Agritech pitch deck
Agritech investors have seen fast growth disappear when a season went wrong or a subsidy ended. They want to see that farmers come back season after season, that reaching each farmer gets cheaper, and that each transaction leaves a real margin.
The numbers
Farmers buy by season, live far apart and trust people more than apps. The numbers that matter follow from that.
How many farmers bought or used the service in a season, and the acres they farm. Monthly charts mislead in agriculture because demand moves with the crop calendar.
On the slide: season by season, with the same season a year earlier beside it.
What share of one season's farmers come back the next. It shows trust, which is the hardest thing to win in rural markets.
On the slide: by season cohort and by district, since trust spreads village by village.
Field staff, demos, village meetings and partner commissions per new farmer. In agritech this is often the biggest cost and the one most decks leave out.
On the slide: by channel: own field team, input dealers, FPOs or other partners.
Seeds, fertiliser and crop protection often sell on thin margins. Commentary on large Indian agritech platforms notes how much growth depends on input sales with thin margins[1].
On the slide: by product line, with the higher-margin products, such as advisory, credit or output buying, shown separately.
The same fictional company. Revenue peaks before sowing and dips between seasons. Show seasons side by side so investors compare like with like.
Distribution
Reaching farmers is slow and expensive. Investors want to see that your cost per farmer falls as you grow, because that is what makes the model scale.
Own field teams build trust fastest but cost the most. Input dealers and retailers already have the relationship, but take a margin and may push their own products. Farmer producer organisations (FPOs) bring many farmers at once and can buy and sell together, which suits services like inputs and output marketing.
On the slide, show cost per new farmer for each channel over the last few seasons, and the share of new farmers who came through a referral from another farmer. That last number is the clearest sign the model will spread.
Say what happens in a bad season: a weak monsoon, a price crash or a pest outbreak. Investors will ask, and a prepared answer is reassuring.
In the meeting
Slide by slide
The order follows the structure most investors expect, from Sequoia's original business plan outline[2] to Y Combinator's seed deck advice[3]. The notes are what changes for agritech.
Red flags
Investors give a deck a few minutes. DocSend found average review time fell to under three minutes in 2022[4]. These are the slides that use those minutes badly.
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Twelve slides in investor order with farmers served and repeat rate by season, cost to reach a farmer by channel, gross margin by product line, working capital needs, and how the business handles a bad season.
Farmers or acres served by season, repeat use across seasons, cost to reach a new farmer, margin per transaction by product line, and how much revenue depends on thin-margin input sales.
Through their own field teams, input dealers and retailers, farmer producer organisations (FPOs) and referrals from other farmers. Each has a different cost and level of trust.
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Figures from these sources were current when this guide was written. Rules and benchmarks change, so check the latest version before you rely on one.