‘Kisanserv,’ the bootstrapped AgriTech firm, serves over 1million+ clients, caters to 100+ company homes with 300+ retailers onboarded, and a GMV of USD 3 million – all of this simply through the pandemic. Primarily based out of Pune at present, the corporate has formidable plans to develop 10x by subsequent 12 months and launch in Mumbai, Hyderabad inside the subsequent month.

The pandemic and consequent lockdowns disrupted a number of provide chains, and Kisanserv selected to faucet into this difficult state of affairs and switch it to round its head to have its finest 12 months but.

Based by a staff of skilled enterprise leaders inside Meals sourcing, IT, and funding banking,  the corporate was launched in 2015 by way of their proprietary expertise ‘BiDB’. They envisioned BiDB as a clear platform for suppliers and bidders for Fruits and Greens. With success and fixed upgradations, they added bulk shopping for capabilities with ‘BiDB+’ by way of Predictive AI and machine studying leveraging historic information.

In 2020, when the Authorities introduced lockdowns that led to consequent disruptions in international commerce, the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad authorities approached the Kisanserv staff to provide fruit and veggies to the residents of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. This occasion was a turning level for the corporate, which was till then primarily a B2B participant with a sizeable presence in regional and worldwide commerce.

Commenting on the sequence of occasions then, Mr. Niranjan Sharma, Co-Founder, and CEO of Kisanserv mentioned, “When we were approached, we were excited to partner and help our citizens. The issue was the time it would take us to deploy at scale to reach out to millions of customers in a week’s time, but we managed to reach this feat ground-up with great support from Government. This feat proved to be a landmark for us and helped Kisanserve a household brand overnight. The realization dawned on us that due to our strong roots within the ecosystem, we can cater to all sets of customers and partners, rather than restrict ourselves. Shortly after that, we started Kisanserv D2C and Saajhedaari (Retailer partnerships) initiatives, and the multiplier effect we are experiencing is heartening to see serving over millions of customers in Pune alone through our network partners.”

Kisanserv now is able to broaden to Mumbai, and Hyderabad the place they’re already in partnerships with a number of main corporates. Subsequent 12 months, they plan to succeed in out to 10 mn clients and add expertise and provide chain operations capabilities.

The Co-Founder and CEO Niranjan Sharma was additionally Founding Director of Malawi Mangoes, which developed 1500 acres of Alphonso Mango farm in Malawi Africa and sourced 1st alphonso mango from Africa (Outdoors India), which is a well-documented story in agriculture analysis papers. He was additionally among the many beginning groups of reliance retail and has 20+ years of expertise inside the Meals sourcing trade.

About Kisanserv https://kisanserv.com/

Based in April 2015, Kisanserv by way of its expertise platform permits farmers/suppliers to promote its contemporary produce on to eating places, corporations, native eateries, and retail shoppers. The product catalog contains contemporary produce of fruits, greens, & groceries. It has over 100+ enterprise companions, 1 million clients served, and has grown 10x in GMV within the final two years.