The shortlisted companies will have the opportunity to attend the Rabobank SustainableAg Asia Challenge Pitch Day in Singapore on October 10

Rabobank, a global bank in food and agriculture and sustainability, today announced the 15 Chinese, Indian, and Southeast Asian agritech startups and innovators that have been shortlisted into the SustainableAg Asia
Challenge.

Run in partnership with Padang & Co., the initiative invited submissions from agritech companies with a market-ready solution that uses cutting-edge data-driven technology, analysis, and interconnectivity to help meet Asia’s increasing demand for food. It aims to promote integrity and interconnectivity across
the region’s vital agriculture and food supply chains.

The shortlisted companies will have the opportunity to attend the Rabobank SustainableAg Asia Challenge Pitch Day in Singapore on October 10 for a chance to win a cash prize from a pool of US$20,000. They will also stand to win exclusive invitations to present their innovations at Rabobank Asia’s annual Food & Agribusiness Advisory Board Meeting in Shanghai on October 31.

The following is the list of the shortlisted companies:

1. 8villages (Indonesia)
An ICT company providing a complete platform of ecosystem using different services to empower communities in the world of agriculture.

2. AgNext (India)
Builds data-driven value chains with the latest technologies that aims to transform the way the society grow, procure, trade, store and consume food, benefiting all stakeholders of the agribusiness industry.

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3. Beijing ICAN Technology (China)
A leading agricultural comprehensive service platform centered on crop intelligent planting decision-making.

4. Bric Agriculture Information Technology (China) Provides professional services that cover various areas from commodity trading and I/E, finance and investment, to brand management and marketing, and technology adoptions.

5. CropIn Technology Solutions (India)
Uses ground, weather and satellite data to help agribusinesses de-risk their supply chains through real-time monitoring and making data-driven decisions.

6. DeHaat (India)
A tech-enabled platform currently providing end-to-end services to more than 170,000 Indian farmers from “Seed to Market” with an aim to expand to a million by 2022.

7. EM3 Agriservices (India)
The company aims to “break the stereotypes” in increasing agricultural productivity by bringing technology and mechanisation for farming communities on a Pay-for-Use basis.

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8. FarMart (India)
Helps smallholder farmers get access to low cost digital credit by linking credit to purchase farm inputs at merchant points.

9. FarmGuide (Lennon Agitech) (India)
Uses satellite imagery and mobile to digitise farms and farmers with agriculture insights and
risk ratings on a single platform. Its goal is to building an agri data stack for the world.

10. Glife Technologies (Singapore)
An agritech B2B e-commerce platform that connects farmers with hotel, restaurants, and café businesses. Glife intends to overlay technology across the agriculture supply chain to improve productivity and efficiency.

11. Jai Kisan (India)
Facilitates capital to under-banked and underserved rural emerging markets ensuring a low cost of capital and record low turnaround time with minimal documentation for the borrower.

12. Longcom Internet-of-Things (China)
The company is said to be China’s first end-to-end smart agricultural provider, with an IoT solution that is claimed to bring higher efficiency and more income to farmers, enabling a traceable, efficient and sustainable food supply chain.

13. Mcfly (China)
A smart agricultural service provider focusing on visual spectroscopy that takes the intelligent monitoring
technology of visual spectroscopy as the core to create a precise and scientific agricultural technology system and standards.

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14. PT Crowde Membangun Bangsa (Indonesia)
An agri-focussed fintech startup that empowers farmers with technology and capital through a farmer-friendly financing ecosystem; growing business, creating employment, and supporting local communities.

15. Stellapps Technologies (India)
A full-stack IoT company that drives digitisation of the dairy sector to significantly enhance income, profitability and yield per cow of farmers in emerging economies.

These companies were being evaluated based on factors such as tech innovation, market readiness, scalability, and extent of addressing integrity in the agrifood value chain in Asia.

The Rabobank SustainableAg Asia Challenge is supported by Rabo Foundation, and in partnership with ADB Ventures, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bayer, Bits & Bites, COFCO International, DSM, Future Group, Temasek and Olam International who are acting as judges.

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