New Delhi, India -27 October 2021- DeHaat, thetechnology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India,today announced it has raised US$115 million in Series D funding, led by Belgium based investment firm Sof... |
| 19.10.2021 | Onato scores seed funding to digitalize India’s fruit & veg supply chain | Onato, a B2B online platform for fresh produce, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding.
The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India — an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek — with participation from local ag... |
| 16.09.2021 | Agri-focused Omnivore leads $6.5M round in Pune-based Bharatagri | Advertisment
Bharatagri claims to have witnessed 20x growth in paid subscription sales in the last 12 months with a 65% renewal rate. Besides this, It currently has over 33,000 active paid users and aims to expand its subscription base to ... |
| 25.08.2021 | BREAKING: FMC, Omnivore lead $5m investment in Indian ag robotics startup TartanSense | TartanSense, an Indian startup devleoping robotics solutions aimed at smallholder farmers, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.
FMC Ventures, the VC arm of US agrochemicals giant FMC, led the round alongside Mumbai-based agrifoodtech ... |
| 20.08.2021 | India’s AgNext banks $21m Series A funding, delivers 5x return for exiting investor | AgNext, a provider of food quality assessment technologies, has raised $21 million in a Series A round led by Alpha Wave Incubation – a $300 million early-stage fund managed by New York-based Falcon Edge Capital and backed by DisruptAD, the... |
| 12.07.2021 | BREAKING: Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 12.07.2021 | Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 23.03.2021 | Indian inputs platform sees shortcut to success with focus on midstream pain point | In India, the supply chain for ag inputs is extremely fragmented. There are over 80,000 firms — ranging from small family businesses to major corporates like UPL — selling $50 billion in seeds, fertilizers, and other inputs in the country e... |
| 17.03.2021 | India’s Pixxel scores $7.3m to bring hyperspectral imaging to ag & beyond | Indian satellite imaging startup Pixxel has emerged from stealth mode with $7.3 million in seed funding, it revealed today.
Agrifoodtech specialist VC Omnivore and US accelerator Techstars were among the new investors to come on board, join... |
| 17.02.2021 | Agtech CVC: BASF Venture Capital on ‘catalyzing change for the chemicals industry’ | This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and food industries’ l... |
| 19.01.2021 | Ag marketplace DeHaat banks $30m in Naspers-led Series C round | Indian agribusiness marketplace DeHaat has raised $30 million in Series C funding, with new investor Prosus Ventures — the VC arm of South African internet giant Naspers — leading the round.
Also investing in the startup for the first time ... |
| 19.01.2021 | PROSUS N.V.
Prosus N : Full-stack agritech platform DeHaat raises US$30 million Series C led by Prosus Ventures | New Delhi, India -19 January, 2021 - DeHaat, the technology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India, today announced it has raised US$30 million in Series C funding, led by Prosus Ventures (formerly Nasp... |
| 19.01.2021 | Prosus N : Full-stack agritech platform DeHaat raises US$30 million Series C led by Prosus Ventures | New Delhi, India -19 January, 2021 - DeHaat, the technology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India, today announced it has raised US$30 million in Series C funding, led by Prosus Ventures (formerly Nasp... |
| 15.12.2020 | Arya banks $21m in Quona-led Series B to boost financial inclusion for India’s farmers | Delhi-based Arya launched seven years ago as a logistics and warehousing venture for India’s smallholder grain farmers.
The company’s aim was to curb food waste while boosting farmer incomes, by giving growers a place to store their harvest... |
| 08.10.2020 | Soil testing startup Krishitantra secures $1m seed capital from Omnivore, NABVentures | Sandeep Kondaji didn’t have much experience in farming when he decided to get into soil testing. But six months working on his uncle’s farm was sufficiently frustrating for him to decide that farmers needed better tools to maintain the heal... |
| 27.08.2020 | “No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends | If you’re in the US or Europe watching food trends, it probably looks like everyone will be living on an entirely plant-based diet a decade from now, given how much interest (and money) is chasing alternative protein research and products.
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| 30.07.2020 | Dollars down, deals up as investors change tack: India Agrifood Startup Investment Report 2020 | AgFunder today publishes the latest edition of the India Agrifood Startup Investment Report, its annual analysis of the latest agtech and foodtech funding trends in the world’s second-largest country.
