Agriculture & Food


AgriVijay helps farmers earn and save 7000 tons of CO2

2023-03-15 Business opportunity Innovations Product / solution launch

From solar water pumps to solar inverters, biogas digesters, solar water heaters, solar cold storage,, and solar dryers, the startup offers more than 200 types of green energy equipment tailored to farm needs and infrastructure set-up.

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Smart Farming



Cleantech startup Varaha raises $4 million in seed funding

2023-03-13 Financing Startups

Based out of Gurugram and Bengaluru, Varaha is incentivising smallholder farmers to follow regenerative agriculture practices by creating high-quality carbon credits that augment their income.

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Regenerative Agriculture



Greenamor Ventures is manufacturing plastic-like biopolymers using coir waste

2023-03-06 Innovations Product / solution launch Startups

The sustainable venture founded by Ardra Nair in 2021 focuses on eco-packaging while solving the issue of global waste management by upcycling locally available coir.

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Agro Waste Management



Nurture.farm partners with SWAL Corporation Ltd

2023-02-28 Business opportunity Collaboration Startups

The partnership enables the companies to build smart risk-cover solutions for farmers to ensure financial safety and resilience against weather irregularities.

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Smart Farming



GrowiT India - An Agritech Startup raises Rs.50 Lakhs

2023-02-26 Financing Innovations Startups

The startup aims to manufacture products that ensure optimum quality and yield for the Indian Agricultural & Farming Industry while lowering its carbon footprint.

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Low Carbon Food



S4S Technologies, converts farm losses to value-added products

2023-02-22 Innovations Product / solution launch Startups

The startup provides a platform to convert lower-grade farm produce into food ingredients using its patented solar-powered food processing system.

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Agro Waste Management



Garuda Aerospace to present a carbon-neutral drone during the World Economic Forum 2023

2023-01-20 Innovations IT / Digital Product / solution launch

The farmers can increase their income by using the high-capacity Kisan drones to quickly deliver their produce. Insecticide and nutrient spraying, crop assessment, and digitalization of land data are further uses for the Kisan Drones.

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Smart Farming



Can we expect many millet startups?

2023-01-18 Business opportunity Startups

A report on India's waking up to the millet potential makes one think if this foodgrain could hold significant potential for startups too

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Low Carbon Food



Telangana

Greenhouse-in-a-box startup Kheyti wins Prince Williams' Earthshot Prize

2022-12-26 Contests & competitions Startups

Develops a sustainable solution for small farmers devised by Telangana startup Kheyti has won the 1 million pounds prize!

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Smart Farming



Carnot Technologies is empowering farmers to take data driven decisions and earn up to 30 per cent more

2022-12-23 Calculators & estimation tools IT / Digital Startups

The agritech startup’s product ‘Krishe Smartkit' is a telematics system that goes on tractor/agri-machinery and helps improve the productivity from tractor usage.

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Smart Farming



Shaka Harry, plant-based meat brand in India, opened its first physical location at Bengaluru Airport

2022-12-21 Business opportunity Product / solution launch Startups

The startup, funded by MS Dhoni is currently serving customers across 10 cities

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Low Carbon Food



Celcius Logistics, has launched temperature-controlled delivery services for food and pharma orders

2022-12-01 Collaboration Product / solution launch Startups

The cold-chain marketplace startup startup has currently tied up with Zomato and is the partner of choice for temperature-controlled deliveries for their intercity orders.

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Low Carbon Food



Agriculture ministry to set up Rs 500 Cr accelerator program to promote agri startups

2022-11-03 Capacity building / Training / Education Startups

DARE, DPIIT, agri incubators, agriculture universities, research institutes, investors, and other stakeholders will be included in the programme

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Regenerative Agriculture



PepsiCo’s agriculture accelerator funds 14 agri businesses in India and other countries

2022-10-22 Financing Startups

Pepsi's Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Fund investments are designed to “de-risk” promising initiatives while accelerating the development of innovative technologies and approaches that can help scale the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices. 

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Regenerative Agriculture



GREENEST, has shipped plant based meat export consignment to USA from Gujarat

2022-09-24 Business opportunity Startups

The Indian plant protein food brand is backed by investors like Better Bite Ventures, a New Zealand based firm.

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Low Carbon Food



Incubated at IIT-Roorkee, this startup is converting organic waste into industrial enzymes

2022-07-27 Innovations Startups

Fermentech uses carefully designed unit operations to process agro-waste and for reactor operations to ensure multiple products with a high yield. The process yields three products: enzymes, prebiotics, and high CV fuel pellets (for heating boilers).

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Agro Waste Management



How This Pune-based Agritech Startup Reduces Wastage In Farm Produce Using AI

2022-07-14 Innovations Startups

Farmpal uses artificial intelligence to connect farmers directly with end consumers such as local kiranas, supermarkets, sabjiwala and more.

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Agro Waste Management



How TraceX Technologies is building trust in India’s food supply chains with FOODSIGN

2022-06-10 IT / Digital Startups

A next-generation digital agriculture platform, TraceX leverages blockchain to connect all stakeholders in the food and agri supply chain to overcome undefined crop quality and quantity, and unrealised profit for farmers.
 

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Low Carbon Food



Chennai

Startup’s Eco-Friendly Sachets Extend Life of Veggies & Fruits Without Refrigeration

2022-06-06 Case study Startups

Aim is to minimise fresh produce loss through cost-effective packaging solutions which are an alternative to expensive cold storage.

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Agro Waste Management



Pune

Organic farming startup Humpy Farms raises Rs 5 Cr

2022-05-10 Business opportunity Financing Startups

Humpy Farms is a D2C startup that has a range of dairy and non-dairy products.

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Low Carbon Food



Venture Capital firm Omnivore launches $130 mn fund to invest in agritech, climate sustainability

2022-04-04 Financing Startups

With the newly launched fund, Omnivore will focus on catalyzing climate action in agriculture, backing startups that are addressing India’s GHG emissions, and securing the future of India’s farmers.

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Regenerative Agriculture



How 6 next-gen startups are disrupting India’s plant-based industry

2022-03-07 Contests & competitions Event Financing

Startups discussed are: Biodimension Technologies (Artificial tissue models), Ethik (Leather-free men's accessories), NayaM!lk (plant-based paneer), Plantish Foods (plant-based eggs), Phyx44 (cell-derived milk and milk products), ProMeat (plant-based meat).

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Low Carbon Food



India’s clean energy startups are bringing new innovations to farms and rural households

2022-01-29 Startups

Startups discussed: Solnce Technologies, AgriVijay, ThinkRaw & Exalta

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Agro Waste Management



Pune

How this Pune-based startup is upcycling crop residue into packaging material, particle boards

2021-08-05 Startups

Craste purchases crop residues from farmers and recycles them into packaging material and engineered boards.

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Agro Waste Management