AgriSURE – Agri Fund for Startups & Rural Enterprises
A ₹750 crore blended-capital AIF backing agri-tech startups and rural enterprises, with direct equity tickets up to ₹25 crore.
What you get
₹750 crore fund · direct equity up to ₹25 crore per startup · around 85 startups targeted
Nodal ministry
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Support type
Equity
Best suited for
Seed / Early Stage · Growth / Scaling
Typical timeline
NABVENTURES diligence cycle
What this scheme actually is
AgriSURE is a SEBI-registered Category II AIF jointly funded by the Government of India (₹250 crore), NABARD (₹250 crore) and private investors (₹250 crore). It invests through two routes: a fund-of-funds window with a ₹450 crore corpus, and a direct scheme with ₹300 crore. It is deliberately built for high-risk, high-impact, technology-driven ventures in agriculture — the category commercial VC has historically avoided.
Implementing agency: NABVENTURES (NABARD)
What the scheme sets out to do
Who can apply
What you get
How to apply, step by step
- 1
Decide direct or fund route
The direct scheme invests straight into the startup; the fund-of-funds route means raising from an AgriSURE-backed AIF. Larger, later-stage companies usually go direct.
- 2
Approach NABVENTURES
Eligible startups and AIFs approach NABVENTURES through the AgriSURE page. There is a defined intake rather than a public call cycle.
- 3
Build the agri-specific case
Farmer or FPO impact, seasonality in the cash-flow model, working-capital cycle, supply-chain risk and the technology moat. Generic SaaS metrics do not translate here.
- 4
Clear diligence
NABARD-linked diligence looks hard at rural distribution reality and unit economics at farm gate, not just at gross merchandise value.
- 5
Close and deploy
Equity, debt or blended instrument with the associated company-law filings on the Indian side.
What we actually do on a AgriSURE mandate
Services this usually needs
No consultant can guarantee a sanction — that decision sits with the evaluating committee, bank or incubator. We commit to an honest eligibility view, an application built to the evaluator’s format, filing inside the window and a documented follow-up cadence. That is stated in every engagement letter we sign.