Agri Udaan 4.0 for Food and Agribusiness startups
Agri Udaan 4.0 for Food and Agribusiness Startups
AGRI Udaan is a Food and Agribusiness accelerator program organized by the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM). AGRI Udaan has partnered with Startup India as the key partner for rolling out the Program. The program focuses on catalyzing scale-up stage food and Agribusiness startups through rigorous mentoring, industry networking, and investor pitching.
Note on Agri Udaan
AGRI Udaan is a Food and Agribusiness Accelerator organized by a-IDEA, Technology Business Incubator of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), supported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The Program focuses on catalyzing scale-up stage food and Agribusiness startups through rigorous mentoring, industry networking, and investor pitching.
Benefits of Agri Udaan
Agri Udaan is a unique platform for scale-up stage innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups in the Food and Agribusiness sector to showcase their products/ services and to receive valuable inputs from mentors, incubators, R & D institutions, Agribusiness industries, and investors.
Eligible Startups for Agri Udaan Program
The following type of startups can apply for the Agri Udaan Program:
- Accelerator
- Incubator
- Investor
- Mentor
- Individual
- Validation Stage Startup
- Early Traction Startup
- Scaling Stage Startup
- Corporate
Eligibility Criteria to Startups
The eligibility criteria for Agri Udaan 4.0 for Food and Agribusiness startups are as follows:
- Scale up stage Food and Agribusiness startups developing innovative solutions (products or services)
- Full-time core team ready with a working prototype for customer validation
- Agri Udaan having initial market traction for the product/service
Focus Area
Agri Udaan Program is looking to collaborate and work with startups in any of the following areas:
- Agri Biotech
- Agri Fintech
- Animal Husbandry
- Farm Fresh Retail
- Farm Mechanization
- Fisheries
- ICT & IoT in Agriculture
- Innovative Food Technology
- Post-harvest Technology
- Precision Farming
- Soil, Water & Weather technology
- Supply Chain Technology
- Sustainable Inputs
- Vertical Farming
Incentives Offered
The selected startups of the Agri Udaan program will be offered the following type of incentives:
Fiscal Incentives
Selected start-ups provided funding opportunities through investor pitches
Non-Fiscal Incentives
- Access to mentors and business support services
- Capacity building workshops for selected startup cohort
- Networking with the startup ecosystem and agribusiness industry
- Agri Udaan further funding opportunity through investor pitches
TimeLine of Agri Udaan 4.0 Program
| Application Opens | 28th July 2021 |
| Deadline to Apply | 31st July 2021 |
| Application Result Date | 10th August 2021 |
Application Procedure for of Agri Udaan 4.0 Program
Companies can participate in the Agri Udaan program by registering their business ideas through an online link. The link will direct the applicant to an online application form on the F6S platform that will ask for specific details with respect to their business idea, model/solution, contribution to India’s energy scenario, feasibility in the Indian market, and personal information
After providing the details click on submits option, the application will be forwarded to the Agri Udaan selection committee.
The selected startups will be able to leverage Agri Udaan’s subject matter expertise and global reach, while also benefiting from a curated network of industry experts & advisors to accelerate the business development.
