Top 10 Agri-food Startups in India

Here is the list of 10 Agri-food Startups in India

In recent years India has witnessed a significant rise in Agri-food Startups. These startups come with lots of advanced technology that solves indian farmers' problems which are faced by many indian farmers. It improves supply chain efficiency and meets the consumer's requirements. These startups are very wide, and work in various industries like farm-to-fork supply chain management, precision agriculture, food processing, agritech, and food delivery. In this article, we will see some top Agri-food Startups in India

1. DeHaat

Bihar-based DeHaat is one of the best startups founded in 2012.  Currently, the company operates in eastern India like  Bihar, UP, and Odisha with a partnership with more than 165,000 farmers.

Their initiative has garnered recognition from various organizations like NASSCOM, Forbes, ET, Niti Aayog, and Bill Gates Foundation.

2. Vegrow

Bengaluru-based Vegrow is an agrifood startup, it was started with a mission to aggregate small farms. It was founded by Praneeth Kumar, Shobhit Jain, Mrudhukar Batchu, and Kiran Naik.

They also built an asset-light farm with the help of small farms on a profit-sharing model. Its mission is to enhance the net earnings of partner farmers by leveraging technology through various stages of the farming cycle. Apart from this it also helps in crop planning, providing access to quality inputs, monitoring their adherence to best practices, and helping them to sell their harvest to suitable buyers.

3. Captain Fresh

Captain Fresh is a Hyderabad-based startup, which was founded in 2019 by Utham Gowda. Through technology, it provides freshwater fish and seafood to retailers in various sectors.

Apart from this they also build a reliable seafood supply chain through intelligence demand-supply matching, helping e-auctions for sourcing, standardizing supplies, and maintaining digital traceability systems. The platform also partners with top brands in modern trade and online meat and seafood sectors.

4. BigHaat

BigHaat works as a marketplace platform where they provide farmers with a diverse range of quality at their doorstep. Its product range includes seeds of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. As well as crops such as maize, mustard, paddy,  jowar, cotton, etc.

Apart from this it also offers Crop protection and crop nutrition including insecticides, and fungicides. It was founded in 2015 by Raj Kancham, Sateesh Nukala and Sachin Nandwana.

5. MoooFarm

MoooFarm is a Haryana-based platform where they provide bridges the gap between technology and dairy farmers. As an innovative Australian AgTech platform that uses global leadership and expertise in skills, agribusiness, and technology, to catalyze social change in developing nations like India.

It also helps rural farmers access advanced technology by integrating a comprehensive dairy farm management tool with an integrated e-commerce platform into the dairy farming process of rural India. It was founded by Aashna Singh, Param Singh, Abhijeet Mittal, and Jitesh Arora in 2019.

6. ShopKirana

Indore-based ShopKirana operates as a zero inventory model and positions as a purchasing company and multi-brand distributor catering to retailers. Retailers' demands are relayed to the brands, which they deliver to ShopKirana’s warehouse within 48 hours.

It swiftly distributes the goods to retailers on the same day, often in three to four hours. Deepak Dhanotiya, Sumit Ghorawat, and Tanutejas Saraswat founded ShopKirana in 2015.

7. Jai Kisan

Jai Kisan is a Mumbai-based platform where they offer integrated input and produce supply chain solutions for farmers. Its fintech platform connects farmers with finance providers, enabling access to timely and cost-effective financial solutions.

Apart from this it also works as an agriculture marketplace, allowing users to purchase agriculture inputs at wholesale prices. Jai Kisan was founded by Arjun Ahluwalia and Adriel Maniego in 2017.

8. FarMart

Gurugram-based FarMart is a platform that helps agri-retailers enhance their services to farmers while granting them market access through the creation of an alternative food value chain.

It provides transparency and financial benefits for both farmers and businesses. It was founded by Alekh Sanghera and Mehtab Singh Hans in 2015.

9. Waycool

Waycool is a Chennai-based platform, it was founded with the mission of revolutionizing India’s farm-to-fork supply chain. They aim to provide cleaner, fresher, and better produce while simultaneously increasing, returns to farmers, and reducing wastage and inefficiency.

It aims is achieve this by directly establishing connections between direct links to farmers on the one side and consumers and leveraging a combination of physical infrastructure and information technology to link them efficiently.

10. Bijak

Bijak operates as a B2B platform facilitating agricultural commodity trading, offering buyers and sellers improved prices, enhanced working capital, and optimized logistics.

The company focuses on expediting loan disbursals, reducing cost, eliminating wastage through logistics and convenient payment channels, and serving as a comprehensive bookkeeping app. Its mission is to instill accountability and transparency in the agricultural value chain.  

Conclusion

The agri-food market is very vibrant and evolving, there are lots of startups in this field which is performing very well. These startups come with lots of unique ideas that help in farming and making food better. Through solving problems these startups impact big changes in India.