Put together with the help of our frien... |
| 20.06.2020 | Realigning capital market access to scale up climate-resilient agriculture in post-Covid India | Editor’s Note: Sourajit Aiyer is a consultant with South Asia Fast Track Sustainability Communications and Sandeep Bhattacharya is India Projects Manager at the Climate Bonds Initiative. This article reflects the views of the authors and no... |
| 16.06.2020 | ‘India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge’ To Foster Next-Gen Plant-Based Innovation | 1
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The Good Food Institute (GFI) India, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to supporting the sustainable alternative protein ecosystem, has just created a new project to promote innovation in plant-based and cultivated fo... |
| 26.05.2020 | India’s GramCover banks pre-Series A funding for rural insurance network | GramCover has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding from Emphasis Ventures, Flourish, Omidyar Network India, and existing investor Omnivore.
The Noida-based startup is using an online-to-offline model to make insurance more a... |
| 19.05.2020 | SoftBank reports $24bn loss on startup investments, with agrifood performance unclear | SoftBank – one of the world’s most active agrifoodtech investors last year – has reported a ¥1.9 trillion ($17.7 billion) annual loss on its Vision Fund startup portfolio.
This staggering deficit from the Vision Fund – which SoftBank launch... |
| 13.05.2020 | Food quality startup Intello Labs closes $5.9m Series A round from AgFunder’s GROW, others | India’s Intello Labs has secured ₹450 million ($5.9 million) in Series A funding. Saama Capital led the round, with AgFunder‘s GROW Impact Fund, Omnivore, Nexus Venture Partners, and SVG Ventures Thrive joining in. [Disclosure: AgFunder is ... |
| 24.04.2020 | Bijak nets $12m Series A funding to update India’s ag commodities trade | Indian agri commodities trading platform Bijak has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RTP Global. Existing investors Omnivore, Omidyar Network, and Better Capital also took part, along with Sequoia Capital India’s early-stage pro... |
| 07.04.2020 | Agri-foodtech VCs assess Covid-19’s impact on the sector and portfolios | From Agfunder, by Jessica Pothering and Louisa Burwood-Taylor |
| 02.04.2020 | Agri-foodtech VCs assess Covid-19’s impact on the sector and portfolios | As we all “shelter in place” and “socially distance” ourselves, we are learning a lot about what we can live without. And what we can’t.
Agri-foodtech investors seem to be collectively counting their blessings in that respect.
“We probably ... |
| 04.03.2020 | India’s Arya raises $6m pre-series B funding to help farmers avoid low grain prices | One of the worst times for an Indian smallholder farmer to come to market with their grains or seeds is exactly when you might expect them to do just that — right after harvest. At this point, even during relatively bad seasons, the market ... |
| 29.01.2020 | Kisan Network founders on $3m raise: ‘Farmers could not care less how much we have raised’ | India’s population is growing in size and wealth while grappling with pollution and climate stress. This all, in turn, exerts pressure on the subcontinent’s sprawling food systems, which have long been criticized for being too opaque, too c... |
| 14.01.2020 | US-China trade tensions could be a jetpack for Indian startups like TechnifyBiz | TechnifyBiz — an Indian startup creating a digital B2B marketplace for non-perishable food commodities like nuts, seeds, dry fruits, specialty grains, and honey — has raised $2 million in seed funding from Omnivore and the Insitor Impact As... |
| 17.12.2019 | Sequoia, Omidyar in first Indian agritech bet with $2.5m seed for ag trading platform Bijak | Bijak, a B2B platform for agricultural commodities, on Tuesday revealed its raise of over $2.5 million in seed funding.
Investors included Omnivore and Better Capital, along with Omidyar Network India and Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale... |
| 11.12.2019 | India’s Ecozen closes Series A on $6m to help farmers reduce spoilage, navigate supply chain | **UPDATE: December 11, 9am India time. Article originally posted on July 17, 2019 detailed the first close of the round with Caspian, Triodos and Omnivore. Ecozen went on to bring in investment from Sathguru Catalyser’s Innovation in Food &... |
| 19.11.2019 | Food & agtech investors are most excited about the future in Asia | Food & AgTech investors are most excited about the potential for agtech and foodtech in Asia, according to a new report we — AgFunder — recently released with Idea2Scale.
