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Synnefa

We provide an online farm record-keeping software as a service and integrate this platform with IoT solar-powered soil sensors to give farmers a 360-degree view of their farm and eliminate any guesswork. We leverage AI and ML technologies to analyse IoT data and agronomy data to increase production by 60% while reducing farm input costs by 40%.

synnefa.io Nairobi, Kenya 11-50 employees
Total raised
$700k
Rounds
1
Latest
Pre-Seed
Dec 2021

We provide an online farm record-keeping software as a service and integrate this platform with IoT solar-powered soil sensors to give farmers a 360-degree view of their farm and eliminate any guesswork. We leverage AI and ML technologies to analyse IoT data and agronomy data to increase production by 60% while reducing farm input costs by 40%.

Synnefa has raised $700k across 1 round. Its most recent round was a Pre-Seed of $700k in Dec 2021. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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Dec 31, 2021
Pre-Seed
$700k

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