State of Agritech - 31st July 2022

Friendly PSA: ‘Caveat Emptor’ applies to trade GMV numbers you see in agri output marketplace apps.

In Today’s Edition:

1/ Understanding Bushel’s Strategic Gameplay (Courtesy: Bushel’s Launch of Digital Payments Network)

Can Bushelpowered.com do for trade and finance what withleaf.io is doing for agritech developers? Can Bushel create standardized nuts and bolts for grain companies, input providers, farmers, and the supply chain to accelerate the flywheel of digital trade between farmers and agribusinesses in US Agriculture?

2/ Agrifintech is eating Agritech

Making sense of Gramophone’s partnership with Jai Kisan. When every agritech platform starts to offer embedded finance through traders and retailers (‘gateway to rural India’), will agri-fintech eventually eat agritech platforms?

3/ The Indian Ghost of Mandatory Registration in Warehousing Returns

Indian Government, as predicted in this newsletter ($), is attempting to make registration of warehouses above 100-tonne capacity mandatory. What are the implications?

Desserts in Funding Winter

4/ Agrograde Funding and Categorizing Startups in the Food Quality Digitization Space.

5/ Understanding Wheelocity’s Fundraise