Startup Profile

BharatAgri

Legal entity: BharatAgri Agtech Private Limited

AI-led farm advisory and agri-input e-commerce for Indian farmers

AgriTech & FoodSeries BB2C Subscription· Pune, Maharashtra· Est. 2017Website ↗
BharatAgri was a Pune-based agritech startup that offered AI-driven crop advisory to Indian farmers on a subscription basis and ran an agri-input e-commerce platform selling seeds, fertilizers and farm equipment. Founded in 2017 as LeanAgri by IIT Madras alumni Siddharth Dialani and Sai Gole, it later rebranded to BharatAgri. The company shut down operations in November 2025 after failing to raise
Funding raised
₹103.75 Cr
Total disclosed
Latest valuation
—
Most recent round
Latest revenue
₹5.37 Cr
FY FY24
Employees
—
FY FY24

Founders

  • Siddharth Dialani

    Co-founder and CEO of BharatAgri (formerly LeanAgri). IIT Madras alumnus with a B.Tech and M.Tech in biotechnology; trained in agronomy in Israel before founding the company in 2017.

  • Sai Gole

    Co-founder of BharatAgri (formerly LeanAgri). IIT Madras alumna from a farming family in Vidarbha, Maharashtra; worked at ITC after graduation before co-founding the company in 2017.

Funding rounds

  1. Extended Series A (second tranche)2023-10-01₹35.00 CrLed by Arkam Ventures
  2. Extended Series A (first tranche)2023-02-07₹14.00 CrLed by Capria Ventures
  3. Series A2021-09-16₹53.95 CrLed by Omnivore

Financials

MCA / self-reported
Fiscal yearRevenueProfit / (Loss)Employees
FY24₹5.37 Cr(₹22.04 Cr)—
FY23₹5.65 Cr(₹17.89 Cr)—

The full story

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Timeline

  1. 2025-11Shut down operations amid funding crunch — Wound down operations in November 2025 after failing to close a $6-8 million Series B; most of the roughly 37-person team was let go.
  2. 2023-10-01Extended Series A, second tranche led by Arkam Ventures — Raised $4.3 million (₹35 crore) led by Arkam Ventures with Capria, India Quotient, 021 Capital and Omnivore.
  3. 2023-02-07Extended Series A, first tranche — Raised about $1.7 million (₹14 crore) led by Capria Ventures to scale advisory-driven e-commerce (Krushidukan).
  4. 2021-09-16$6.5M Series A led by Omnivore — Raised $6.5 million Series A led by Omnivore with India Quotient and 021 Capital; reported 100,000+ users and 25,000 paying farmers.
  5. 2017Founded as LeanAgri in Pune — IIT Madras alumni Siddharth Dialani and Sai Gole start LeanAgri in Pune, offering app-based, subscription crop advisory; later rebranded BharatAgri.

Data sources

  • seed-list↗ · last fetched 2026-05-28
  • Entrackr (Series A 2021)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Inc42 (Extended Series A first tranche, Feb 2023)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Entrackr (Extended Series A second tranche, Oct 2023)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Entrackr (shutdown + FY24/FY23 RoC financials)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Inc42 (shutdown)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
  • Startuppedia (founders, IIT Madras background, shutdown, FY24)↗ · last fetched 2026-06-01
Updated 2026-06-01