Ukko Agro Ltd., a Toronto-based technology company that provides plug and play predictive analytics for the agriculture sector, announced the closing of its $5.1 million Series Seed investment round. The financing was led by Emmertech, with participation by Ag Capital Canada, TELUS Ventures, Whitecap Venture Partners, and PIC Investment Group.
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Ukko Agro was founded in 2017 by Ketan Kaushish and Avi Bhargava, with the vision of instilling predictability and transparency logistics across the agriculture value chain to help grow successful crops. Since then, Ukko has become a strong software and predictive analytics company and has developed the capability to rapidly build predictive models, in house, for disease, insect, crop growth and irrigation forecasting.
“Ukko’s mission is to bring predictability to decision-making in agriculture. Our goal is to understand our customers’ problems and build simple solutions which fit seamlessly into their daily routines,” explained co-founder Ketan Kaushish.
Ukko helps farmers increase their precision in the application of pesticides, water, and nutrients, thereby enabling higher profitability. Leveraging the power of IoT (Internet of Things), agricultural science, and machine learning to provide information in real time, Ukko Agro is creating plug and play solutions which analyze data streams to generate intelligence that can be plugged into existing FMS (Farm Management System) platforms.
Enhancing the sustainability of farm operations is a key mission of Ukko Agro. The company’s analytics help to provide greater predictive capability in managing agronomy, supporting the transition from reactive to proactive decision-making to optimize time and resources.
“Ukko is using predictive analytics to draw macro-level analytics to help improve customer engagement and demand-forecasting for retailers and enterprises,” added Kaushish.
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Co-founder Avi Bhargava summed up the culture of Ukko Agro: “We learn with humility and apply this learning until our customers are satisfied. This approach has enabled Ukko’s growth. The latest round of funding will allow Ukko to solve more complex challenges in sustainably growing successful crops on a much larger scale.”
“Ketan and Avi bring the perfect blend of Ag industry and machine learning experience to make Ukko a winner,” said Kyle Scott, managing director with Emmertech. “Ukko is solving a real problem and going to market in a unique way which we think benefits everyone in the value chain. We couldn’t be more excited to back this team and company along with our outstanding co-investors.”
Jay Bradshaw of Ag Capital Canada added, “The development and practical use of predictive analytics to support decision-making in agriculture is a gap in the digital ag market. Ukko Agro has demonstrated they have this capability through its F.A.I.M. (Field Adaptive Integrated Models). With its predictive analytics capabilities and customer-focused approach, Ukko Agro is poised for growth while contributing to sustainable agricultural production.”
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