AgriTech Startups in Africa

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AgriTech in West Africa is a hotbed of innovation but faces challenges. Komaza and Farmerline excel in data collection, while Feronia grapples with sustainability issues. Local business leaders are skeptical about the sector's scalability and profitability, urging a focus on smallholder farmers' needs.

Cummulative Funding

$54.5M+

Total # of Companies

8

Total Deal Count

16

Total M&A Count

0

Total # of Investors

20

List of AgriTech startups in Africa

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StartupOverviewLast roundTotal raisedFounded
1.

Komaza is making smallholder farmers the future of African forestry

Debt Financing

$ 47,900,000

2006

2.

Shamba Pride is a one-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to services and information through tech-powered “DigiShops”.

Seed

$ 4,900,000

2016

3.

Illuminum Greenhouses is an Agri-Tech startup building Africa's first smart greenhouses.

Grant

$ 823,940

2014

4.

VunaPay is a Kenyan startup that is improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through Financial Technologies.

Seed

$ 400,000

2023

5.

Farmshine is a global agriculture platform which allows farmers, buyers and service providers to carry out trade on mutually beneficial.

Seed

$ 250,000

2018

6.

Farmers Pride is a Kenyan AgriTech platform that connects village level farmers to relevant information, quality inputs and credible agriculture services.

Seed

$ 220,000

2016

7.

Farmular is optimizing the End-to-End supply chain for food in Africa.

Seed

$ 100,000

2019

8.

We are a B2B Ecommerce startup operating on a franchise model in Kenya, Africa.

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2021

Komaza

Founded

2006

Overview

Komaza is making smallholder farmers the future of African forestry

Last round

Debt Financing

Total raised

$ 47,900,000

Employee

101-250

Founded

2016

Overview

Shamba Pride is a one-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to services and information through tech-powered “DigiShops”.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 4,900,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2014

Overview

Illuminum Greenhouses is an Agri-Tech startup building Africa's first smart greenhouses.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 823,940

Employee

11-50

VunaPay

Founded

2023

Overview

VunaPay is a Kenyan startup that is improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through Financial Technologies.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 400,000

Employee

2-10

Farmshine

Founded

2018

Overview

Farmshine is a global agriculture platform which allows farmers, buyers and service providers to carry out trade on mutually beneficial.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 250,000

Employee

Founded

2016

Overview

Farmers Pride is a Kenyan AgriTech platform that connects village level farmers to relevant information, quality inputs and credible agriculture services.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 220,000

Employee

11-50

Farmula

Founded

2019

Overview

Farmular is optimizing the End-to-End supply chain for food in Africa.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 100,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2021

Overview

We are a B2B Ecommerce startup operating on a franchise model in Kenya, Africa.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

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