We conducted a survey of 50 global venture capital firms that inv... |
| 30.10.2019 | India’s Fasal raises $1.6m seed funding to build out precision ag across SE Asia | Fasal, a precision agriculture platform, has just raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners, AFN can confirm.
Other investors participating in the round include Mount Parker Ventures and Animoca from Hong Kong... |
| 24.09.2019 | Aquaculture startup Aquaconnect raises $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH | Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1 million seed round, backed by sustainable aquaculture accelerator HATCH and Indian VC firm Omnivore, who AFN can reveal. Aquaconnect is an AI-enabled platform that integrates a network for aquaculture farmers w... |
| 28.05.2019 | India’s DeHaat Raises $2.87m Venture Debt to Launch Financial Services Pilot | Farming is expensive, and the payout isn’t always guaranteed, but DeHaat hopes to soften the financial stress for its members with new offerings like credit and insurance. *Disclosure: DeHaat is an AgFunder portfolio company.*
Indian agribu... |
| 24.04.2019 | Ninjacart Raises $89m from Tiger Global in India’s Largest-Ever Farm Tech Deal | Ninjacart, an Indian agritech startup that connects farmers to retailers, has raised Rs625 Cr ($89.5m) from New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global, taking its valuation to $320 million, according to the Economic Times.
Tiger Global was one ... |
| 24.04.2019 | Omnivore Closes Fund 2 on $97m to Improve Lives of India’s 500m Farm Population | Omnivore, the Indian agrifood tech venture capital firm, has closed its second fund on $97 million, exceeding a target of $75 million. The firm held a first close on $46 million just over a year ago.
Omnivore invests in startup businesses a... |
| 02.04.2019 | EXCLUSIVE: India’s Intello Labs Raises $2m Seed Round to Measure Quality of Food Crops with an App | Intello Labs, an Indian agtech startup using computer vision and deep learning to measure the quality of crops, has raised $2 million in seed funding from US-Indian tech investor Nexus Venture Partners and Indian agrifood tech VC Omnivore.
... |
| 22.01.2019 | Indian supply chain sensor startup AgNext raises $2m pre-Series A round | Indian agrifood supply chain sensor startup AgNext Technologies has raised a $2 million pre-Series A round from early-stage, tech-focused VC firm Kalaari Capital to further expand its product portfolio and to aid in geographic expansion.
Ka... |
| 17.12.2018 | Indian AgriFood Startups Raise $1.7bn in Venture Capital 2013 – 2017 | Indian AgriFood Startups Are Innovating to Give Consumers What They Want, and Fix a Broken Industry.
India has a rapidly growing population of 1.3 billion and is predicted to surpass China as the most populated country in the world by 2024.... |
| 13.06.2018 | Indigo Ag Makes Bid to Become Agtech Marketplace, Launches Ag Data Platform | Indigo Agriculture, the agtech startup best known for plant microbiome technology — and raising a cool $403 million in four years — is making a bid to become an agtech product distributor and digital platform.
Indigo manufactures cotton, co... |
| 31.05.2018 | Gates Foundation Invests in Dairy Tech Stellapps $14m Series B, First in India | Stellapps Technologies, the Indian IoT and data analysis stack for the dairy supply chain, has raised $14 million in Series B funding in a round led by IndusAge Partners alongside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and two strategic c... |
| 18.04.2018 | Indian IoT Platform for Pre and Post Harvest Raises Seed Round Led By Omnivore | Indian startup AgNext has raised an undisclosed seed round led by India-focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners along with Singaporean angel investor Samir Kumar.
Before harvest, AgNext provides a varied suite of precision agriculture tools inc... |
| 27.02.2018 | Indian Milk Delivery Disrupter Raises $2.2m Seed Round from Omnivore | India’s latest farm-to-consumer delivery platform, Doodhwala $2.2 million seed round led by India-focused agtech VC Omnivore Partners. The investment is the first from the firm’s second fund, which closed earlier this month. The Bengaluru-b... |
| 20.02.2018 | Nine Dairy Farm Tech Startups Seeking to Bolster a Troubled Industry | Whether it be single-cow farms in India or massive commercial dairies in the US, the dairy industry is under pressure in light of changing market forces and consumer preferences.
