Kisaan Suvidha

What Kisaan Suvidha does

Kisaan Suvidha is a Bangalore-based mobile application platform founded in July 2015 by Gaurav Ladani, positioned as India's first online APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) market. The application connects farmers, commodity merchants, APMC agents, and government bodies on a single platform providing real-time visibility into commodity auctions, daily price variations (maximum, minimum, and average), and historical pricing data spanning 28+ states and 500+ districts. The product supports 9 Indian languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, and features SMS-based auction notifications that allow farmers to track transactions without being physically present at APMC markets until the final weight measurement stage.

The platform is organized into three integrated modules: a commodity price tracking system with district- and mandi-level granularity, a Buy/Sell marketplace currently listing Castor, Tomato, Basmati Rice, and Cotton (with Onion, Groundnuts, Wheat, and Potato marked as 'Coming Soon'), and an SMS-driven notification service for auction alerts and payment amounts. APMC agents can download Excel reports, monitor gate passes, track cess collection, and access village-wise commodity and revenue analytics. The platform was officially recognized during Digital India Week 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and received the mBillionth South Asia Award in 2016 for best mobile innovation in agriculture.

Kisaan Suvidha appears to be a bootstrapped, founder-owned private company headquartered in Indiranagar, Bangalore, with 11–50 employees. The application is freely distributed via the Google Play Store, and the stated revenue model relies on transaction facilitation fees and cess collection management for APMCs, though no pricing tiers, transaction volumes, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. No external funding rounds, institutional investors, partnerships, or post-2016 strategic milestones are documented in available sources, and observable website data extends only through September 2021.

Name

Kisaan Suvidha

Legal name

Kisaan Suvidha

Website

https://kisaansuvidha.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kisaan Suvidha is a Bangalore-based mobile platform launched in 2015 that provides real-time commodity auction tracking, mandi-level price transparency, and SMS notifications across India's APMC markets, serving farmers, commodity merchants, APMC agents, and government bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Market Intelligence

NAICS

Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Auction-based Generalist Marketplaces (CRAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Agricultural market data
• Commodity price tracking
• APMC digital platform
• Agri marketplace app
• Farmer price transparency

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Facilitation: Platform facilitates buy/sell transactions for agricultural commodities including Castor, Tomato, Basmati Rice, Cotton, Onion, Groundnuts, Wheat, and Potato. Revenue is generated through transaction facilitation fees and cess collection management for APMCs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kisaan Suvidha is a mobile application that provides live auction and weight measurement information for agricultural commodities across India's Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs). The platform enables farmers, commodity merchants, and APMC agents to view real-time auction prices, track price variations (low, high, average) by state/district/market/commodity, and receive SMS notifications when auctions complete and amounts are due. It also offers a buy/sell marketplace for agricultural commodities such as castor, tomato, basmati rice, and cotton, with additional commodities (onion, groundnuts, wheat, potato) listed as coming soon.

Product overview

Kisaan Suvidha is a single mobile application platform launched in July 2015 that serves as India's first online APMC market. The core product provides three integrated service modules: (1) a commodity price tracking system allowing farmers and merchants to view live auction prices across Indian states and markets, (2) a Buy/Sell marketplace for trading agricultural commodities, and (3) SMS-based auction notification services that alert farmers when auctions complete and amounts are ready for collection. The platform connects farmers, commodity merchants, APMC agents, and government bodies on a single transparent ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kisaan Suvidha Mobile Application India's first mobile application connecting Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs), farmers, and agents on a single platform. Enables farmers to view live commodity auctions, track price variations (low, high, average) across states/districts/markets/commodities, and receive SMS notifications for auction completion and amounts due. Serves farmers, APMC agents, commodity merchants, and government bodies with features including commodity price tracking, buy/sell marketplace for commodities like Castor, Tomato, Basmati Rice, Cotton, Onion, Groundnuts, Wheat, and Potato, and APMC management tools for cess collection and gate pass tracking.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates need for physical presence at APMC auctions until final measurement stage

Named customers4 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

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• AgroStar: Indian agri-input commerce platform providing farmers with access to seeds, crop nutrition, and advisory. While focused on inputs rather than outputs, it competes for the same farmer mindshare and mobile-app adoption in rural India that Kisaan Suvidha targets.
• Otipy: Indian agritech platform focused on fresh produce supply chain connecting farmers with consumers and retailers. Adjacent peer in the Indian agricultural digitization space, addressing similar farmer-to-market linkage problems with technology-enabled solutions.
• FarmERP: Indian agricultural technology platform providing farm management, traceability, and marketplace solutions. Comparable to Kisaan Suvidha in digitizing agricultural value chains and providing visibility into commodity movement and pricing across India.
• BigHaat: Indian digital agriculture platform focused on agri-inputs marketplace and advisory for farmers. Adjacent peer that competes for farmer mobile-app engagement and provides complementary digital agriculture services in the same market.

Direct peers

• Bijak: Indian B2B agricultural commodity marketplace connecting traders, wholesalers, and retailers with verified buyers/sellers and providing price discovery. Directly comparable to Kisaan Suvidha's Buy/Sell marketplace and price-tracking features for agricultural commodities.
• Ninjacart: Indian agritech platform that connects farmers directly with retailers and businesses, providing supply-chain technology and price/market linkage similar to Kisaan Suvidha's effort to digitize agricultural commodity transactions. Both target the same Indian farmer/merchant segments with digital marketplace and price transparency tools.
• DeHaat: Full-stack agritech platform serving Indian farmers with inputs, advisory, and market linkage to buyers. Comparable to Kisaan Suvidha in addressing farmer information asymmetry and providing market access, though broader in scope (includes financing and inputs).
• Crofarm: Indian agritech startup connecting farmers with retailers for fresh produce, focused on price discovery and supply-chain efficiency. Similar to Kisaan Suvidha in addressing information asymmetry and streamlining agricultural commodity transactions for Indian farmers.

Broad incumbents

• eNAM (National Agriculture Market): Government of India's pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities that aggregates APMCs nationwide. Most direct comparable to Kisaan Suvidha's APMC digitization mission, but as a government-operated incumbent with national scale and policy backing.
• NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange): India's leading commodity derivatives exchange providing price discovery and trading infrastructure for agricultural commodities. Comparable to Kisaan Suvidha in providing commodity price information and market structure for Indian agriculture, though at the institutional rather than farmer level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kisaansuvidha
• Facebookfacebook.com/kisaansuvidha
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kisan-suvidha

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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