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.

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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

Agri Udaan 4.0 for Food and Agribusiness startups

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	28^th July 2021
Deadline to Apply	31^st July 2021
Application Result Date	10^th 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.