Agritech firm Arya.ag raises Rs 725 crore from GEF Capital Partners to scale climate-smart farming

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• Arya.ag raised Rs 725 crore in Series D led by GEF Capital Partners
• Funds to deepen farmer engagement, climate-smart practices, and tech stack
• Arya.ag covers 60% of India’s districts and remains profitable at scale

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New Delhi-based agritech company Arya.ag has raised Rs 725 crore (about $80.6 million) in a Series D equity round led by GEF Capital Partners, as climate risks, food loss and credit gaps push farmers and agri value chains to adopt more technology-led, market-linked models.

The company said it will deploy the fresh capital to deepen engagement with farmers and farmer producer organisations (FPOs), promote climate-smart and market-led agricultural practices, and strengthen its technology stack.

A significant portion of the funds will go towards improving farmgate-level solutions to reduce post-harvest losses, expand access to finance, and help smallholder farmers better manage climate and price risks.

Founded in 2013 by Prasanna Rao, Anand Chandra and Chattanathan Devarajan, Arya.ag operates an integrated grain commerce platform that spans pre-harvest and post-harvest services.

The company aims to bridge trust gaps in Indian agriculture by combining farm insights, storage, finance and commerce, enabling farmers to decide when and to whom they sell their produce. Its Smart Farm Centres and warehousing network form the backbone of this model.

Arya.ag positions itself as a farmgate infrastructure player rather than a pure marketplace, offering storage-linked financing, transparent price discovery and market access to farmers, FPOs and agri enterprises.

According to the company, its operations now cover around 60 percent of India’s districts, supported by a network of 12,000 agri-warehouses.

“This investment validates our approach of building integrated solutions that address the real challenges faced by India’s farming community,” said Prasanna Rao, co-founder and chief executive officer of Arya.ag. “We will use this capital to reach more farmers and develop products that reward sustainable practices at the farmgate, while reducing vulnerability to climate and market risks.”

The company said its platform addresses structural gaps in Indian agriculture, where over 60 percent of the workforce depends on farming and a large share of farming households remains excluded from formal credit. By linking storage, finance and commerce at the farmgate, Arya.ag aims to improve income visibility and cash flows for smallholders.

Arya.ag said it remains India’s only profitable agritech company at scale.

It reported net revenue of Rs 300 crore in the first half of FY26, up 28 percent year-on-year, while profits rose 39 percent to Rs 31.5 crore during the same period. The company aggregates and stores about $3 billion worth of grain annually and has enabled the disbursement of over $1.5 billion in loans to agricultural stakeholders.