Petrichor

What Petrichor does

Petrichor Agriculture, Inc. is a Chicago-based, privately held enterprise software company founded in 2019 that operates a cloud-based platform for agribusiness supply chain management. The platform provides end-to-end visibility from raw material origination through processing to final destination, with capabilities spanning documentation capture, production monitoring, multi-modal shipment tracking, and the linking of physical and financial positions for enterprise risk management. It is built around four primary modules — Source Materials, Track Production, Coordinate Shipments, and Manage Risk — supported by cross-cutting dashboards (SupplySense Dashboard, Customer Dashboard, Position Report) that allow configurable data sharing with trading counterparties.

The product covers ocean, rail, air, barge, and road transportation modes and serves users across four continents. Documented customers include KSW Global (global agribusiness), Intercacao and Transcao (commodity trading), and Atlantic Cocoa Corporation (cocoa processing and trading), spanning four target segments: Merchandisers, Processors, Traders, and Manufacturers within the agribusiness value chain.

Revenue is generated through enterprise SaaS subscriptions sold via direct field sales, with personalized demos delivered by supply chain specialists as the primary conversion motion. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Steve Sprieser. No venture funding, M&A, partnerships, patents, awards, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Petrichor

Legal name

Petrichor Agriculture, Inc.

Website

https://petrichorglobal.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Petrichor Agriculture, Inc. is a Chicago-based software company founded in 2019 that provides a cloud-based supply chain management platform for agribusiness merchandisers, processors, traders, and manufacturers, covering origination, production, multi-modal logistics, and risk across four continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: SaaS platform providing supply chain management for agribusiness. The platform is marketed through enterprise sales with personalized demos and direct engagement with supply chain specialists, suggesting a subscription-based model typical for enterprise software.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Petrichor is a cloud-based SaaS platform that provides agribusiness organizations with end-to-end supply chain visibility, risk management, and trade execution support, covering raw material origination through processing to final delivery. The platform combines documentation capture, production data monitoring, shipment coordination across multiple transportation modes, and integration of physical and financial positions linked to financial systems of record. It is sold as a subscription product via enterprise field sales to merchandisers, processors, traders, and manufacturers in the agribusiness sector.

Product overview

Petrichor is a unified technology platform for agribusiness supply chains offering a modular architecture. The core platform provides centralized supply chain visibility, data capture, and collaboration across trading partners. It consists of four primary modules: Source Materials (for origination and sustainable sourcing compliance), Track Production (for inventory and fulfillment monitoring), Coordinate Shipments (for shipment lifecycle and freight optimization across all transportation modes), and Manage Risk (for linking physical and financial positions with market exposure). Supporting features include the SupplySense Dashboard for centralized data views, Customer Dashboard for partner-facing visibility, and Position Report for real-time exposure insights. The platform covers 4 continents and logs all supply chain milestones across ocean, rail, air, barge, and road transportation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Petrichor Supply Chain Platform (SupplySense) Cloud-based SaaS platform providing end-to-end agribusiness supply chain visibility, risk management, and trade execution, covering raw material origination through processing to final delivery. The platform is sold as a subscription to enterprise agribusinesses including merchandisers, processors, traders, and manufacturers, with capabilities spanning documentation capture, production monitoring, multi-modal shipment coordination, and integration of physical and financial positions linked to financial systems of record.
• Source Materials Module Module of the Petrichor platform enabling organizations to navigate changing market conditions by anticipating customer requirements and regulatory compliance around origination and sustainable sourcing. Captures additional revenue from marketing premium ingredient attributes.
• Track Production Module Module of the Petrichor platform for monitoring inventory and fulfillment status on a single screen. Provides projections for material balances and enables shipment-level data access for customers.
• Coordinate Shipments Module Module of the Petrichor platform for tracing shipments from origin through delivery, streamlining the entire shipment lifecycle into a single view. Plans and optimizes freight across road, rail, barge, and ocean transportation modes with global carrier network connections.
• Manage Risk Module Module of the Petrichor platform linking physical and financial positions to manage enterprise risk. Integrates inventory and contract management with real-time market exposure, linked to financial systems of record.

Quantifiable outcome

• One leading importer replaced hundreds of email and text message threads with a single view for shipment visibility, resulting in faster customer service and lower administrative costs

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eka Software Solutions: Eka is a leading commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) platform serving agribusiness, metals, and energy traders with end-to-end supply chain, procurement, and risk functionality — directly comparable to Petrichor's Manage Risk and Coordinate Shipments modules.
• Barchart: Barchart provides commodity data, market intelligence, and supply chain workflow tools to agribusinesses and commodity traders — overlapping with Petrichor's shipment tracking, position reporting, and market exposure features.
• AgriDigital: AgriDigital is a cloud platform for agriculture supply chains covering origination, inventory, contracts, and traceability — closely aligned with Petrichor's Source Materials and Track Production modules in the grain and commodity vertical.
• Conservis: Conservis provides farm and agribusiness management software covering production planning, inventory, and traceability — a direct comparator to Petrichor's Track Production and Source Materials modules for enterprise producers.

Broad incumbents

• SAP: SAP offers broad ERP and supply chain management suites (e.g., S/4HANA, IBP) used by large agribusinesses and processors for procurement, logistics, and finance — a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise IT budget as Petrichor.
• Oracle: Oracle's NetSuite and supply chain cloud serve agribusiness and commodity trading customers with ERP, procurement, and trade management functionality — a broad incumbent alternative for the buyers Petrichor targets.
• DTN: DTN delivers agriculture-focused weather, market data, and supply chain intelligence to growers and agribusiness — a broad incumbent overlapping with Petrichor's market exposure, freight, and risk features.
• Trimble Agriculture: Trimble's agriculture division provides farm and agribusiness software spanning logistics, inventory, and operational visibility — adjacent to Petrichor's supply chain management scope but oriented more upstream toward growers.

Emerging players

• Indigo Ag: Indigo Ag is an agriculture technology company using digital platforms to connect growers, buyers, and supply chain participants — comparable to Petrichor's origin-to-destination traceability and merchandising vision, though broader in scope.
• Cropin: Cropin offers an agriculture intelligence platform with supply chain traceability, compliance, and forecasting tools for agribusiness — overlapping with Petrichor's Source Materials and risk-management positioning in emerging-market supply chains.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PetrichorAg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/petrichor-agriculture

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Petrichor