Venky Ramachandran
Venky Ramachandran is an independent Agritech Analyst, Consultant and Researcher at Krishi.System. He is the unofficial “ecosystem” guy in agritech.
His work has been featured in Inc42, Agtech Navigator, TechInAsia, Tenacious Ventures (Australian agritech VC firm), Agfunder, The Hindu Business Line, Kalaari (Indian agritech VC firm), Indian Express, PrecisionAg, AgroPages, Agribusiness Global and Crop Life publications. His vision for Indian Agriculture was recorded on the TED platform in 2021.
He works with agritech startup founders, investors, agribusinesses, and development organisations across India, Europe and Central America.
Venky Ramachandran offers the following consulting services
1) Agritech Strategy: Helping Agritech Founders/Agribusiness Executives with Digital Transformation/Agritech Strategy based on their organisational mandates.
2) Agritech Positioning: Narrative Strategy to help Agritech Founders articulate compelling agritech investment memos
3) Product Management: Fractional Product Management Services to help founders of small and mid-size firms shape products better and make faster progress.
4) Agritech Executive Sparring: Friendly Sparring with Agritech Executives to stress-test their thinking.
Select Client Engagements are listed below. [Updated as of 11th November 2025]
Avanthi Warehousing Services Ltd - Agribusiness Digital Transformation
Kisan Gates - Agritech Product Management
Disagro - eCommerce Platform - Agritech Product Management
KhetiBuddy - Agritech Positioning
Bioprime - Branded Content//Sponsored Deep Dive
Agrictools - Agritech Executive Sparring
Gramoday - Agritech Advisor/Investor [Now shut down]
Oceansix - Agritech GTM Strategy for Africa and Asia (via Yak Collective)
Tata Trusts - Agritech Strategy
Dvara Research - Research Sparring on Agricultural Finance
Mission Director, Unified Krishi Interface - Nashik (September 2024 - June 2025)
Sponsored Deepdive with OCP Nutricrops on the future of Phosphorous
You can check out his LinkedIn profile for more on his professional background. If you’d like to hire him for a project, please get in touch.