Krishi Star
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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About
Krishi Star’s vision is to improve lives for smallholder farmers and deliver quality food to end customers by transforming agricultural value chains.
website
www.krishistar.com
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sectors
community and lifestyle
How is your business helping to solve the health, social, or economic challenges created by COVID19?
Currently we have partnered with Go4Fresh to deliver farm fresh, clean fruits and vegetables to families in metros. We have built a portal that connects farmer groups to societies and are currently delivering to Mumbai and Pune working with 2 groups of farmers in their specific regions.
Does your business contribute most to recovery, response, or resilience?
Resilience - we're improving the broader infrastructure for responding to pandemic outbreaks.,Recovery - we're positioned to support in the recovery of those directly affected.,Response - we're responding directly to issues caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
What is the stage of your product development?
I have a market ready product/service. I have sold to customers.
What strengths does your team bring? Include skills and personal experience with the problem.
Bryan LeePrior to Krishi Star, Bryan had eight years of entrepreneurial experience as founder of Social Point Solutions, co-founder of Kingmin Steel and Associates and Head of Marketing/Partner at Nemesis Records. In addition, he spent three years as a consultant with Accenture. Bryan has an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a BS (Summa Cum Laude) in Engineering from Cornell University.Agastya ChopraAgastya has expertise developed overseeing manufacturing and business development at Anca Leathers. He is also the co-founder of Gaia Conservation, an NGO devoted to actively engaging community in environmental conservation. Agastya has a degree in Business Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.David NottDavid has leadership expertise of more than 25 years in managing a variety of Stores with Marks & Spencer and Waitrose. His portfolio includes managing the Covent Garden Flagship for Marks & Spencer and Waitrose Flagship in Kensington. He is an expert in product placement, customer service and visual merchandising. He is also a certified executive coach and a graduate from Queen Mary’s UniversityAbdul RahimanAbdul has experience as manager at Excel Crop Care where he was the regional head for North Africa region. He has a PGP-ABM from IIM Ahmedabad and BSci (Agri) from Kerela Agricultural University.
What countries do you operate in?
India
Is your company headquartered in a US "Opportunity Zone"?
No

What is an opportunity zone?