Agriculture Business Investment Opportunities

- Organic farming business using permaculture, based in Nepal. - Our produce consists of fruits, vegetables, eggs and chicken. - Permaculture is the concept of observing and imitating natural patterns. - By studying the relationships within ecosystems, permaculture seeks to replicate nature's balance in agricultural systems. This approach goes beyond sustainable farming; it aims to regenerate the land and enhance biodiversity. - One of the key features is it maximizes efficiency and minimizes waste. - Our business is B2B. We supply to various businesses such as hotels, food transport companies etc. - We have > 50 clients across Nepal. - Average monthly supply numbers range between 200 to 500, variable according to the stock, season and demand. - We have 25 permanent employees, which includes the management, sales, field workers and logistics personnel.

- The company works as a bridge between the farms and the common market. - Our objective is to end the high costs and business exploitation that farmers face. - We associate with farmers along with some financial institutions to ensure the social as well as economic advantages of both entities. Helping farmers in protecting their crops and reducing their post-harvest loss to improve the food quality as well as their condition in our society is one of our major goals. - The company holds a strong image in offering commodities as well as collateral management services. - Business is governed by an experienced team of board members and managed by a skilled team of professionals that are experts in every section they are serving for. - The company has been established in offering end-to-end solutions for farmers as well as commodities to experience better business in every aspect. - The current state: Since beginning its operations in June 2020, the company has, through its own arrangements, infused Rs. 5 Crores into its infrastructure, solutions development, operations, and management. So far, the company has a strong foothold in four states – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, and Rajasthan – and it has an ambitious plan chalked out to expand its operations to the whole of India. We generate an annual turnover of INR 2.6 crore. The fund requirement: To fuel the expansion of its operations to other parts of the country where the company sees clear potential and estimates significant growth projections, the company is seeking to raise funds to the tune of Rs. 30 Crores over a period of three years starting FY2021-22. According to this projection, this funding will enable the company to achieve a year-on-year growth of 100% after the three-year mark. The fund allocation: A high-level breakdown of the fund's utilization by this operations-intensive venture shall be as follows: 1. Trade and procurement: 40% 2. Establishment of Collection Centers: 40% 3. Hardware and software assets (desktop and mobile applications development, servers, AI-based Surveillance systems, handheld devices, and lab equipment): 10% 4. Operations and operating costs: 10% The Future: With its strong ongoing presence in four states and with its teams and tools in place, the company has all the required experience and confidence to scale its operation up as and when the funds are made available. The high-level growth phases are drawn up to look as follows: 1. Phase-1: Technology apps implementation and go-live – shall be achieved with the existing staff. 2. Phase-2: Onboarding of new warehousing entities; installation of surveillance systems; establishment of quality control labs in the present four states – shall be achieved through the addition of required teams. 3. Phase-3: Scaling up the operations to an additional five states – shall be achieved through adding the required operations and management personnel in the new markets. 4. Phase-4: Expansion of operations to an additional 20 states in India. The company will work on plans to replicate the success framework and best practices in other emerging markets such as Africa, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, Turkey, Canada, Europe (some parts), and the USA.

- This is a business in the idea stage. - We plan on leasing out aqua ponds to grow prawns and sell B2B. - Operations focus: Lease areas for cultivating shrimp and prawns. - Target market: B2B sales within the aquaculture industry. - The owner is an alumnus of NSRIT and has many years of experience in the industry working with his dad's aquaculture business. - Expansion strategy: Plan to export products to widen market reach. - The company is yet to register and plans to use the funds to comply with all the regulations.

- Manufacturer of soft drinks and animal feed supplements under own brand. - On a daily basis our production capacity is 500 packets. - Have tie ups with 5 super stockist and 25 distributors across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. - We have technical collaboration with a German MNC for producing aloe vera products. - We sell animal feed supplements to 21 distributors. - Promoter has 20 years of industry experience.

- Company is into farming, processing, aquaculture & soft commodity distribution in Zambia, given to vendors for exports. - In soft commodity trading i. e. the essential foods are fish, maize flour, rice, edible oil, sugar, salt & perishable vegetables as well as trading & distribution of the same. - Has tie-ups for procuring rice, maize, and salt from 2 local vendors each. - The company imports edible oil from 2 vendors in Malaysia, and 2 local vendors in Zambia. - The company produces it's own fish, maize, fruits, vegetables and spices. - The business is located in Ndola, Zambia and the advisor representing the company is from India.

- We started our operations as merchants of cashew products in 2009. In 2015, we began construction of our own raw cashew processing unit. - The factory is equipped with manually operated equipment, and we have a contract with a food company in Hyderabad, for providing processed cashews. - We buy most of our raw materials during the peak season of cashews in March and April. With the current capacity, we are able to process around 5 tonnes of cashews in one batch. - Seeking funds to setup automatic equipment and boilers for cashew processing. We are also seeking funds to increase our inventory size.

- Traders of agricultural products like fruits working on developing an online ecosystem. - The company has been earning revenue till now through wholesale trading of fruits. - We want to develop an online platform where we can sell imported and domestic organic foods. - The company will acquire all the products and then sell them under its own brand. - Revenue will be earned from adding a markup on the price of the products. - We will give a percentage share of the profit to the farmer/supplier of the fruit as well. - All foods sold on the platform will be quality tested by us. - Our goal is to build a value chain for farmers and to deliver good quality organic produce to customers.

- Over 20 farmer's producer companies and over 15 schools as clients. - We have been profitable from the 2nd year growing steadily. - Selected to be a part of the Center of Excellence by STPI Maharashtra. - Founder was awarded the business leader of the year 2021 for the state of Odisha. - Partnered with AEM, Planet, Green Earth, and Skylink Aero. - Our stage platform has a technology layer for crop & weather advisory and an enablement layer that offers a closed-loop marketplace for our FPC clients.