Grace Ashiru
French development finance institution Proparco has invested €150,000 in Kenyan agritech company Farm to Feed as the startup expands its technology platform and efforts to reduce post-harvest food losses.
Founded in 2021, Farm to Feed connects smallholder farmers with buyers while helping coordinate sourcing, demand forecasting, logistics, warehousing, sales and payments. Its model is designed to address fragmentation in agricultural supply chains, where farmers can struggle to predict demand and find reliable markets for harvested produce.
The challenge is significant. Proparco estimates that about half of fruits and vegetables produced in sub-Saharan Africa are lost before reaching the market. Such losses reduce farmer income while wasting the land, water and other resources used during production.
Farm to Feed attempts to reduce this problem by matching anticipated demand with available supply. It also operates initiatives that create markets for surplus and imperfect produce, including its “Grade Rescue” and “Ready to Use” product lines. Processing some produce can also extend shelf life and increase the proportion of a harvest that farmers are able to sell.
The company currently reports more than 5,500 registered farmers and over 160 business customers, including hotels, hospitals, schools, food processors and institutional feeding programmes. Proparco says Farm to Feed has recorded annual growth of more than 100% for three consecutive years. Its 2025 impact report also reported an 81% reduction in food loss among participating farms and significantly higher farmer incomes, although these figures are company-reported.
The €150,000 investment follows Farm to Feed’s $1.5 million seed financing announced in 2025. That earlier funding included $1.27 million in equity led by Delta40 Venture Studio and $230,000 in non-dilutive funding from DEG’s DeveloPPP Ventures programme.
Proparco said the latest financing will support improvements to Farm to Feed’s technology, operations and farmer network while expanding value-added activities. The company is also extending its operations beyond Nairobi into other parts of Kenya.
The deal qualifies under the 2X investment framework because Farm to Feed was founded by women entrepreneurs. For the startup, the new funding provides additional capital to expand a model focused on turning agricultural waste into commercial opportunity while giving smallholder farmers more dependable access to buyers.
