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Founded in 2016, Agnext is a fast-growing AgTech company that aims to solve quality and trust in food value chains by making them safer, transparent, and fairer. With digitalization of food quality assessment as our core focus, we offer a uniquely integrated, AI-driven SaaS platform to agribusinesses for automated and instant food quality results. Incubated at IIT Kharagpur, Agnext got its first seed funding from A-IDEA National Agriculture Research in 2017. In the following years, funding was received from Omnivore and Kalaari Venture Funds as well. Recently, Agnext bagged the largest Series A funding in the AgTech space by AWI, Falcon Edge Capital. Total funding: $25 mn+ Awards & achievements: - AI Gamechangers Award by NASSCOM - Google for Startup Accelerator Program - Finalist in Graft Vietnam Challenge 2021 - Most Innovative Agri Startup Award by FICCI - Finalist in Future Food Asia 2020 - Best Agritech Startup Award by Ministry of Agriculture, India in Outlook Awards 2020

In India, 1M+ agri-input retailers serve 140M+ farmers for all their agri-input needs. These retailers are the backbone of the overall value chain and primarily rely on: (a) Deep understanding of local consumption patterns (b) Strong relationships with farmers (c) Offering of short-term credit (d) Overall cost-effectiveness However, there are key challenges for retailers that limit their business growth: (a) Limited product selection via traditional distributors (b) Inefficient sourcing (c) Working capital pressure We, at Agrim, are reimagining this $50B market. We want to transform the traditional supply chain and infuse it with technology, modern retail best practices, and data science for credit underwriting. Agrim has raised $10M+ from Kalaari Capital, Axis Bank, Omnivore, India Quotient, and Accion. We are also backed by prominent angels such as Rajesh Yabaji, co-founder of BlackBuck, and Rahul Jaimini, co-founder of Swiggy. We are bold, hungry, mission-driven, and a super

Agrizy is a tech-first platform to bridge the processed agri supply chain. The platform connects the agri suppliers, agri processors, and buyers of agri products across food and non-food categories to optimally discover and fulfill transactions.

ALTM is an alternate materials company. We are currently prototyping and will manufacture scalable biomaterials to help large industries reduce carbon footprints across their value chains. We use lignocellulosic agricultural residues to develop a family of advanced input raw materials to replace the current unsustainable incumbents across our product partner industries in CPG/FMCG, apparel, industrial chemicals, and packaging. Materials of interest: sustainable chemicals, biomaterials (including composites), and fuels.

Animall is a top-tier VC-funded startup building an online platform to empower millions of dairy farmers, ushering in the next digital white revolution! Our vision is to build efficiencies in the dairy ecosystem in India using technology, data science, and design. We are building products and services for the next billion people, who have fundamentally different wants and needs. We have a strong core team consisting of alumni from IITs and IIMs, having several years of industry experience in companies like Pratilipi, Cisco, Nomura, and Penguin India. We are a passionate team that is reimagining and reengineering the dairy ecosystem in India. Each team member will have significant ownership of the key components that go into the next-generation agritech platform and services that we are building. The work you will do at Animall will impact real lives and bring a lasting positive change for millions of dairy farmers in Bharat. We promise a meaningful journey with some of the smartest people, with opportunities to learn, grow, and leave a legacy. Come join us and make a difference in millions of lives! Write to us at [email protected]. Please check out the current openings here: https://animall.notion.site/animall-job-board-1297b24dad1f48bf9dac9c0a7e2ead5a

Aquaconnect is a full-stack aquaculture technology platform with embedded fintech, supported by a phygital distribution network. We are pioneering the use of AI and satellite remote sensing to bring transparency and efficiency to the seafood value chain. Our Aqua Partners network (farm input retailers) provides last-mile connectivity in the six major production states to enable farmers’ access to advisory and farm inputs. Additionally, we are enabling direct post-harvest linkages between farmers and seafood buyers through our Aquabazzar program, helping them sell their harvested produce for better value realization. Our Aquacred program provides formal credit to retailers and seafood buyers to ease their working capital needs and upscale their businesses. Our efforts have been appreciated and recognized by several esteemed organizations including the Paris Peace Forum, Google, GIIF- World Bank, TGS 100, NASSCOM, FICCI, Forbes, and Fast Company.

Arya is india’s leading agritech which has been working at the farmgate to strengthen agriculture value chains through its integrated range of services. Driving technology through a human-centered approach, arya’s agritech and fintech platform leverages technology to bridge the last mile. Through its profitable business model with over 5.0 million tonnes of storage capacity across 5,500 warehouses in 21 indian states, arya helps farmers, aggregators, farmer producer organisations, food processors and end-user corporates avoid post-harvest losses. Powered through its platform, arya.ag, it efficiently connects the supply side of the agri ecosystem with the demand side through a comprehensive portfolio of agri-services. Arya assists sellers of agri-commodities to avoid distress sale of produce by extending post-harvest credit. It has completed loan disbursements of over rs 4400 crores.

