Origo Commodities

What Origo Commodities does

Origo Commodities India Private Limited is an Indian agritech company that provides end-to-end post-harvest commodity management services, including procurement, scientific warehousing, trade finance, and digital marketplace capabilities for agricultural commodities. The company aggregates loose produce from farmers at physical procurement centres set up in coordination with Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) across 12 states, batches it into 25-tonne lots, and auctions it on its proprietary E-mandi digital platform. It serves farmers, traders, SMEs, FPOs, and institutional capital markets participants.

Its core technology stack combines blockchain-enabled trade finance, IoT-equipped warehousing with digital moisture meters and CCTV monitoring, electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (e-NWR), and an electronic auction marketplace accessible via web and mobile. A significant differentiator is Origo's first-mover position in India's securitized agri-commodities asset class, executed in partnership with Vivriti Capital — creating SEBI-listed, ICRA A1-rated Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) that introduce agri-commodities to institutional investors under WDRA regulation.

Origo's business model spans five monetization streams: commodity trading margins on aggregation and auction, transaction fees on its TradeFi trade finance platform, managed services for warehousing Rs 8,500 crores of assets, e-auction platform fees, and capital markets transaction fees from securitization. The company distributes through a hybrid model — direct enterprise field sales at farmer procurement centres, self-serve digital onboarding via E-mandi, and bank/NBFC channel partnerships (Canara Bank, PNB, NABARD, Northern Arc, Yes Bank). The most recent strategic move, Project Avio with Bartronics India (January 2026), targets $1 billion in cumulative agri-linked business over three years by combining Origo's post-harvest expertise with Bartronics' rural distribution network.

Name

Origo Commodities

Legal name

Origo Commodities India Private Limited

Website

https://origoindia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Origo Commodities is an Indian agritech firm providing end-to-end post-harvest commodity management — procurement, IoT-enabled warehousing, blockchain-based trade finance, and e-auction via its E-mandi platform — serving farmers, traders, SMEs, FPOs, and institutional investors across 12 states in India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodity Trade & Finance

NAICS

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Grain & Oilseed Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commodity Risk Management, Hedging & Brokerage (Food) (AFAIAKAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural commodity trading
• Trade finance platform
• Warehouse management services
• E-auction marketplace
• Agri supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Gurugram

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Commodity Trading & Procurement: Origo aggregates agri-commodities from farmers by purchasing loose stocks at procurement centres, aggregating them into batches (25 tonnes), and auctioning on its e-platform. Revenue is earned through margins on commodity trade facilitation.
2. Trade Finance Services: Origo provides structured trade finance to farmers, traders, and SMEs through its TradeFi platform, earning fees from financing operations. The company also raised $20 million in debt funding from DFC specifically to expand its digital trade and finance platform.
3. Warehouse Management & Storage: Origo manages warehousing of agri-commodities, providing scientific storage services. The company manages assets worth Rs 8,500 crores under its warehousing division and operates across 12 states in India.
4. Capital Markets / Securitization: Origo executes securitized commodity transactions through Vivriti Capital, creating new asset classes (PTCs) for institutional investors. This introduces agri-commodities to capital markets, with transactions listed with SEBI and regulated by WDRA.
5. E-auction Platform Fees: Origo's e-auction platform charges fees for facilitating online commodity procurement and sale, serving buyers and suppliers under a single platform across India.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Origo Commodities provides end-to-end post-harvest management services for agricultural commodities in India, combining scientific warehousing, structured trade finance, and digital procurement/auction. It aggregates loose agri produce from farmers at procurement centres in 25-tonne batches, stores commodities in IoT-monitored warehouses, finances them through warehouse receipt financing and trade finance partnerships with banks, and auctions them on its E-mandi electronic marketplace. The company also offers securitized commodity instruments to institutional investors, creating a new agri-commodity asset class in Indian capital markets.

Product overview

Origo Commodities offers a unified agritech platform combining digital trade finance, warehousing, and marketplace services. The core product E-mandi serves as the primary digital platform for commodity trading and price discovery, supported by blockchain-enabled trade finance, IoT-equipped warehousing solutions, and an e-auction platform. Together, these products provide end-to-end agriculture supply-chain solutions including procurement, storage, and financing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• E-mandi: Digital trade and finance platform for better price discovery and commodities trading. Features block-chain enabled trade finance, IoT-enabled warehousing solutions, and web/mobile-enabled electronic auction marketplace.
• TradeFi

