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Meet DeHaat, The Seeds-to-market Indian Agri-tech Startup With $42M Raised In 12 Months

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                                            Written By - Astha Singh While startups have disrupted a number of industries around the world, India is often seen as the true test of new and revolutionary offerings. Health-tech, Fintech, Edu-tech, eCommerce have made huge inroads in India over the last few years, and now, startups are also beginning to overhaul India's traditional mainstay - the agriculture sector. The frontrunner in this domain is a startup that traces its origins to Bihar - DeHaat . Now Gurgaon-headquartered, DeHaat is one of the fastest-growing startups in India's Agri-Tech sector and among its highest-valued, having raised almost $42 million in little over a year. Now 9 years old, it aims to offer farmers a rang...

5 Indian Data-Driven Agritech Startups To Watch For In 2021

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 From farm to fork, agritech startups have been trying to solve pain points at various levels, which conventional farming failed to address  Debarghya Sil  (correspondent) The Indian agriculture sector over the years has gradually opened its arms and embraced technology. Considered one of the most backward and technology-resistant sectors of this country, farmers have now brought down the wall of skepticism towards technology post understanding what cutting-edge technology has to offer. Though the government and big corporates have done their share to equip farmers with technology, it is the startups which have been the driving force of technology penetration in farming.  From farm to fork, agritech startups have been trying to solve pain points at various levels, which conventional farming failed to address.  According to a Nasscom report in 2019, there were more than 450 startups in the agritech space in the country. Undoubtedly, these numbers ha...

DELHI-BASED AGRI INSURANCE STARTUP GRAMCOVER IS DE-RISKING RURAL INDIA WITH AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS

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Insurance aggregator GramCover provides affordable, customised, and well-rounded insurance products designed for agriculture and rural India. Founded in 2016, the agri insurance startup aims to become the centre of all risk and insurance in villages, ‘gai se gaadi tak’. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2021/03/agriculture-insurance-startup-gramcover-affordable-products   By Aparajita Saxena|16th Mar 2021 Insurance aggregator GramCover provides affordable, customised, and well-rounded insurance products designed for agriculture and rural India. Founded in 2016, the agri insurance startup aims to become the centre of all risk and insurance in villages, ‘gai se gaadi tak’. Between 2017 and 2019, India lost crops grown on nearly 8.5 percent (or 18.16 million hectares) of its total arable land due to floods and excessive rains, according to data shared by the government in the Lok Sabha in February. This resulted in monetary losses to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees ...