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Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, Click Agribusiness Marketplaces and Fintech was the most-funded upstream category for India agrifoodtech in 2022. Startups in this area, including including The number is a marked increase from 2021, and the category as a whole was the most active of all AgFunder-defined categories in 2022, closing 32 deals over the year. The popularity of Agribusiness Marketplaces and Fintech isn’t surprising, given the need to fix India’s hyper-fragmented agricultural ecosystem, including its supply chain. India’s continued leadership in agribusiness marketplaces Home to 17.7% of the world’s population, India faces an enormous task when it comes to food security in the face of climate change. More than 80% of Indians live in climate-vulnerable districts. By 2030, over 17 million people in India can potentially go hungry due to climate change-induced hunger . Supply chain inefficiencies could exacerbate these problems, which is likely one of the reasons India has Many of these marketplaces connect farmers with inputs, equipment and other supplies needed for their farms. Some have also evolved to include financial services, logistics planning and access to buyer markets. Top India deals for 2022 Full-stack agricultural platform DeHaat raised the most funding for the category in 2022 across two rounds totaling $106 million. DeHaat is [ Disclosure: AgFunder and Omniv...

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Marketing [ ] The official logo and motto of the games was unveiled on 22 July 2022. The logo depicts an The curtain raiser event was held on 4 September 2022 at Venues [ ] The games will be held across the cities of Ahmedabad [ ] • • Sanskar Dham (Archery, Indian Archery, Kho Kho, Mallakhambh) • • • Kensville Golf and Country Club (Golf, Lawn Bowls) • Crown Shooting Academy (Shooting) • Rifle Club (Shooting) • Shahibaug Police Stadium (Football) Gandhinagar [ ] • • Surat [ ] • • PDDU Indoor Stadium (Badminton, Table Tennis) Vadodara [ ] • Sama Sports Complex (Gymnastics) Rajkot [ ] • Sardar Patel Swimming Complex (Aquatics) • Dhyanchand Hockey Ground (Hockey) Bhavnagar [ ] • Multipurpose Hall, SAG (Basketball, Netball, Volleyball) New Delhi [ ] • Indira Gandhi Cycling Velodrome (Track Cycling) Sports [ ] The sports programme will include 36th National Games of India • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Medal table [ ] As of 12 October 2022 Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 61 35 32 128 2 39 38 63 140 3 38 38 40 116 4 27 23 38 88 5 25 22 27 74 6 23 18 13 54 7 20 25 21 66 8 20 18 18 56 9 20 10 20 50 10 19 32 25 76 11 14 17 40 71 12 13 15 21 49 13 13 14 17 44 14 9 10 9 28 15 8 7 8 23 16 6 1 0 7 17 4 11 11 26 18 3 5 5 13 19 3 4 4 11 20 3 3 24 30 21 2 9 5 16 22 2 5 6 13 23 2 5 5 12 24 2 4 3 9 25 2 0 1 3 26 1 8 9 18 27 1 2 9 12 28 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 30 0 0 5 5 31 0 0 2 ...

*Entry of foreign players has been key to sustainable growth in some sectors such as dairy. *Trends indicate a sharp increase in on-the-go eating, snacking in between meals, switching to healthier eating alternatives, pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals, and increasing consumption of organic foods. This has led to a host of new opportunities in the consumer foods market for both domestic and international companies to build a stake in this fast-growing processed food market. *Online, Competitive, Transparent Bidding System with 1.74 crore farmers and 2.39 lakh traders put in place under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Scheme. *A new sub-scheme of PM Matsya Sampada Yojana with a targeted investment of Rs. 6,000 crore (US$ 729 million) to be launched to further enable activities of fishermen, fish vendors, and micro & small enterprises, improve value chain efficiencies and expand the market. India is one of the major players in the agriculture sector worldwide and it is the primary source of livelihood for ~55% of India’s population. India has the world's largest cattle herd (buffaloes), largest area planted to wheat, rice, and cotton, and is the largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices in the world. It is the second-largest producer of fruit, vegetables, tea, farmed fish, cotton, sugarcane, wheat, rice, cotton, and sugar. Agriculture sector in India holds the record for second-largest agricultural land in the world generating employment for about half of the country’s...

Agrifood life sciences (AFLS) as a sub-sector of agritech is yet to experience the same boom in entrepreneurship and funding. Illustration: Sameer Pawar Less than a decade ago, channeling capital into India’s now-thriving agritech sector was a Herculean task. Before the ubiquity of mobile data and smartphones across rural India, venture capital (VC) investors focussed on urban themes, including ecommerce, e-grocery, and restaurant delivery. Around 2016, when these categories consolidated around a few unicorns, mainstream VC investors began exploring B2B themes and agritech popped onto their radar, which is appropriate given that around 25 percent of India’s economy is agriculture and agribusiness. As of 2022, India has the third-largest startup ecosystem globally and ranks third after the US and China in agritech funding. However, agrifood life sciences (AFLS) as a sub-sector of agritech is yet to experience the same boom in entrepreneurship and funding. We think about agrifood life sciences as including four broad categories: Agricultural biotechnology, novel farming systems, bioenergy and biomaterials, and innovative foods. Agricultural biotechnology includes on-farm inputs for crop and animal agriculture, including hybrid seed breeding, genetics, microbials, and animal health. Novel farming systems include controlled environment agriculture (CEA), RAS aquaculture, insect protein, and algae production. Bioenergy and biomaterials include agri waste processing, biomaterial...