Sohan Lal Commodity Management Ltd.

What Sohan Lal Commodity Management Ltd. does

Sohan Lal Commodity Management Limited (SLCM) is a private, India-domiciled post-harvest agri-logistics platform founded in 2009 and headquartered in New Delhi, with additional operations in Myanmar (since 2017) via a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company operates a network of more than 21,000 warehouses, 950+ mandis, and 500+ aggregators across South and Southeast Asia, providing scientific storage, fumigation, testing, certification, collateral management, agri-financing (through its wholly-owned NBFC Kissan Dhan), direct procurement, and risk mitigation services to farmers, traders, processors, exporters, central and state governments, and six or more major Indian banks including Punjab National Bank, IDBI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bandhan Bank, Bank of Baroda, and Yes Bank.

The platform is built on a proprietary technology stack comprising four branded digital products: AGRI Reach (an industry-first AI/ML-based quality check mobile app, now NABL accredited), Agri Suraksha (24x7x365 real-time digital warehouse surveillance with anomaly detection), a Digitally Unified Agri Value Chain mobile app providing trading, fintech, and ecosystem listing capabilities, and a Mobility App & Middleware for managing manpower and operations across the warehouse network. Quality testing is performed in NABL-accredited in-house analytical laboratories, and the group holds seven ISO certifications covering quality, food safety, risk, information security, lab competence, environmental, and occupational safety management.

SLCM is venture-backed, with current institutional investors including Incofin Investment Management, Responsibility Investments AG, and Creation Investments Capital Management, and prior investors NEXUS Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Everstone Capital, and Emerging India Fund having exited. The go-to-market combines enterprise field sales to banks, a 500-aggregator channel network, direct farmer engagement across 950+ mandis, government procurement relationships, and self-serve mobile access via AGRI Reach. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Name

Sohan Lal Commodity Management Ltd.

Legal name

Sohan Lal Commodity Management Limited

Website

https://slc-india.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Sohan Lal Commodity Management Limited (SLCM) is a New Delhi-headquartered, India- and Myanmar-operating post-harvest agri-logistics platform offering AI/ML-enabled warehousing, collateral management, agri-financing (via NBFC Kissan Dhan), procurement, and quality testing across 21,000+ warehouses for farmers, traders, banks, and governments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Warehousing and Commodity Management Services

NAICS

Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (49313), Farm Product Warehousing and Storage (493130), General Warehousing and Storage (49311)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Storage QA/Compliance & Traceability Services (HACCP/FSMA, audits) (AFAOAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Frozen Food Cold Storage (TLALABAB)

Keywords

• Agricultural warehousing services
• Commodity management solutions
• Collateral management services
• Agri-financing solutions
• Scientific storage services

Headquarters

HQ city

India

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commodity Warehousing Services: Scientific storage for agricultural commodities including fumigation, testing and certification. Revenue generated from storage fees across the 21,000+ warehouse network.
2. Collateral Management Services: Collateral management services provided to Banks & Financial Institutions, managing warehouse receipts and underlying commodity values.
3. Agri Financing: Provides loans to aggregators and traders against storage receipts based on the value of underlying commodities. Revenue from interest on loans disbursed.
4. Procurement Services: Manages complex supply chain ensuring delivery of right quality, quantity, at agreed price and on time. Specialist in direct agri procurement from farmers or agri mandis.
5. Testing and Certification Services: Quality control and quality assurance through physical and chemical testing at NABL accredited laboratories.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SLCM provides technology-driven agricultural warehousing and post-harvest commodity management services across India and Myanmar. Its core offerings span scientific storage, fumigation, quality testing and certification, collateral management for financing, procurement, and risk mitigation, supported by a network of 21,000+ warehouses, 950+ mandis, and proprietary digital platforms. Loan disbursements backed by storage receipts exceed ₹35 billion across more than 1,300 commodity types.

Product overview

SLCM operates as a unified post-harvest agri-logistics platform founded in 2009, offering technology-driven warehousing services including scientific storage, fumigation, testing, certification, and funding against storage receipts in India and Myanmar. The platform consists of core digital products (AGRI Reach App for AI/ML-based quality checking, Agri Suraksha for real-time warehouse surveillance, Digitally Unified Agri Value Chain App for ecosystem management, and Mobility App & Middleware for operations management) and a sub-brand (Kissan Dhan NBFC for agriculture financing). Supporting services include Agri Warehousing Management, Collateral Management, Procurement, Central Analytical Agri Laboratory, Risk Mitigation, and Call Center operations. The company handles 1300+ agricultural commodities across 21,000+ warehouses and 950+ mandis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agri Reach: Digitally Enabled Professional Warehouse Management Solution - AI/ML Based Quality Check App. Industry FIRST. NABL Accredited mobile application for quality assessment.
• Agri Suraksha

