Aquaconnect selected for fifth class of Google for Startups Accelerator for India

Aquaculture engineering platform Aquaconnect, has been picked for the fifth course of Google for Startups Accelerator (GFS)-India. The Google for Startups Accelerator-India is concentrated on supporting great start-ups that are solving societal and economic worries certain to the region, making use of innovative engineering.

As lots of as seven hundred start-ups have been screened for the programme, of which Aquaconnect, together with fifteen other start-ups, have been picked to be element of the GFSA-India programme, mentioned a press assertion issued by the firm.

Founded in 2017, Aquaconnect is a whole-stack aquaculture engineering undertaking that pioneers in the advancement of device understanding and satellite distant sensing systems. The firm performs with more than 35,000 fish and shrimp farmers making use of AI predictive instruments for improved farm productivity and connects them with official finance, insurers, and processors to make improvements to Indian aquaculture value chain efficiency.

GFSA-India programme

Under the GFSA-India programme, Aquaconnect will have an opportunity to get the job done with Google mentors and industry industry experts on tech steering, device understanding, product or service method, UX and structure, management workshops and networking opportunities among the other folks.

“We are energized to be element of the Google start-up accelerator. We believe that that this is a great validation for our engineering-enabled influence get the job done with shrimp and fish farmers. We are searching forward to receiving mentorship and help from the network of Google and industry mentors for much more inclusive solutions to navigate the worries in the aquaculture value chain,” Rajamanohar Somasundaram, Founder & CEO of Aquaconnect, mentioned in the assertion.

The firm raised $four million in July in pre-Sequence A spherical led by Rebright Associates and Flourish Ventures. AgFunder and 6G Capital also participated in this spherical, together with present buyers Omnivore and HATCH-Norway.