Arya.ag, an Indian built-in grain commerce platform, has raised Rs 725 crore, or about $80.58 million, in a Sequence D funding spherical led by GEF Capital Companions.
The corporate stated the contemporary capital will assist it work extra intently with farmers and farmer organisations to advertise climate-smart and market-driven agriculture practices. It should additionally assist efforts to guard small farmers from climate-related dangers by enhancing entry to technology-based options.
Arya.ag plans to make use of the funds to cut back post-harvest losses on the farm degree and throughout the agriculture provide chain.
Based in 2013 by Prasanna Rao, Anand Chandra, and Chattanathan Devarajan, Arya.ag goals to resolve the belief hole in Indian agriculture. Its mannequin focuses on constructing environment friendly networks and serving to farmers earn increased incomes. The corporate affords companies throughout your entire worth chain, from pre-harvest to post-harvest.
By its Sensible Farm Centres and companies similar to storage, finance, and market entry, Arya.ag helps farmers and FPOs determine when and the place to promote their produce. This helps them enhance incomes in a sustainable method.
Commenting on the funding, Prasanna Rao, Co-Founder and CEO of Arya.ag, stated, “This funding validates our strategy of constructing built-in options that deal with the true challenges confronted by India’s farming neighborhood. GEF as a associate, shares our conviction on profitably constructing equitable agri worth chains by lowering vulnerability to local weather and market dangers. We’ll use this capital to succeed in extra farmers and develop merchandise that reward sustainable practices on the farmgate. Our purpose is to make sure that the smallest of stakeholders have entry to info (knowledge insights), finance and markets, via inexpensive know-how, and in doing so, have the flexibility to considerably enhance their incomes.”
With greater than 60% of India’s workforce depending on agriculture and over half of farming households missing entry to formal credit score, Arya.ag addresses a significant hole by providing farm-level insights, storage, on the spot finance, and clear market linkages.
Avendus Capital acted because the unique monetary advisor for the funding spherical.
Arya.ag claims to be India’s solely worthwhile agritech platform. Within the first half of FY26, the corporate reported web income of Rs 300 crore, a development of 28% in comparison with final yr. Its revenue rose 39% to Rs 31.5 crore throughout the identical interval.
It at the moment operates in round 60% of Indian districts. It manages a community of 12,000 agri-warehouses, shops almost $3 billion value of grain yearly, and has enabled over $1.5 billion in agricultural loans. Advisory assist for the spherical was offered by PwC, JSA, and Aeka.