Proparco, the French development finance agency, is providing €150,000 to Kenya’s agritech firm Farm to Feed to back the scaling of its technology platform and its work to cut post-harvest food waste.
Established in 2021, Farm to Feed links smallholder growers with purchasers while handling sourcing, demand forecasting, logistics, storage, sales and payment processing. The approach seeks to remedy the fragmented nature of agricultural supply chains, where producers often cannot anticipate market needs or secure steady outlets for their crops.
Proparco estimates that roughly 50% of fruits and vegetables grown in sub-Saharan Africa never reach consumers. Such losses diminish farmer earnings and squander the land, water and other inputs employed during cultivation.
The enterprise tackles this issue by aligning projected demand with the supply that farmers have available. It also runs programmes that open markets for excess and imperfect harvests, notably its “Grade Rescue” and “Ready to Use” lines. Turning some produce into processed goods prolongs shelf life and raises the share of the harvest that can be sold.
Farm to Feed states it now works with more than 5,500 registered growers and serves over 160 commercial clients, including hotels, hospitals, schools, food processors and institutional feeding schemes. Proparco notes the firm has posted annual growth exceeding 100% for three straight years. Its 2025 impact report indicated an 81% reduction in food loss among participating farms and markedly higher farmer incomes, though these metrics are supplied by the company.
The new funding follows a $1.5 million seed round disclosed in 2025. That round comprised $1.27 million in equity led by Delta40 Venture Studio and $230,000 of non-dilutive capital from DEG’s DeveloPPP Ventures programme.
According to Proparco, the capital will be used to enhance the firm’s technology, streamline operations and broaden the farmer network while scaling value-added activities. The company is also pushing its services beyond Nairobi into additional regions of Kenya.
The transaction qualifies under the 2X investment framework because the startup was founded by women entrepreneurs. The fresh capital adds to a model that converts agricultural waste into market opportunities and gives smallholders more reliable buyer access.
