IIT-KGP alumnus founded AgNext to use AI powered tech to revitalize the tea industry
Express Computer (June 30, 2020)
AgNext's AI powered tech to revitalise the tea industry
Agri-tech startup AgNext was incubated at IIT Kharagpur, in 2016, with a vision to benefit the various stakeholders in the agri value chain. Taranjeet Singh Bhamra ('02), CEO & Founder, AgNext Technologies, speaks about the company's innovative solutions for agribusinesses, including it's AI enabled platform to resolve the challenges in the tea industry.
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AgNext was set up to increase transparency, procurement effectiveness and safety of food in agribusinesses and benefit various stakeholders along the way. Incubated at IIT Kharagpur, AgNext got its first seed funding from a-IDEA National Agriculture Research (Food and Agribusiness incubator and accelerator in Hyderabad, India) in 2017. Sensing the potential and the outreach of this venture in the following years, funding was received from Omnivore and Kalaari venture funds as well. (Read More)