Kenyan agritech startup Farm to Feed has raised $1.5 million (Sh194 million) in capital to scale up its local operations and expand to other African markets.
Founded in 2021 by Claire van Enk, Anouk Boertien and Zara Benosa, the company’s B2B (business-to-business) platform aggregates produce from smallholder farmers, including items that are fit for consumption but are at risk of being wasted due to cosmetic issues such as size or shape.
By connecting farmers with businesses such as restaurants and food processors, the venture aims to boost farmers’ incomes, tackle food loss, and reduce methane emissions from rotting food.
The new funding comprises $1.27 million (Sh164 million) in equity investment, led by Delta40 Venture Studio and including the DRK Foundation, Catalyst Fund, Holocene, Marula Square, 54Co, Levare Ventures, and Mercy Corps Ventures.
It also includes some $230,000 (Sh29.7 million) in non-dilutive funding (where founders are not ceding shares) from the German development finance institution DEG’s DeveloPPP Ventures programme.
Farm to Feed says it has so far onboarded 6,500 farmers in five counties around Nairobi, and plans to put the new capital towards scaling operations across more parts of Kenya, where an estimated 40 percent of food produced is wasted before it reaches consumers.
“This funding allows us to expand our reach, connecting more farmers to a market that is increasingly demanding sustainably produced food,” Ms Enk, the CEO, told the Business Daily.
She added that they also intend to strengthen their digital platform, expand their new semi-processed product line and explore nearby regional markets.
“We are using technology to defragment operations in the agriculture value chain and look forward to enhancing our systems to support expansion beyond borders and create an export market for local farmers,” Ms Enk added.
According to a report by the World Resources Institute from September 2025, specific crops such as fruit, maize and potatoes in Kenya experience significant loss percentages due to poor infrastructure, substandard storage and high cosmetic standards for export.
Since 2021, Farm to Feed says it has grown 100 percent year-on-year, sold more than 2.1 million kilogrammes of produce and avoided 247 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent.
Delta40’s co-founder and managing partner, Lyndsay Holley Handler, said: “Whether through exports, B2B sales, or value addition, Farm to Feed is creating a true win-win-win for farmers, businesses, and the planet.”
The start-up’s latest funding follows a $1 million (Sh129 million) pre-seed (initial) investment in 2024 and brings to $1.7 million (Sh219.6 million) the total investment the venture has raised to date, as per its profile on Crunchbase, a business information provider.