Products and services

• AGRI Reach App A mobile application that uses AI/ML to enable rapid, on-site quality inspection and assessment of agricultural commodities, supporting scientific storage decisions across SLCM's warehouse network. Intended for field inspectors, warehouse staff, and institutional customers requiring standardized commodity quality checks.
• Agri Suraksha Warehouse surveillance and risk-mitigation system designed to monitor scientific storage facilities and protect stored agri-commodity collateral. Used by SLCM and its institutional clients to safeguard inventory backing storage-receipt financing.
• Digitally Unified Agri Value Chain App Digital platform that unifies the agricultural value chain for warehousing, financing, procurement and traceability workflows across SLCM's operations. Targets institutional clients and partners needing end-to-end digital visibility of agri-commodity movement.
• Mobility App & Middleware Mobile operations and middleware solution supporting field workforce activities such as inspection, fumigation tracking, and warehouse operations across SLCM's national network.
• Kissan Dhan (NBFC) SLCM's non-banking finance company arm providing agri-financing against stored commodities to farmers and SME aggregators. Enables storage-receipt-backed loans and supports financial inclusion in SLCM's sourcing network.
• Agri Warehousing Management Scientific storage and warehousing service for agricultural commodities across a national network of 21,000+ warehouses, including fumigation, preservation, and inventory management. Serves processors, traders, financial institutions and government clients.
• Collateral Management Independent collateral management services covering commodity receipt issuance, monitoring, audit and certification to enable storage-receipt-backed lending for banks and financial institutions.
• Agri Financing Financing services against stored agricultural commodities delivered through SLCM's network and its Kissan Dhan NBFC, supporting cumulative loan disbursements exceeding ₹35 billion.
• Procurement Agricultural commodity procurement services operating through SLCM's mandi and aggregator network, sourcing commodities on behalf of processors, governments and trade clients.
• Central Analytical Agri Laboratory NABL-accredited laboratory providing standardized quality testing, grading, and certification services for agricultural commodities, supporting collateral management and trade assurance.
• Risk Mitigation Specialized risk mitigation services for stored agricultural commodities, including surveillance, scientific fumigation, and protective measures to reduce post-harvest and storage losses.
• Customized Solutions for Agri Industry Tailored end-to-end service packages combining warehousing, collateral management, financing, procurement, testing and risk mitigation to address specific agri-industry needs of institutional clients.
• Call Center Customer service call center supporting SLCM's farmer, aggregator, and institutional stakeholders across the agri warehousing and financing network.

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,000+ warehouses in network
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 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 capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kissan DhancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-Asset NBFC partnership for agriculture financing, providing joint financing solutions to farmers and agri businesses.
• Punjab National BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor banking partner for collateral management services, utilizing SLCM's warehouse network for securing agriculture loans.
• IDBI BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner utilizing SLCM's collateral management services for agriculture financing.
• Bank of BarodacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor public sector bank partner for warehouse receipt financing and collateral management.
• Kotak Mahindra BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate sector banking partner for agriculture collateral management services.
• Bandhan BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner for micro and small enterprise agriculture financing through SLCM's network.
• Yes BankcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBanking partner for commodity collateral management and warehouse receipt financing.
• FICCIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partnership for policy advocacy and modernizing India's post-harvest agricultural value chain.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arya.ag: Indian agri-warehousing and fintech platform offering storage, financing against warehouse receipts, and a digital marketplace. Closely comparable to SLCM's combination of warehousing + agri-financing + procurement rails.
• NCDEX eMarkets Limited (NeML): Subsidiary of NCDEX providing electronic spot markets, warehouse receipt financing, and collateral management services. Overlaps with SLCM in commodity warehousing, assaying, and bank-collateral functions for Indian agriculture.
• National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC): One of India's largest agri-warehousing and collateral management service providers, offering commodity storage, testing, and bank collateral services very similar to SLCM. Direct competitor in the same Indian warehouse-receipt and bank-collateral segment.
• StarAgri Warehousing and Collateral Management Ltd. Indian agri-warehousing and collateral management company serving banks, traders, and farmers with multi-state warehouse network and post-harvest services—directly comparable in services, customer base, and business model to SLCM.

Regional players

• Sojatia Group / Megacorp Warehousing: Indian agri-commodity trader and warehouse operator with in-house warehousing and collateral capabilities. Comparable to SLCM on the warehousing-and-trading integration model.

Emerging players

• Eka Software Solutions: Commodity management and CTRM platform serving agri and soft commodity traders globally. While more software-focused than SLCM, it competes for the technology layer of agri-warehousing and quality/certification workflows.
• AgroStar: Indian agri-tech platform serving farmers with advisory, inputs, and market linkage. Adjacent rather than direct—competes more on procurement-side digitization, but both target similar farmer/aggregator segments.
• CropIn Technology Solutions: India-headquartered agri-AI platform providing farm-level analytics, traceability, and digital monitoring—adjacent to SLCM's AI/ML quality-check and digital surveillance stack.

Broad incumbents

• Sukhbir Agro Energy (and other large agri-warehousing operators): Large Indian agri-commodity processor with captive and third-party warehousing operations across North India. Comparable as a broad incumbent in agri-warehousing and collateral-related services.
• Hinduja Leyland Finance / M&M Financial Services (agri-financing arm): Large Indian NBFCs with agri-finance and warehouse-receipt financing books. Compete head-to-head with Kissan Dhan (SLCM's NBFC arm) for warehouse-receipt-backed lending.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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