Gramophone
Transforming farmer incomes through tech and data
Founders
Tauseef Khan, Nishant Vats, Harshit Gupta, Ashish Singh
Backed By
Info Edge, Siana Capital, Asha Impact
About
Gramophone is pioneering digital agronomy - using data to guide a farmer in selecting the right agricultural inputs for maximum yield.
Indian agriculture still suffers from low yields, with farmers caught in a vicious cycle of small holdings, high input prices relative to low productivity, middlemen and chronic debt.
Gramophone provides agronomic intelligence based on dozens of parameters (soil type, water, weather, etc.) to help farmers select the right crop and inputs which can be procured in one place through its platform. Through AI, content, market data and access to credit and insurance, it also becomes their trusted friend during the entire farming season.
From the Founder…
Nitin is a very hands-on investor (in the right sense) and someone with the experience of seeing dozens of startup journeys (from seed to growth stage). He is also able to strike the right balance between understanding the ground realities in Indian agri, and a Silicon Valley product growth mindset.
An early stage founder's key questions revolve around the right strategy to reach the next stage by maximising the output from the resources at hand. Nitin has always posed the right questions which have enabled me to take a step back and declutter my mind, away from the grind of daily operations. He has pushed us hard to define why Gramophone can win vs. any other agri inputs player, and where our technology and operational moats will come from.
These kinds of insights keep a founder away from the mistakes around wrong hiring, not setting the right culture or cash discipline. Not many early stage startup founders understand this.
Nitin is also deeply connected in the investor community and helped us build the right strategy for raising our Series A. He has been far more involved than any typical angel investor, and working with him has always been a pleasure.
- Tauseef Khan