AgFunder 发布了首个 印度 AgriFood 创业投资报告 与其报告合作伙伴 Omnivore 合作。
In this five-year review of Indian agrifood startup investment activity between 2013 and 2017, AgFunder details $1.66 billion of investment across 558 deals; that’s 10% of global deal count.
So far, India’s agrifood entrepreneurs have mostly focused on answering the demands of the country’s growing middle class, which is set to surpass China in size by 2024. For that reason, $1.48 billion was invested downstream, close to the consumer.
下游投资来自红杉资本、Accel Partners等全球主要私募投资基金，阿里巴巴、Naspers、软银等大型跨国公司，以及DSG Consumer Partners、Saama Capital等本土消费基金。
鉴于消费升级作为印度创业生态系统驱动力的重要性，AgFunder 和 Omnivore 实施了一个新类别“高级品牌食品和餐厅”来反映这一有影响力的趋势。
Investment in the upstream categories – Ag Biotech, Farm Management Software, Sensing & IoT, Farm Robotics, Biomaterials, Midstream Tech, Ag Marketplaces, and FinTech – only represented 26% of deal activity by number and 10% by value from 2013 to 2017. But it grew 7 times over the period as investors paid increasing attention to the needs of the country’s 100 million+ farmers and the country’s broken supply chain. With the exception of U.S.-headquartered Accel Partners, specialist funds dominate upstream funding, including Omnivore — India’s only dedicated agrifood tech fund — and impact funds including Aspada and Ankur Capital. Qualcomm Ventures, Mistletoe and 500 Startups are other active investors.
总体而言，该国农产品初创行业的投资活动在此期间波动较大，尤其是在 2016 年一些食品配送初创公司倒闭之后。但我们预计，随着优质品牌食品和餐厅以及 FarmTech 初创公司的出现，将出现更大规模的后期食品配送投资和整合推动早期活动。
Find out more about the key deals and investors driving India’s bustling agrifood startup sector here: