Aquapulse, an built-in aquaculturetech startup, has raised Rs 25 crore in an ongoing Sequence A funding spherical led by NABVENTURES Ltd, the enterprise capital arm of NABARD, via AgriSURE Fund because it seems to be to construct what it calls India’s first built-in aquaculture ecosystem.

Based in 2022 by Abhishek Dwivedy and Abhilash Dwivedy, Aquapulse operates on the intersection of aquaculture, infrastructure and expertise, addressing structural inefficiencies in India’s seafood worth chain.

Whereas smallholder shrimp farmers produce export-grade shrimp, the startup mentioned that they usually stay disconnected from pricing mechanisms, infrastructure and end-market entry. This fragmentation ends in multi layered middleman system, considerably limiting farmers’ share within the ultimate worth, it mentioned.

Aquapulse additional mentioned that its AI-driven pre-harvest programs monitor pond-level parameters resembling water high quality, illness threat and feed optimisation, enabling farmers to enhance feed conversion ratios (FCR) and constantly improve output high quality. Higher harvest planning by aligning crop cycles with real-time demand, lowering wastage and strengthening demand–provide linkages.

On the post-harvest aspect, Aquapulse manages grading, chilly chain logistics and compliance workflows whereas its AI fashions permits real-time worth discovery and guaranteed offtake pricing, enhancing transparency in an in any other case opaque ecosystem.

The startup will use the raised capital for enlargement adopted by establishing an state of artwork in-house processing facility geared toward enhancing high quality management and margins, increasing its present farmer community from 6000+ to over 15,000+ throughout Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal; and strengthen its expertise stack. Additionally it is investing in AI-led pre- and post-harvest programs and its tech led clear pricing mannequin.

Abhishek Dwivedy, Co-Founder, MD and CEO, Aquapulse mentioned, “Individuals ask what makes us completely different. We didn’t begin with a market alternative however began with a farmer’s drawback. The chilly chain exists as a result of produce was spoiling. The processing exists as a result of farmers had been promoting uncooked shrimp at a fraction of its completed worth. The certifications exist as a result of with out them, you’re locked out of each premium market. This spherical lets us put all of it collectively at a scale the place it really works for the farmer and for the enterprise.”

India is at present the world’s second-largest shrimp producer and second-largest fish producer. Frozen shrimp accounts for over 43% of seafood export volumes and almost 70% of export earnings. In FY25, India exported 7.42 lakh metric tonnes of frozen shrimp valued at $5.18 billion, contributing to complete seafood exports of $7.45 billion.

The home shrimp market, valued at $9.2 billion in 2024, is projected to succeed in $22.7 billion by 2033, rising at a CAGR of 10.1%.

“We spent years in panchayats earlier than we spent a day in a boardroom. The issues had been by no means arduous to seek out – a farmer promoting his harvest beneath value as a result of he had no storage, a dealer rejecting a batch as a result of there was no high quality examine, an exporter sourcing from Andhra Pradesh as a result of Odisha had no processing. We constructed Aquapulse to repair every of these issues, one by one. With NABVENTURES backing, we are able to now scales these options meaningfully,” mentioned Abhilash Dwivedy, Chief Development Officer, Aquapulse.

Ashish Choudhury, CIO, NABVENTURES Ltd., mentioned, “What drew us to Aquapulse was not simply the industrial alternative, however the depth of their farmer integration mannequin. The founders convey robust area experience in aquaculture together with working expertise working carefully with farmers to drive enhancements in productiveness, high quality, and market entry. Aquapulse’s potential to mix area experience with expertise to resolve structural inefficiencies within the aquaculture worth chain positions it uniquely for long-term worth creation.”