Agriculture Support Businesses for Sale and Investment Opportunities in India

The business aims to revolutionize agriculture through advanced technology and physical systems that can optimize crop production, improve yield and quality, and reduce costs and environmental impact. The business focuses on two crops: tea and cassava, which are important crops with significant economic and nutritional value in many regions, especially in Asia and Africa. Business will offer customized hardware and software solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of different crops or regions. The solutions use sensors, actuators, software, and data analysis to monitor and control various parameters related to soil, weather, water, fertilizers, pests, diseases, etc. We will primarily cater to B2B corporate customers engaged in contract farming or large-scale farming operations by supplying specialized solutions. We also plan to expand our business model to include subscription-based services for individual farmers with a freemium app and a blockchain platform. The business has a strong team of experts, developers, and salespeople who have extensive experience and knowledge in the field of agriculture technology. The founder and CEO of the business has four decades of industrial experience in various sectors and a deep understanding of the pain points of farmers. The business has established strategic partnerships with one of the largest tea plantations for field trials of TeaCPS and a renowned agricultural university for field trials and validation of RootCPS. It has also received positive feedback and testimonials from its early customers. The business has a clear vision and mission to lead the global transformation of agriculture into a smart, connected, and sustainable industry. We strive to empower farmers and agribusinesses to achieve unprecedented productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship while attracting new talent. The business has set ambitious growth targets: Subscription base for the freemium app: 1 million farmers in 2 years, 10 million in 5 years, and 50 million in 15 years. It aims to achieve these targets by focusing on innovation, customer satisfaction, scalability, and expansion. Sensors are manufactured by other companies, we will buy and assemble them here and integrate them with the software. Singed MoU with Tamil Nadu Agricultural Organization for field test and product purchase. We will offer subscription-based services for individual farmers. These are affordable and user-friendly services that offer access solutions through a freemium app and a blockchain platform, enabling farmers to benefit from data-driven insights and recommendations for their crops. The main users of these products and services are farmers and agribusinesses who want to adopt modern and sustainable agricultural technologies. This includes small-scale and marginal farmers, as well as large-scale and commercial farmers, who grow tea and cassava crops in India and other regions.

- 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.

- Our company was incorporated 4.5 years ago which is into natural food forest/agroforestry. - We are a B2C company having urban community members for our 40+ acres gated community farm in Tamil Nadu. - Our projects have been recognized by World Economic Forum & World Resources Institute for supporting agroforestry in a sustainable model. - Our objective is to plant 1 million trees in 100+ acres of leased land (lease-5 years) from mid of this year towards climate action and expand our community farm. - We also train and support our nearby farmers in ZBNF for employment and entrepreneurship. - Our revenue models is to charge 15% commission from the agroforestry harvest & carbon trading. - The agroforestry with casuarina model seeks INR 2.85 lakhs/acre for 4 years & harvest begins after 3.5 years. - The agroforestry with sandal & casuarina requires INR 3.5 lakhs per acre for 5 years and harvest begins after 3.5 years. - The company has two directors, and the director representing the company on the platform has a minority stake. - Business has not taken any loans previously. - We offer preferential shares towards the loan.

- The company is mainly into the rural retail and agriculture space, serving our consumers on their ongoing purchase and sell requirements. - Act as an extended arm for other businesses in our segment, willing to establish their reach to the untapped (rather less competitive) rural market. - Our business model is a bit unique and no competition since the start. - Our main operation is based out of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. - Currently fulfilling our customer needs of groceries, fruits & vegetables, home essentials products, and other services, like recharge, payments, booking, courier, etc. - Traditionally rural consumers depend on nearby satellite towns for their ongoing purchase requirements, for the benefit of competitive price, product quality, and choice of selection. Our focus is to meet these expectations with the added convenience at their doorsteps. - We cover 25 villages serving roughly 200 customers on regular basis. - Seeking funds for promotional and marketing activities, and strengthening the operational infrastructure and human resources. - The goal is to hit the short-term revenue mark in the next 3 months and fast forward the growth region-wise, state-wise to reach the PAN India mark. - Short-term and long-term revenue mark numbers depend on the investor/lender comfort and choice. - We have a property worth INR 1 cr to provide as collateral. - There is a slight dip in the sales due to lack of promotion and marketing.

- Company runs an interdisciplinary online platform with an AI grading system, used by farmers for selling and distributing crops. - Have developed software with patented hardware systems for grading of maize, certain fruits, and Ayurvedic herbs like Moringa Oleifera leaves. Patents are applied in India and Germany. - Our platform allows farmers to grade, negotiate, sell, and transport their commodities from farms to the wholesaler's warehouse. Currently, the web platform, mobile apps are in the beta phase with access provided only for our registered users and vendors. We expect to publicly launch the platform and mobile apps by the end of the year. - Have 5,000 farmers in Karnataka with up to 7,500 acres of the farming area registered with us. - We have around 60 transportation service providers and 4-5 global conglomerates in maize industries such as Cargill as our clients. - Revenue model: We charge a commission fee of 0.5-2% on sales, based on the type of commodity sold. - Have a sustained exponential growth rate of 10-20% every year. - Our CEO was awarded as the "Most promising CEO" from the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce, India. - Our company has MOU with the University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore. - Selected as top 30 startups by MANAGE, Government of India to present for INR 25 lakhs (USD 34,000) grant this year. - Have a home-office branch in Munich, Germany to handle onboarding and support for wholesale buyers in the European region. - 1% of the company is owned by C-camp an incubator arm of Indian Institute of Sciences (IISC, Bangalore) for technical support to better the grading mechanism.

- Company planning to purchase the rights of an existing technology with the combination of the physical device that increases the shelf life of fruits, vegetables, seafood & reduces post-harvest loss. - International company that developed this device has already agreed to sell rights of the intellectual property so that we can manufacture and sell the product on our own. - We will sell this technology based device to State Governaments across India and big organizations in the agriculture field. - Initiated discussion with 2 State Governments in Eastern India. - This device will be used on bulk agricultural products to reduce waste. - Promoter has more than 10 years of experience in project management, industry analysis and marketing. - Business does not have any physical assets yet.

- Business is into providing a cold storage facility for multi commodities. - It is a family owned business & the family is into agriculture for years. - We have already purchased the land on National Highway - 167, Adoni. - Looking for funds to construct the cold storage plant. - Already in talks with local farmers from the city. - Business is expected to see a good response as we do not have this facility in and around our area. Farmers have to go to other cities for cold storage purpose.

- We train farmers and unemployed youth for betterment in different sectors. - We are currently working on two Government of Tripura projects. - We are working with Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojan (PMKVY) - Our trainers are well experienced, meeting all the standards set by the government to be a trainer. - We have already trained more 210 youths. They get a provisional degree once they complete the required training hours. - We are planning on expand our business to agricultural ventures including Agricultural Organic Production. - Director has 15 years of experience.