Products and services

• E-mandi Digital Trade & Finance Platform A web/mobile-enabled digital trade and finance platform enabling better price discovery and commodities trading for farmers, traders, FPOs, and SMEs across India; includes electronic auction marketplace and trade finance tools.
• Blockchain-Enabled Trade Finance Platform A blockchain-enabled platform providing secure and transparent trade finance for commodity transactions, enhancing liquidity in the agri value chain and supporting warehouse receipt financing and structured trade finance.
• IoT-Enabled Warehousing Solutions Warehousing solutions equipped with IoT technology including digital moisture meters and CCTV monitoring for safe and scientific storage of agricultural commodities; Origo manages assets worth Rs 8,500 crores across its warehousing network.
• E-Auction Platform for Commodity Trade Web/mobile-enabled electronic auction marketplace for procurement and sale of agri-commodities, enabling transparent price discovery and connecting buyers and suppliers across India under a single platform.
• TradeFi Platform Origo's trade finance platform enabling trade and trade finance for better price discovery and serving as a national platform for agri-commodities; supports structured trade finance for farmers, traders, and SMEs.
• Securitised Commodities Asset Class (PTCs) Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) backed by securitized agri-commodities, creating India's first securitized commodities asset class for institutional investors; listed with SEBI, regulated by WDRA, and rated A1 by ICRA; executed through Vivriti Capital.
• Farmer Procurement Centre Operations (Loose Stock Aggregation) Physical procurement service where Origo buys loose agri produce stocks directly from farmers at Farmer Procurement Centres in coordination with FPOs and infrastructure firms, aggregates them into 25-tonne batches, and auctions them on the E-mandi e-platform across India.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced food wastage by 10% across 25 million tonnes of managed commodities, saving 3 million tonnes — enough to feed 1 million+ people
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bartronics India LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2026Strategic collaboration under Project Avio to expand agri-focused business across storage, trade facilitation, financing enablement, and technology-led services. Bartronics' rural distribution network combined with Origo's post-harvest and supply-chain expertise. Project Avio aims to build $1 billion in agri-linked business over three years.
• Vivriti CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2020Joint execution of India's first securitized agri-commodities transaction in capital markets, creating a new asset class. Vivriti structured and marketed the PTC transaction, rated A1 by ICRA. Transaction listed with SEBI and regulated by WDRA.
• Odisha State Warehousing CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2015MoU signed for collaboration in warehousing infrastructure and operations in Odisha, expanding Origo's storage network.
• NABARDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2014Partnership for warehouse receipt financing and farmer financing. NABARD and Origo tied up to help approximately 15,000 Maharashtra farmers and AP/TS farmers realize better prices through improved market linkage and financing.
• Canara BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 29 October 2014MoU signed for financing farmers through warehouse receipt financing and agri-loans. Canara Bank provides the lending capital while Origo facilitates the commodity management and platform.
• Punjab National Bank (PNB)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 8 September 2014Partnership to finance farmers and MSMEs through structured trade finance and warehouse receipt financing. PNB provides capital while Origo provides the platform and commodity expertise.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AgriBazaar: AgriBazaar is an online agri-commodity trading and advisory platform serving farmers, traders, and processors across India, directly competing with Origo's e-mandi marketplace.
• StarAgri Warehousing and Collateral Management: StarAgri is one of India's largest agri-warehousing and collateral management companies, offering scientific storage, warehouse receipt financing, and commodity management — directly overlapping Origo's warehousing and trade-finance business.
• National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML): NCML provides agri-warehousing, collateral management, and commodity testing services across India, mirroring Origo's scientific storage and post-harvest offerings to banks, FPOs, and processors.
• Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM): SLCM operates a pan-India network of agri-warehouses with technology-enabled storage and warehouse receipt financing, competing head-to-head with Origo on scientific warehousing and trade finance.
• Arya.ag: Arya.ag is a post-harvest agritech platform combining warehousing, financing, and market linkage for farmers and FPOs — directly comparable to Origo's integrated storage-plus-finance-plus-marketplace model.
• Bijak: Bijak operates a B2B agri-commodities marketplace connecting farmers, traders, and buyers with embedded trade finance — overlapping Origo's E-mandi e-auction and TradeFi capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange): NCDEX is India's leading agri-commodity derivatives exchange providing nationwide price discovery and trading infrastructure; it is a broader incumbent in the agri-commodity ecosystem that Origo integrates with but does not directly replace.
• ITC e-Choupal: ITC's e-Choupal is one of India's largest farmer-procurement and agri-information platforms, offering scale advantages and direct farmer relationships that overlap with Origo's procurement centre model.
• Adani Agri Logistics: Adani Agri Logistics operates large-scale grain silos and agri-warehousing infrastructure across India, providing a broader incumbent benchmark for Origo's scientific storage and pan-India warehousing ambitions.

Emerging players

• DeHaat: DeHaat is a full-stack agritech platform offering inputs, advisory, market linkage, and financing to Indian farmers; its agri-fintech and FPO-aggregation modules compete with adjacent slices of Origo's offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OrigoIndia
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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgDnjkLh1b1a9gMN4iN5c3w

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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