Kushal Agrawal
Partner and CFO @ Lightrock india (Aspada)
Bengaluru, India
Kushal Agrawal is a Series A investor at Lightrock india (Aspada) in Bengaluru focused on Agriculture and Warehousing. Kushal is the Chief Financial Officer and a Partner at Lightstone Aspada. Kushal is passionate about working with organizations in their formative phase and is closely involved with portfolio companies in their strategic and financial planning, process implementation, performance management and risk management. He currently serves on the Boards ofArya, SV Agri and Allfresh. His previous engagements include Financial Controller at Zovi.com and significant stints at ITC and PWC. Kushal is a meritorious Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a graduate in commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Kushal Agrawal invests in
Stages Kushal Agrawal invests in
Countries Kushal Agrawal invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 2 (33%)
- Warehousing 2 (33%)
- Food and Beverage 2 (33%)
- Fruit 1 (17%)
- AgTech 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Series C 1 (17%)
Investments
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Arya Collateral
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Arya Collateral Warehousing Services provides post-harvest services including warehousing, warehouse receipt financing, rural storage discovery, collateral management and market linkages. | $21M / Series B / Dec 15, 2020 | |
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Arya Collateral
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Arya Collateral Warehousing Services provides post-harvest services including warehousing, warehouse receipt financing, rural storage discovery, collateral management and market linkages. | $6M / Series B / Mar 04, 2020 | |
WayCool
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Waycool is an agri-tech company that processes, distributes, and procures fresh produce, dairy products, and staples. The company helps increase farmers’ income, through innovative quality management and food safety technology. It leverages technology and innovation to improve logistics and distribution services. Waycool distributes farm-sourcedfruits, vegetables, and other produce to local shops and modern retail outlets. They have a retail presence, currently in Chennai, through the brand SunnyBee, operating retail stores, mobile stores on trucks, and e-commerce. In addition, there are a number of high-quality private label products that SunnyBee produces and brands through partnerships with sister companies. WayCool establishes direct links to farmers and consumers using physical and information technology to link them efficiently. | $35M / Series C / Feb 07, 2020 | |
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WayCool
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Waycool is an agri-tech company that processes, distributes, and procures fresh produce, dairy products, and staples. The company helps increase farmers’ income, through innovative quality management and food safety technology. It leverages technology and innovation to improve logistics and distribution services. Waycool distributes farm-sourcedfruits, vegetables, and other produce to local shops and modern retail outlets. They have a retail presence, currently in Chennai, through the brand SunnyBee, operating retail stores, mobile stores on trucks, and e-commerce. In addition, there are a number of high-quality private label products that SunnyBee produces and brands through partnerships with sister companies. WayCool establishes direct links to farmers and consumers using physical and information technology to link them efficiently. | $2.7M / Seed / Apr 04, 2017 | |
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Arya Collateral
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Arya Collateral Warehousing Services provides post-harvest services including warehousing, warehouse receipt financing, rural storage discovery, collateral management and market linkages. | $1.9M / Series A / Dec 13, 2016 | |
Allfresh Supply Management
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Allfresh Supply Management is a food product supplier that provides fruit supply chain solutions. The company distributes fruits to customers by sourcing produce from farmers in its network from Himachal Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra.'Allfresh procures and supplies fresh produce to its customers afterappropriate post-harvest management activities designed to deliver fruit conforming to customer requirements. It also operates across the entire fresh fruit value chain from farm extension services for small-hold farmers to managing the entire post-harvest controlled atmosphere supply chain in apple, citrus crops and other high value fruits.Allfresh Supply Management was founded in 2013 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $2M / Series A / Sep 01, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Lightrock india (Aspada)
We support driven entrepreneurs in large and essential markets by providing early stage risk capital to businesses in India that expand market access, improve livelihoods, and create large-scale employment opportunities in underserved communities.Aspada Capital Advisors provides investment advice and portfolio oversight to the SONG Fund, anearly stage venture capital fund capitalized by the Soros Economic Development Fund, the Omidyar Network, and Google.Aspada Investment Advisors provides investment advice and portfolio oversight to Aspada Investments, an equity and structured product venture capital investment vehicle backed with a significant commitment by the Soros Economic Development Fund.
Lightrock india (Aspada) Contacts
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Kushal Agrawal
Partner and CFO
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Thomas Hyland
Co-Founder & Partner
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Divya Venkatavaraghavan
Principal
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Kartik Srivatsa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Vaidhehi Ravindran
Investor and Principal
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What does Kushal Agrawal invest in?
Kushal Agrawal invests primarily in Agriculture, Warehousing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Kushal Agrawal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kushal Agrawal closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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