The Next Big Leap

The Next Big Leap | 31 [ PROFILES OF TRAILBLAZERS ] • Founded in the year 2019 • Headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu • Legal Entity: Dvara E-Registry Private Limited • Agriculture (Food and Agri Tech) • Received Seed Funding • Founded by Tharakeswar G (Co-Founder & Interim CEO) Tarun K (Co-Founder & Head of Value Chain) Dvara E-Registry aims to help channel financial products to rural India using an intelligent blend of macro and micro alternative and traditional data to bridge the information asymmetries between clients and providers. Dvara E-Registry utilises a variety of technologies, like mobile and GIS, and the power of machine learning to make the process of participating in mainstream financial marketplaces seamless and enable customization of products. Dvara helps identify credit-worthy farmers, provides them with loans and insurance in conjunction with partner financial institutions, and helps them expand their businesses. The Doordrishti Platform was created to address challenges faced by farmer-producer organisations by providing tightly integrated farm services and financial solutions. Doordrishti reaches out to the farmers via FPOs, providing innovative solutions to their unique problems both at an organisational and individual level. It provides information on crop area, crop health, growth stages, and estimated crop yields. Dvara E-Registry • Founded in the year 2015 • Headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka • Legal Entity: BigHaat Agro Private Limited • Agriculture (Food and Agri Tech) • Received Series B Funding • Founded by Sateesh N (CEO & Co-Founder) Sachin N (Director & Co-Founder) BigHaat is India’s largest digital agri ecosystem, with a mission to deliver excellence across the agricultural sector by enabling farmers to take informed decisions during their entire cropping cycle. BigHaat enables farmers to access quality inputs, expert advice, financial solutions, and fair market linkages. The company empowers farmers to adopt data-driven and good agricultural practices for a better future. BigHaat offers a range of services and products, such as advisory services related to crop nutrition and farming, products such as seeds and agricultural machinery. Kisan Sandesh: Kisan Sandesh provides the latest farming trends, updates on farming, and blogs. Kisan Vedika: Kisan Vedika is a knowledge sharing and learning platform where a farmer community interacts and can gather knowledge on their topic of interest. Crop Advisory: Step-by-step technical advisory on various crops. Crop Doctor: Crop Doctor is an AI/ML based tool that instantly diagnoses diseases and pests on crops and is supported by audio narration. BigHaat Dun & Bradstreet