Bharatagri is a farming technology platform where we work with farmers and the full agriculture value chain directly. We at Bharatagri follow our mission of bridging the gap between technology and agriculture in India with a vision to reach out to 140 million Indian farmers. We support farmers to “grow efficient, grow more” through systematic implementation of scientific techniques by providing critical information at appropriate times and regular monitoring. At Bharatagri, we understand each farmer’s requirements; we believe every farmer deserves a chance - the chance for a successful future with technology.

Founded in April 2019, Bijak is a B2B agricultural commodities trading marketplace for agriculture suppliers and buyers across India’s agri value chain. As a leading agriculture trading app, Bijak aims to bridge the information asymmetry and lack of accountability in agricultural commodity trading. Since its launch, Bijak has expanded across 28 states, 2000+ regions, and 30,000+ users. We currently have a lean team of 350+ and are growing on a rocket trajectory. B2B agriculture traders, who control 80% of India’s USD 300 billion agri value chain, have limited access to technology, information, and credit. The Bijak app helps these customers/MSMEs discover each other along with the counterparty’s rating so that customers can transact with minimal friction by accessing Bijak’s layer of trust and reliability. The suppliers and buyers are not just able to transact with or discover each other but are also able to find out metadata of each other to make faster and reliable transactions through the mobile application. The founding team has been entrepreneurs, investment bankers, and venture capitalists across various organizations in the past - J.P. Morgan, Avendus Capital, Rocket Internet, Asia Innovations Group, Transit Capital, ZS Associates, etc. They have led and run startups backed by global funds such as Index Ventures, KPCB, Matrix Partners, etc. Bijak is backed by well-renowned global investors, who have invested across unicorns and have taken companies to IPO globally. Bijak has raised approximately $33.5 million (INR 250 crores) across three rounds from RTP Global, Sequoia Capital, Bertelsmann India, Omidyar Network, Omnivore Partners, Better Capital, AngelList, and Tempo Ventures.

Agbiotech startup that envisions a world where good yields are an assurance and not a gamble despite the impacts of climate change. We build climate resilience in crops by using targeted physiology modulating biomolecules. Targeting critical pathways allows us to deliver a 2x faster and more tangible results of assured growth that translates into assured yields. These biomolecules are crop agnostic, compatible with all current agricultural practices, and can be used on an as-is, where-is basis irrespective of farmland size. The products are at an early commercialization stage. Bioprime continues its research of discovering newer and more effective leads through our SNIPR-SMART nanomolecules induced physiological response tech platform. By developing a battery of cost-effective high throughput screening protocols, we are able to develop more effective products faster and more economically. Bioprime was founded by three researchers who believe that cutting-edge technology can truly transform agriculture in India and globally. The company believes in using time-tested molecules and environment-friendly chemistry in keeping with sustainable agriculture at its core.

Cornext is a national startup award-winning, agri-tech company in India that can be credited for addressing the problem through a disruptive technology called silage baling. This technology has enabled the natural preservation of green forages and ensured a consistent supply to dairy farms. Our technology is suitable to preserve high-quality fodder crops like corn, jowar, wheat, sugarcane, etc. We have indigenized the global baling technology in the form of a mini silage baler to suit the local needs of Indian dairy farmers. The baling equipment developed by Cornext is less than 1/10th of the cost compared to European equipment. Since our inception, we have supplied nearly 15 million cattle rations to more than 10,000 dairy farmers across India. We also established and partnered with more than 200 silage entrepreneurs to produce quality silage near consumption points. We have also exported mini silage balers to more than 15 countries. Cornext has contributed to the idea of fodder entrepreneurship.

Dehaat™ is one of the fastest-growing start-ups in the Agri-Tech sector and one of the very few companies providing end-to-end solutions and services to the farming community in India. We are building AI-enabled technologies to revolutionize supply chain and production efficiency in the farming sector. Currently, we are operating in 12 Indian agrarian states with an extensive network of 11,000+ Dehaat centers and 503 FPOs, serving 2.2 million+ farmers. We also provide AI-enabled crop advisory to farmers for 30+ crops in regional languages. Founded by the alumni from IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad, and other top institutes, Dehaat is a fully funded start-up with an exceptional growth rate. The impact we have created at the grassroots level over the last 12 years of our operations has been phenomenal and is recognized and felicitated by NASSCOM, Forbes, ET, NITI Aayog, Bill Gates Foundation, and many more.