BharatAgri: Smarter Farming Assistant App
Year: 2018
Founders: Sai Gole, Siddharth Dialani, Krishna Tanmay
Funding: $13.6M (early April 2025)
Investors: India Quotient, Omnivore, 021 Capital, Arkam Ventures, Capria Ventures, Better Capital, Wellfound, RB Investments, Uber, LetsVenture
Introduction
BharatAgri is a cutting-edge agri-advisory and e-commerce platform that was founded in 2018, in Pune, Maharashtra and provides farmers with individualized, technologically advanced solutions. Established by Sai Gole, Siddharth Dialani, and Krishna Tanmay, the startup helps over 1 million users per month across 20,000+ pin codes become smarter and make more money through a mobile app that is available in 11 Indian languages.
BharatAgri serves as a marketplace for inputs and a decision support system, providing AI-powered crop calendars, disease forecasts, market trends, and professional guidance based on real-time data on specific farm conditions.
Tackling Agricultural Challenges
BharatAgri,Reduced yields and inconsistent income are frequently the results of Indian farmers’ struggles with ineffective input procurement, a lack of individualized guidance, and a lack of knowledge about best farming practices. By offering AI-based disease and pest alerts, personalized crop calendars, and an integrated marketplace with over 10,000 agro-inputs, BharatAgri tackles these issues. The platform addresses issues with productivity, planning, and profitability by providing farmers with tools to make better decisions and manage crops more effectively, such as water testing, expert consultation, and mandi price forecasts.
Key Offerings
- Personalized Crop Advisory: Custom crop calendars and fertilization schedules.
- Input Marketplace: Over 10,000 SKUs—seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and tools.
- AI Pest & Disease Prediction: Data-driven risk alerts and treatment plans.
- Water Testing Services: Quality analysis for better irrigation decisions.
- Expert Consultation: Access to agri-scientists via call or chat.
- Krushi Khabar: Mandi bhav, weather forecasts, and agri insights.
Real Impact
By integrating advanced data analytics with grassroots agricultural knowledge, BharatAgri has enabled farmers to increase crop yields by 30%, reduce input costs by 10%, and in many cases, double their income through improved timing and resource use. The platform’s app has surpassed 1 million downloads and provides access to a vast network of agricultural inputs and expert guidance, helping farmers make smarter, data-backed decisions. From streamlining sowing and irrigation schedules to offering real-time market and weather insights, BharatAgri is fundamentally transforming the farming experience for thousands across India.
Success Story
In rural Karnataka, a cotton farmer struggling with frequent pest attacks turned to BharatAgri. Through AI-based alerts and expert consultation, he switched to timely pesticide use and revised irrigation patterns. Using the app’s calendar and marketplace, he also sourced certified inputs affordably. By season’s end, his yield rose by 40% and net income doubled, thanks to reduced input misuse and improved crop quality.
Lessons for Agri-Startups
BharatAgri’s model offers sharp lessons for emerging players:
- Hyper-personalization wins farmer trust: One-size-fits-all advisories no longer cut it. BharatAgri’s strength lies in delivering region-, crop-, and condition-specific guidance.
- Full-stack value beats standalone tools: By combining advisory, marketplace, expert access, and market intelligence in one app, BharatAgri ensures higher user stickiness.
- Digital access must be vernacular: The platform’s 11-language support unlocks rural India’s full digital farming potential.
- E-commerce for Bharat must address trust: Farmers buy only what they trust. BharatAgri curates SKUs, bundles advice, and supports with human consults—a winning combo.
- AI needs agronomy + local context: The platform’s pest prediction engine shows how tech must be grounded in agronomic knowledge and hyperlocal data to be accurate and useful.
BharatAgri proves that AI, data science, and vernacular tech can power a farming revolution, not just in profits but in trust and self-reliance across rural India.
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