Om dette projekt
HarvestIQ gives smallholder cooperatives a real-time view of soil health, crop timing, and buyer demand — cutting post-harvest losses by 35% and adding an average $420/season per farm.
We're raising a $350K seed round to expand from 3 to 12 cooperatives across Kenya and Tanzania.
Venture-historien
Hvad du bygger, for hvem, og hvorfor dette team.
Muligheden
Smallholder farmers in East Africa lose 30–40% of their produce to post-harvest spoilage — not because they farm poorly, but because they have no visibility into when buyers are ready, what grades they need, or which storage sites have capacity.
A cooperative of 200 farmers might generate 80 tonnes of tomatoes in the same week with nowhere to move them, while a buyer 60 km away is short-stocked.
The loss is a market information problem, not a production problem — and no tool exists that works at cooperative scale without a smartphone or reliable internet.
Smallholder farming cooperatives (150–800 member farms) in Kenya and Tanzania.
Primary buyer: the cooperative manager or chairperson.
Secondary: NGO partners and off-takers who need a reliable supply signal.
We currently serve 3 cooperatives; target is 12 by month 18.
4.200.000
Din numeriske definition (TAM, SAM eller andet) fra guiden.A USSD + lightweight web platform that gives cooperative managers a live dashboard of: member crop readiness (self-reported via SMS/USSD), available cold storage by location, and buyer demand signals from connected off-takers.
Brug af midler
Planlagt brug af midler fra runden (vejledende). Ikke en forpligtelse til at investere eller gennemføre en transaktion på denne platform. Virksomhedens kapitalbehov (til linje-%): $350.000.
| Kategori | Beløb (USD) |
|---|---|
| Engineering — USSD platform expansion & off-taker APIs | $120.000 |
| Sales & cooperative onboarding (9 new cooperatives) | $85.000 |
| Field operations & cooperative support team (2 FTE, 18 mo) | $72.000 |
| Infrastructure (USSD hosting, SMS costs, servers) | $38.000 |
| Legal, compliance & financial controls | $18.000 |
| Contingency | $17.000 |
Veiledende linjetotal: $350.000 (vejledende; skal matche virksomhedens kapitalbehov, når det er endeligt.)
Tillid og gennemsigtighed
Kapitalstruktur, brug af midler, milepæle og fremskridt, plus hvordan kvalificerede deltagere kan engagere sig efter godkendelse. Dette initiativ er struktureret omkring resultater, brug af kapital og milepælsbaseret udførelse.
For dette initiativ: opdag det her, forstå kapitalstruktur og brug af midler nedenfor, angiv ikke-bindende interesse hvis du vil, og anmod derefter om Pandi Deep Dive-adgang for at gennemgå lukkede materialer efter godkendelse.
Kapitalstruktur
Raising $350,000 for 12% equity
Implied post-money valuation: $2,916,667
How this valuation is derived: $350k raised ÷ 12% equity offered = $2.9M implied post-money valuation. Funders who participate in this round collectively receive 12% of the company in exchange for $350k of capital toward execution. A 10% structuring fee is added on top (funders contribute $385k total so the venture receives $350k).
Planlagt brug-af-midler-linjetotal: $350.000,00 Afstemt med virksomhedens kapitalbehov.
Leveringsmilepæle
Disse milepæle viser planlagt levering og fremskridt over tid.
Platform v2 live & 4 new cooperatives onboarded
Tanzania market entry & 8 cooperatives active
12 cooperatives, Series A readiness
Veiledende forpligtelsesfremskridt
Offline / registrerede forpligtelser mod den samlede runde (ikke værdipapirudførelse på platformen).
Mød teamet
6 years cooperative agronomist, Kenya & Ghana
former M-Pesa SME platform lead
former Hello Tractor East Africa BD
USSD systems & API integrations