Nutrifresh, an agri-tech start-up focusing on residue-free, and chemical-free produce, has attracted $5 million as pre-series seed funding. The funding is led by Theodore Cleary (Archer Investments), Sandiip Bhammer (managing partner - Green Frontier Capital), Sky Kurtz (CEO and co-founder of Pure Harvest AE) and Mathew Cyriac (Florintree Advisors and ex MD of Blackstone India). Other investors include Dr Soumitra Dutta (Dean Elect - Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Shaishav Dharia (Regional CEO, Lodha Group) and Karan Goshar (Samarthya Investment Advisors LLP).
The funding will be used to scale up farm operations, implement complete traceability and transparency of produce, and