Earlier this year (2017), two India-based agri-technology (AgTech) start-ups hit the headlines for raising millions in funding from private equity firms. AgroStar, which provides agricultural inputs directly to farmers, raised $10 million, and RML AgTech, which offers smart farming solutions, rai…
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Agritech start-ups using imaging tech to offer real-time solution to farmers
Bengaluru: Baburao Mule, a 67year-old Maharashtrian farmer, has spent the last three months capturing images of his crops in Narayan village through agritech startup RML AgTech’s mobile application feature crop doc. “Within a minute, through the app, I can understand what pest has att…
Data harvesting makes agri-tech start-ups hot for investors
Bengaluru: Agriculture-technology is emerging as one of the hottest sectors for investors this year, primarily for the mountains of data these startups are able to harvest. Leading venture capital firms including Accel India and SAIF Partners are evaluating several agritech firms to invest in, ac…
Agritech start-ups increasingly focusing on social parameters
Bengaluru: Agritech and social enterprise startups are increasingly focussing on health, education, sanitation and entrepreneurial initiatives in an attempt to enable farmers and their families. Besides offering tech know how and products, these startups are also looking into the emotional and ed…