Agritech start-up CropIn Technology raises $8 million in a Series B funding

CropIn has so far digitised more than 3.1 million acres of farmland through its various software-as-a-service offerings

Agritech start-up CropIn Technology Solutions has raised $8 million in a Series B funding from Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures India) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund (London and Seattle). Both have invested $4 million each in the company. The latest round has taken the total funding of the firm so far to $12 million. This will be used to scale CropIn's SmartFarm technology platform globally.  It is currently present in 29 countries."The impact of CropIn for their global customers based on the unique data sets captured by the platform is staggering," said Karan Mohla, executive