Organic Farming 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.

- We are a B2B company and work with young fruits & vegetable startups, aggregators, e-commerce players, and the modern trade segment. - The modern trade segment includes e-commerce platforms like Blinkit, Swiggy, Big Basket, etc. 60% of our revenue comes from this segment. - 40% of our revenue comes from B2B food shops and retailers such as Akshayakalpa Organics, The Organic World, and Gourmet Garden. - We have over 150 clients and tie-ups with 300+ farmers who produce the products on our behalf. - We also help the farmers with technical know-how, organic fertilizers that they should use, and organic farming practices. - The business plans to supply pan India e-commerce players, and also have a huge scope in the export market, especially to the Middle East, which is a big importer of Indian-certified organic food. - Further, we plan to supply food processing units and also set up in-house FPO for organic inputs for products like banana power, pulp, and frozen exports to US and European regions. - India is the largest producer of banana and papaya in the world but our contribution to the world exports is less than 1%, this is a big white space and can be captured. - The company is under a slight loss as of now due to increased COGS. - We plan to use economies of scale to boost the company's revenue and profit margins. - Business has three directors. - The company does not have any outstanding liabilities.

- Organic and dairy farm business. - Cater to 800 B2B and B2C clients. - In talks with Big Basket to provide our products on their platform. selling products on amazon. com, amazon. in, meesho. - Our products are sold through retail establishments and an online portal. - Have 10 associate farmers that work with us. - Have 1.5 years of experience in the industry.

- We started our company in 2009 to sell organic groceries and organic food products. - Running our offline business through 4 outlets in Tamil Nadu, and have recently setup our own website to display our products and cater to online orders. - Have tied up with more than 30 suppliers, who supply us organic products that are sold through our outlets. - Looking to further expand our business by introducing additional categories and increasing our stock to fulfil growing customer requirement.

- Non-operational company involved in developing commercial and self sustainable gaushalas, based in Lucknow. - We will develop high yield cow, organic paint, Microbial fertilizer, and Electricity by compress air. - Provide free fertilizer to the farmer and improve land quality and help farmer in good organic crop and employment to 100 people in every village. - We started our company mid of last year and this year, we have stopped the operations as we are focusing on own gaushalas procuring and expansion. - Since inception, we have worked on 10 hydroponic fodder growing projects per month for other gaushalas in Delhi, Noida etc. Average duration of each project is 1 month and average value of each project is INR 2.5 to 3 lakhs. - Once we procure the gaushalas, our plan is to sell the grains, vegetables, milk and paint on subscription plan basis to end-customers through e-commerce platforms. Our business model will be B2C. - The company has MCA, start-up India and MSME registration.

- We are a bootstrapped firm seeking investment for our pilot project. - We grow harvest and sell Organic Vegetables in bulk priced at daily middle-class affordability. - The Registered office is in Kochi and we have an office in Bengaluru as well. - One of the directors of this company is an advocate by profession and has worked in Chennai & Kerala High Court. - We focus on providing people access to affordable Organic Vegetables grown in the most sustainable environment. - The land identified for farming is one acre area and total harvest per year is 240 MT of Organic Vegetables. - Have established an oral understanding with Restaurants, Big-basket, and Retailers for sale of our vegetables. - We make the best use of organic farming through modern sciences, we intend to grow and distribute vegetables to the lowest strata of society, eliminating their cost of sustenance. - The project will start in February 2018.

- Farming company in Sri Lanka that was started 13 years ago. - Operations of the business were stopped 5 years ago based on agreement between the partners. - We used to grow vegetables and fruits like tomato, carrot, pineapple, banana using organic methods. - Our crops were sold in the local market and exported to other countries. - We utilized 50-60 acres of land until the last yield and our last revenue were LKR 106 million. - Land has 2 water reservoirs for the crops. - We could start fish farming, cattle farming along with growing crops to increase revenue. - We still have a few principle trees on the land but they are negligible. - Have 6 workers maintaining the land. - Promoter has extensive knowledge and experience in farming. - Physical assets include agricultural machinery and equipment. Intangible assets include the website.

- Our company has been a non-profit research organization for about 5 years and has been dedicated to formulate strategies that would aid the environment. - We used to work independently and did not have any clientele. Our company did not generate any revenue since inception till the past year. - However, since the beginning of this year, we have diversified and begun a new stream of profit-generating operations under our company itself. This is the first year we have generated any revenue and this line of operations has now transgressed into becoming our core business activity. - Our company has partnered with over 1,000 organic farmers across Sri Lanka. We purchase organic seeds and chemicals from 25 wholesalers and sell them to our partnered organic farmers. About 150 farmers repeatedly purchase these products from us every month. - There is either an extremely small margin amount or no margin added on the cost that we borne for purchasing organic seeds and chemicals, as our company's aim is to make these premium farming products accessible to all farmers across Sri Lanka. - When these farmers harvest their produce, we purchase the organic food products from them in bulk. Our company then adds a percentage fixed margin on these products and supplies them to our clients as per their respective purchase orders. - We are dealing with about 15 organic products under multiple categories. Currently, we have about 100 clients who purchase these products from us directly. The value of the purchase orders varies. - We fulfil about 30 to 40 purchase orders every month. Our company has supplied over 2,100 kilograms of products since the beginning of these services. - The proceeds from supplying organic food products contribute to about 95 percent of the company's total revenue. The remaining is contributed by the margin on selling organic seeds and chemicals to farmers. These business activities are the only source of revenue for the company. - This investment opportunity is not for any specific line of operations but for the entire company which includes both our non-profit and for-profit business activities. - The company is extremely valuable owing to our profit-making business strategy which will uplift the environment and the farmers across Sri Lanka. The valuation is based on our own estimate.

- Farmers association looking for investors to develop certificated organic food items like bananas, yams, and fruits for export and home consumption. - Massive land of 30k hectares is available. - The business has 6 distributors. - We are planning to export to Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan.