Rural social network Krishify gets $6.2 mn funding for expanding business

Krishify app helps farmers, rural communities and agribusiness companies to interact and transact among themselves.

Krishify, a social network for Indian farmers, has closed $6.2 million in a funding round that saw the additional participation of VC fund Omnivore alongside existing investors Ankur Capital, Omidyar Network India, and Orios Venture Partners.

Krishify raised $2.7 million in August 2021 before closing the the Pre-Series A round that got it an additional $3.5 million. The company’s app has more than 6.5 million downloads and 1.3 million monthly active users, making it India’s largest social network for farmers and rural communities.

Krishify, which is based in Gurugram in Haryana, said it is building an “agriverse” where farmers, rural