UK and India-based start-up KisanHub has raised £1.75m ($2.43m) in a second seed round, led by Notion Capital and IQ Capital. “We need to go deeper in the UK market first because we haven’t really achieved the penetration we want yet. KisanHub's artificial intelligence, cloud-based platform offers agriculture enterprises and potato farmers information about yield predictions, pesticide application monitoring based on data gathered from soil sensors, satellite imagery, weather stations and other sources. The company is also working with the US Department of Agriculture to develop new crop protection technologies for use against pests such as whitefly, which are devastating crops across North America.
UK and India-based start-up KisanHub has raised £1.75m ($2.43m) in a second seed round, led by Notion Capital and IQ Capital. KisanHub's artificial intelligence, cloud-based platform offers agriculture enterprises and potato farmers information about yield predictions, pesticide application monitoring based on data gathered from soil sensors, satellite imagery, weather stations and other sources. The company is also working with the US Department of Agriculture to develop new crop protection technologies for use against pests such as whitefly, which are devastating crops across North America.