Founders: Darpan Bendre, Urvish Bhaide, and Siddhesh Desai

Portfolio Partner: 2023

Operational State: Maharashtra

Agrify Fresh is committed to transforming the quality, availability, and trustability of Indian produce worldwide by enhancing ground-level infrastructure, modernizing farming practices through precision farming techniques, and promoting high-quality produce. They also sell produce directly to large retailers under their own brand names and support seed and fertilizer procurement.

Agrify Fresh’s network currently includes about 6,000 farmers who have reported an 18 percent average increase in their incomes thanks to the market linkages provided by Agrify Fresh through their information platform, Agrify Pragati.

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About the Founders:

As Co-Founder and CEO of Agrify Fresh, Darpan Bendre is developing a platform to support farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. His mission is to enhance trust in Indian agriculture through traceability, credit, research, and experimentation. He started Agrify Fresh in his third year after working on a social project for fair market opportunities for farmers, aiming for a significant grassroots impact.

Urvish Bhaide is the co-founder of Agrify Fresh, a platform that tackles challenges in the agricultural value chain for farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. His goal is to enhance trust in Indian agriculture through traceability, credit, research, and experimentation. Starting Agrify Fresh in his third year, Urvish draws on his experience in promoting fair market opportunities for farmers to drive meaningful grassroots impact.

Siddhesh Desai is the co-founder of Agrify Fresh, where he focuses on addressing issues across the agricultural value chain for farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. He aims to strengthen trust in Indian agriculture through innovations in traceability, credit, research, and experimentation. Siddhesh co-founded Agrify Fresh during his third year of entrepreneurship, building on his background in enhancing market opportunities for farmers to create a significant grassroots impact.