Rajendra Lora

CEO

Rajasthan, India10 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Empowered over 200,000 farmers through innovative solutions.
  • Nurtured early-stage startups with sector-agnostic investments.
  • Led a network of 10,000 micro-entrepreneurs in agriculture.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Agritech and Venture Capital with a strong focus on startup growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

AgribusinessLeadershipVenture CapitalSoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAgricultureAlgorithmsBackend developmentBusiness FormationBusiness StrategyCCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Computer ScienceCrop advisoryData analysisData-driven crop advisoryEclipseEnglish

About

Freshokartz Agri Products, under my leadership as Co-Founder and CEO, has pioneered innovative solutions to empower farmers through data-driven crop advisory, efficient market access, and financial services. With over eight years of experience, we have built a network of over 10,000 trained Saarthi micro-entrepreneurs, impacting more than 200,000 farmers in Rajasthan and surrounding regions. Our mission is to create a sustainable agricultural ecosystem by leveraging technology and personalized support to improve farmer productivity and income. At Warmup Ventures, as a Founding Partner, I contribute to nurturing early-stage startups with sector-agnostic investments and operational expertise. By combining entrepreneurial insights with a focus on scaling ventures, our micro-VC fund supports founders in building transformative technology-driven businesses. My work reflects a commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration across the startup ecosystem.

Experience

Nukrishi

Co-Founder and CEO

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India · On-site

Warmup ventures

Founding Partner

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

  • Warmup Ventures is a founder's led sector agnostic technology-focused micro VC fund investing up to $150k in seed or pre-seed stages.
  • Our partners have walked the path of entrepreneurship, scaling businesses, raising capital, and fostering strong core teams and culture, making us truly an Operator VC that brings more than just capital to the table.
  • Our collective experience in angel investing, 90+ angel investments, has allowed us to witness the transformative power of early-stage support.
  • Our Investments:
  • 1. Boba Bhai
  • 2. RocketPay
  • 3. Biva.ai
  • 4. Datoms
  • 5. Inc42
  • 6. Balwaan Krishi
  • 7. Nitro
  • 8. Mini Mines
  • To pitch, mail at pitch@warmupventures.com
  • To collaborate, write to partner@warmupventures.com
  • You can check us at https://warmupventures.com
Venture CapitalSeed CapitalStart-up VenturesBusiness Formation

Indian institute of information technology, design and manufacturing, jabalpur

Alumni Secretary

Feb 2023Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • I am part of IIIT Alumni Association and assisting institutions in working with Alumni in benefits of upcoming students.

Tie rajasthan

TiE Emerging Entrepreneur

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India · Remote

  • TiE Emerging Entrepreneur Member.
  • Helping startups in the TiE network.

Startups

Angel Investor/Investment Partner/Startup Advisor

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · India

  • I Invest primarily in seed or pre-seed stage technology startups that have the potential to add value to society. I choose companies based on Team, Traction, and Market (in that order). I make sector agnostic Investments, my preferences are in AgriTech, Fintech, SaaS, community tech, and electric mobility space.
  • My Current Investment is as follows:
  • 1. Banksathi: An Advisor-driven FinTech Products Distribution model. Banksathi has a network of more than 5,00,000 Advisory, almost covering all the PIN codes of India.
  • 2. WeVois Labs: Waste collection and Management startup with an ARR of more than 40 Cr. Wevois is also recycling waste and building a circular economy.
  • 3. Seed Investor and Advisor @Startup Chaupal, India's most preferred Virtual Incubation Program
  • 4. Early Investor & Partner @Marwari Catalysts, India's Y combinator in the making (Advisor to AgriTech companies)
  • 5. Investor at Lets Venture, Venture Catalyst, IPV, and WFC, done around 10 Deals.
  • Investments
  • 1. Jar
  • 2. DrinkPrime
  • 3. Coffeemug
  • 4. betterhalf
  • 5. tusker
  • 6 burger singh

Freshokartz agri products pvt. ltd.

Co-Founder & CEO

Dec 2016Present · 9 yrs 3 mos · Jaipur Area, India

  • Freshokartz helps farmers in getting organised in terms of efficiently Buying Agri Inputs, Selling theirs produces in the market, taking financial solutions and Crop Advisory. Freshokartz does this with a network of Village Level Micro-Entrepreneurs and we call them Freshokartz Saarthi's.
  • With a network of more than 10,000 Saarthi, we are working with more than 2,00,000 farmers mostly in Rajasthan and soon expanding in nearby states.
  • We provide training to Saarthi and create a Trained network of Saarthi's, who can advise farmers regarding their buying behaviors, product recommendations, etc. We collect farmers' data through Saarthi's and help them take the data-led decisions which can help farmers in 20-30% yield increase with better earnings.
  • Freshokartz also provides soil data-based crop and fertilisers recommendations to farmers.
  • Apart from soil data-based crop and fertiliser recommendations, Freshokartz also delivers quality seeds, pesticides, and fertilisers through its network of physical centres. It is targeting one centre for every 10,000 farming population.
  • Freshokartz charges Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 annually per farmer as a subscription fee which includes - one soil test, unlimited call centre support, and a field visit at the farmer's doorstep. We have farm management software through which we take care of the whole crop cycle data like sowing date, fertiliser date, and pesticides date. This helps us to keep track of the data and guide these farmers at a micro-level. For subscribed farmers, we help them to market their products/output. Our field executives also use the mobile app to map the data.
AgricultureData-driven crop advisoryFinancial servicesMarket accessTeam LeadershipProject Management+2

Boupon.com.bd

Technology Project Manager

Feb 2016Dec 2016 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

  • Worked on building an Online Couponing portal for Bangladesh.
  • Managed a team of more than 20 developers and designed the architecture of the tech stack.
  • Worked closely with the team of VentureNursery whose first startup investment was OYO rooms.
InvestmentStartup AdvisoryVenture Capital

Suvidhaa.com

Software Engineer

Jul 2015Feb 2016 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked on Product called SuvidhaaPay (formally AasaanPay). Managed Back-End development with Python using Flask framework.
  • Integration with payment switches like Prism(Hitachi), ATOS.
  • Developed API for integration with companies existing system.
  • Working closely with Flask, MySQL, Payments, Payment Gateways.
  • Have good knowledge about Product Development, Hardware security model , Point of sale, Highly Scalable Web Application, Web Application Development, JSON, API development, Bootstrap table, Payment software Integration.
Project ManagementTeam ManagementSoftware Development

Mydeals247 ecommerce private limited

Software Developer Internship

May 2014Nov 2014 · 6 mos · Bangalore

  • Worked on PHP/MySql/HTML/CSS.
  • Designed an E-learning platform.
  • Worked in Start-up environment.
  • Managed other Intern and Tested the web application.
PythonFlaskAPI DevelopmentSoftware Development

Iiit- jabalpur

E-Healthcare Advisor

Feb 2013Apr 2013 · 2 mos · jabalpur

  • Build an online E-health care advisor Project which asks the patient about their symptoms and identifies the disease and suggest the medicines. It was only for basic use. this system also suggests users doctors according to there disease.
PHPMySQLHTMLCSSWeb Development

Education

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 2011Jan 2015

Y Combinator

YC Startup School graduated — Virtual Startup Program

Jan 2019Jan 2019

resonance

Maths

Jan 2010Jan 2011

M K Memorial Sr Sec School, Sikar(Rajasthan)

High School — Mathematics

Jan 2008Jan 2010

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