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Agritech startup Agrizy raises $9.8 million in funding led by Accion, Omnivore

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 11m ago
Agritech startup Agrizy raises $9.8 million in funding led by Accion, Omnivore
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Agrizy, a B2B agri-processing platform, has raised $9.8 million (Rs 82 crore) in its Series A round of funding co-led by Accion and Omnivore, with participation from new investors Capria Ventures, Thai Wah Ventures, while existing investor Ankur Capital has doubled down. This brings the total funds raised by Agrizy to $17.3 million including a $5 million debt round. Its $2.5 million seed round was led by Ankur Capital with participation from Omnivore. The proceeds will be used to expand its services into new product areas and geographies, develop advisory services, and offer financial services for processing businesses and farmer-producer organizations. Founded in 2020, Agrizy offers customised solutions designed to address the needs of the processed agrifood value chain. Its business to business platform enables agrifood processors to procure pre-processed and semi-processed agrifood products, providing end to end fulfilment services through quality assurance, logistics, and payment offerings. The Bengaluru-based company says that its value added processing services provide custom-processed agro food products supply for large agrifood processors and brands, increasing capacity utilisation and profitability for SME processors. Additionally, its fintech services provide working capital for processors from formal lenders at competitive rates. Agrizy competes with the likes of Copia, AgroFresh, and Hazel Technologies.

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Niqo Robotics raises $13 Mn in Series B round to scale globally

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Niqo Robotics raises $13 Mn in Series B round to scale globally
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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 Global Capital and existing investor Omnivore. This brings Niqo’s total fundraising to $21 million including a $5 million in Series A round from FMC, Omnivore, and Blume Ventures in August 2021 and a $2 million Seed round in 2019. Entrackr exclusively reported about the deal on May 1. Niqo will expand to new markets and accelerate the commercial adoption of spot spray, globally, according to Jaisimha Rao, founder and CEO of the company. Niqo Robotics specializes in crafting compact agricultural robots empowered with AI-driven computer vision technology which claims to reduce costs and increase profitability. It uses a proprietary AI camera with deep learning models to identify and selectively spray on target plants, reducing chemical usage by up to 90%. In 2023-24, Niqo claims to commercialize over 90,000 acres of land and benefiting over 1,800 farmers. While the company is yet to disclose audited FY24 numbers, the nine-year-old firm’s Indian entity largely remained in pre-revenue stage with a revenue of only Rs 1.3 crore during FY23. At the same time, its losses surged 2X to Rs 9.8 crore. As of the latest tranche, Omnivore Partners was the largest external stakeholder in Niqo with 25.7% followed by Brida Innovation and Blume Ventures which commanded 18% and 10.7%, respectively. Check TheKredible for more details. It competes with Zenrobotics, SwarmFarm, and Ecorobotis, among others.

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