In 2014, India’s dairy industry grew to be larger than that o... |
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| 12.02.2018 | India-Focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners Holds First Close on $46m for Second Fund | Omnivore Partners has announced the first close of its second fund, Omnivore Partners India Fund 2, on $46 million.
Omnivore, which calls itself an “impact venture fund” is solely focused on agtech investments in India, and investors (LPs) ... |
| 18.12.2017 | India’s Skymet Raises Approx. $10m Series C for Local Weather Data Service | Indian weather forecasting startup Skymet Weather Services has raised a Series C Round to expand its network of 6,000 automatic weather stations (AWS). The round closed at approximately $10 million, according to an anonymous source. This ro... |
| 23.10.2017 | Omnivore Partners to raise $45 Mn to fund agritech start-ups | Agriculture and food-tech focused venture capital firm Omnivore Partners is set to close half of its $90-million fund by next month.
Omnivore expects to close the remaining half of the fund by January. Omnivore plans to invest the fund in u... |
| 13.07.2017 | Indian Dairy IoT Technology Stack Stellapps Raises Series A | Stellapps, an Indian data collection and analysis stack for the dairy supply chain, has closed a Series A round of funding ahead of a larger $12 million – $14 million Series B that CEO Ranjith Mukundan expects to close in the coming months.... |
| 03.11.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: TPG ART Invests in Anuvia, Nuritas Receives EU Grant, Omnivore Invests in FR8, more | Anuvia Plant Nutrients, a Florida-based plant nutrient company, has raised $23 million in equity capital from existing investors, led by TPG ART, the growth stage venture vehicle of global private equity group TPG that’s dedicated to renewa... |
| 05.10.2016 | How Does Agtech Fit an Impact Investing Thesis? | Editor’s Note: I recently attended SOCAP, the largest conference for the impact investing community, and was excited to note a growing enthusiasm on the potential for food and agriculture technology to promote positive change in the world. ... |
| 07.06.2016 | [Podcast] How to Build an Agtech Portfolio in India by Omnivore Partners’ Mark Kahn | agtech portfolio
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Listen to Mark Kahn, managing partner of India’s first agtech ventu... |
| 25.02.2016 | Ag Innovation Showcase Open for Startup Applications | The Larta Institute is now accepting applications for the 2016 Ag Innovation Showcase. Applications are due by May 15 and the selected presenters will be announced in early June.
Launched in 2009, the showcase features pitches from up-to 20... |
| 13.10.2015 | What the Demise of a Food Delivery Startup in India Means for Food E-Commerce | It was only a matter of time before the Indian food e-commerce bubble started to burst.
The segment has attracted $161 million of investment so far this year, according to Tracxn, as investors have jumped on the trend of hyperlocal delivery... |
| 28.05.2015 | IIM Ahmedebad’s CIIE & ICAR-NAARM Launch India’s First Food & Agriculture Accelerator | India is currently witnessing the launch of its first Food and Agri-business Accelerator program. Many entities are involved with the accelerator, with the IIMA Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) and a-IDEA, the bu... |
| 16.04.2015 | VC Q&A: Omnivore’s Mark Kahn on AgTech Investing | Editors Note: AgFunder recently sat down with Mark Kahn, founding partner of Omnivore Partners, a VC firm investing in early stage agriculture and food technology companies in India. Mark will be a panelist on Making the Case for AgTech in ... |
| 07.04.2015 | Cold Storage Maker Ecozen Raises $1m from Omninvore Partners | Ecozen, which makes solar-powered cold storage and irrigation products for farmers, announced today that the company had raised a $1m Series A from Omnivore Partners. The company will use the funds to expand production capacity and expand i... |
| 25.04.2014 | Indian VC Firm, Omnivore Partners, Backs AgTech Startup, MITRA | The green space continues to grow greener.
Indian-based ag venture capital firm, Omnivore Partners, has backed MITRA, an Indian agtech startup that specializes in machinery for fruit cultivation, and develops automated solutions for sprayin... |
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