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§ Private Profile · Allia Future Business Centre Kings Hedges Rd, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2HY, United Kingdom
Agritech company offering a Crop Intelligence Platform that integrates data to deliver actionable insights for agri-food supply chains.
KisanHub, an agritech company based in Cambridge, UK with operations in Pune, India, provides a cloud-based Crop Intelligence Platform that integrates various data sources to offer actionable insights for farming decisions. The platform assists growers of over 50 types of fruits and vegetables, connecting farmers within agri-food supply chains to optimize production. It serves over 1,000 farmers and multiple large enterprises, facilitating data-driven decisions for customers sourcing from farmer networks. The company has raised capital from investors including Notion Capital, IQ Capital, NIAB, and Calibrate Management. This includes a $1 million seed round in 2016 and a subsequent £1.75 million second seed round. KisanHub was founded circa 2013 by Sachin Shende and Giles Barker. Its business model centers on saaS enterprise platform for large farming companies, funded by venture capital seed rounds.
KisanHub has raised $9.5M across 5 funding rounds.
KisanHub has raised $9.5M in total across 5 funding rounds.
KisanHub has raised $9.5M in total across 5 funding rounds.
KisanHub's investors include Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2, Future Fund, IQ Capital, Notion Capital, Dmitry Filatov, Florian Huber, Notion, Kerry Baldwin, BigSpring, Eos Venture Partners, Outlier Ventures, Will Brooks.
KisanHub has raised $9.5M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $1.5M Other Equity in November 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2020 | $1.5M Venture Round | LOW Carbon Innovation Fund 2 | Future Fund, IQ Capital, Notion Capital, Dmitry Filatov | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2020 | $1M Series U | — | Notion Capital, Florian Huber | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2019 | $4M Series A | Dmitry Filatov | Notion Capital, Florian Huber, IQ Capital, Notion | Announced |
| Jan 1, 2018 | $2M Seed | Notion Capital, Kerry Baldwin | Bigspring, EOS Venture Partners, Outlier Ventures, Florian Huber, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Calibrate Management | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2016 | $1M Seed | Notion Capital | Florian Huber, Niab | Announced |
KisanHub is an agtech company building a cloud-based software platform for the agri-food supply chain, integrating big data, machine learning, and analytics to provide visibility into crop progress, weather, satellite imagery, stock levels, and delivery schedules from farm to factory gate.[1][4] It serves producer groups, growers, suppliers, and food production companies facing complex supply chains, solving problems like information gaps between farm management software and ERP systems, reducing waste, improving margins, ensuring on-time fresh produce delivery, and enabling data-driven decisions for sustainability and efficiency.[1][2][3][4] The company has raised approximately £7.3 million total, including a $1M seed round in 2016 and a £1.12M round in 2020 backed by investors like Notion Capital, Sistema_VC, Low Carbon Innovation Fund, and the UK Future Fund, with 11-50 employees and steady growth in the UK and Europe focused on fresh produce markets.[1][2][5]
KisanHub was founded in 2014 (with some sources noting 2012) in Cambridge, UK, by co-founder and CEO Sachin Shende and co-founder and COO Giles Barker, emerging from the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School.[1][2][5] Shende and Barker identified the need for a "connected" farming platform amid global challenges like population growth, limited resources, and regulatory pressures, aiming to help farmers "grow more and use less" by aggregating public and private data for better operational and market decisions.[1][5] Early traction included support from the Cambridge entrepreneurship ecosystem, a $1M seed round in 2016 led by Notion Capital with strategic partner NIAB, and subsequent funding like the 2019 and 2020 rounds from Sistema_VC, enabling R&D, sales expansion, and customer delivery despite COVID-19 disruptions via the UK Future Fund.[1][2][5]
KisanHub rides the agtech wave, addressing agri-food supply chain inefficiencies amid rising global demand for fresh produce, climate variability, and sustainability mandates, where digital tools like AI-driven platforms are transforming traditional farming into data-centric operations.[1][2][5] Its timing aligns with post-2010s investments in precision agriculture, accelerated by COVID-19 supply disruptions that highlighted the need for resilient, real-time visibility—exemplified by its 2020 Future Fund-backed expansion into UK/Europe fresh produce markets.[2][3] Market forces like population growth, resource scarcity, and retailer demands for traceability favor KisanHub, positioning it to influence the ecosystem by standardizing data flows, fostering grower-supplier collaboration, and scaling sustainable practices across 2,275+ agtech firms globally.[1][2]
KisanHub is poised for expansion in Europe’s fresh produce sector, leveraging its £7.3M funding for enhanced R&D in AI analytics and partnerships to capture more market share in sustainable agtech.[1][2] Trends like climate-resilient supply chains, regulatory pushes for traceability (e.g., EU Green Deal), and AI integration will propel growth, potentially evolving its influence toward global scalability and deeper ERP integrations. As agtech matures, KisanHub's focus on waste reduction and profitability cements its role in making farming more connected and viable, building on its Cambridge roots to drive the seed-to-sale transformation it pioneered.[1][4][5]