InspiraFarms supplies cold storage and post-harvest handling facilities to on- and off-grid operations, enables cloud-based remote monitoring and provides long-term financing and pay-per-kilo options to agribusinesses and agrifood buyers in export markets
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +39 339 522 4224
Total raised: $3.09M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 10.04.2018 | Series A | $3.09M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
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| 10.03.2022 | East Africa can tackle food insecurity via digitalization, but infrastructure needs funding too: report | Nations in East Africa must prioritize technological innovations and digitalization of food systems in order to tackle perennial food insecurity, according to a new report by London-based market insights provider Briter Bridges. The report ... |
| 02.02.2022 | How Untapped Global backs growth stage African startups by using smart asset financing | Share this article: During his presidency, Donald Trump aggressively pursued an “America First” strategy as he sought to “return” the US to its place as the dominant power in the world. Consequently, there was a reduction in aid to developi... |
| 14.12.2021 | How cold storage could be an antidote to Africa’s hefty food imports | For Julian Mitchell, it is unconscionable that Kenya spends so much money importing food. In the first six months of 2021, Kenya spent $909.4 million on food imports—while 30% to 40% of locally-grown crops each season are wasted due to inef... |
| 17.07.2020 | Nigeria’s TradeDepot raises $10 million in pre-Series B funding | Aside from oil wealth, much of Nigeria’s economic dynamism stems from bustling, informal retail supply chains that drive megacities like Lagos. Their informality can be a carnival of free-market capitalism and ingenuity. But the drawback is... |
| 28.05.2020 | Brrrief! InspiraFarms closes Series B to roll out solar powered cold storage units across Africa | Expanding the cold chain across the African continent is both necessary and hard. A better network of cold storage facilities is necessary to drive down food waste and enable wider access to fresher produce. And it’s difficult due to high i... |
| 29.04.2019 | Curbing Losses in the Food Value Chain in Africa | Despite infrastructure hurdles, companies in Africa are taking the innovation route to reduce losses in the food value chain. Cold chain facilities play a prominent role in these efforts. An estimated 1 in every 4 people in sub-Saharan Afri... |
| 25.10.2018 | Maersk Selects 7 Companies for Second Edition of FoodTrack Program | Maersk, the global logistics company, has released the names of the seven startups joining the second edition of FoodTrack by Maersk. They include packaging technologies that seek to prolong the shelf life of fresh produce, marketplaces con... |
| 10.04.2018 | UPDATE: InspiraFarms Adds €2.5m to Series A for Cold Storage and Processing Tech in East Africa and Central America | **First Published April 5, 2017. Updated April 10, 2018 to reflect second close of Series A round. ** InspiraFarms has added €2.5 million ($3.1m) to its Series A round of investment from existing investors, bringing the company’s total Seri... |
| 16.10.2017 | World Food Day: 5 Farmtech Startups Serving Smallholder Farms | UPDATED: November 12, 2018 to remove Olam from the list of startup companies. According to the United Nations, agriculture and other “rural activities” are the main source of income for three-quarters of the world’s “extreme poor”. Every ye... |
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