Omnivore Harvest #35 - New wins, new faces & a growing ecosystem

Q2 highlights from India’s leading agrifood and climate tech venture firm

Jun 17, 2025

Welcome to the 35th Edition of Omnivore Harvest!

As we cross the halfway mark of 2025, momentum across the Omnivore ecosystem continues to build. This quarter brought fresh capital, new teammates, and strategic progress across several fronts.

Scimplify closed a $40 million round to accelerate its mission of building a smarter, science-led supply chain for specialty chemicals—powering innovation across agriculture, pharma, and materials.

Farmley raised a significant Series C to scale its healthy snacking platform, deepening its farmer-integrated supply chains.

Celcius Logistics secured new funding to strengthen India’s cold chain infrastructure, reducing food loss and improving last-mile delivery for perishables.

We also welcomed three new colleagues to the Omnivore team, each bringing unique capabilities to support our work and deepen our sectoral expertise.

Finally, we launched Biowave, a new initiative to catalyze agrifood life sciences in India. Backed by scientific incubators and global partners, Biowave is designed to support frontier innovations in biotech, bio-based materials, and more.

Let’s dive in.

Scimplify Raises $40M to Power Global Specialty Chemicals

Specialty chemicals manufacturing startup Scimplify has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Accel and existing investor Bertelsmann India Investments.

The round also witnessed participation from UMI, 3one4 Capital, and Omnivore. This brings the company’s total funding to around $54 million.

The fresh capital will drive the Bengaluru-based company’s global expansion, enabling it to scale exports beyond the 16 countries it currently serves while strengthening its presence in life sciences, crop sciences, and industrial chemicals.

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Farmley Raises $40M to Scale Healthy Snacking

Farmley closed a $40 million Series C round led by L Catterton, with participation from existing investor DSG Consumer Partners. The funding will help Farmley expand offline retail, grow its export footprint, and bring more transparency and traceability into India’s dry fruits and healthy snacking sector.

They also plan to invest in formulations and cutting-edge technologies to develop high-quality products with the right ingredients, health benefits, and taste.

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New Additions to Team Omnivore

This quarter, we welcomed Karan, Priyal, and Anubhav to the Omnivore team in Bengaluru.

Karan joins us from The Raine Group, a New York based merchant bank, bringing experience across global private equity, M&A, and advisory, with a background in Economics from Warwick and a CFA charter.

Priyal, previously a Consultant at Dalberg Advisors where she led projects across sustainability and gender equality domains; and a Program Manager at Super School India, now supports both investments and fundraising, with a focus on new climate frontiers.

Anubhav, our new Communications Manager, comes from Absolute, where he led science-driven storytelling across stakeholders, and brings deep expertise in brand, media, and climate communication.

Celcius Logistics joins the Omnivore portfolio with its recent ₹250 Crore Series B fundraise

We’re thrilled to welcome Celcius Logistics to the Omnivore family! Celcius is building a digitally enabled cold chain network to reduce food loss and improve the movement of perishables across India. From fresh produce to life-saving medicines, the company is solving one of India’s most persistent infrastructure gaps with a combination of tech, logistics, and market intelligence.

Their recent ₹250 crore Series B round will help them scale nationwide operations and deepen their footprint across key supply chains.

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Varaha Partners with Patch to Scale Carbon Removal

Varaha, one of our leading carbon removal companies, announced a global partnership with Patch, a leading climate infrastructure platform. The collaboration will enhance Varaha’s ability to deliver high-quality, verified carbon removal credits through projects spanning agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and biochar.

This partnership unlocks new distribution and transparency pathways for climate-conscious buyers worldwide - and further validates the scientific rigor and scalability of Varaha’s model.

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Finhaat - Building Financial Access for Rural India

Finhaat continues to expand its reach across underserved rural and semi-urban regions, enabling access to insurance and financial protection products where they’re needed most. With rising adoption and deeper network effects, Finhaat is helping build the financial safety net for Bharat.

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Biowave: Unveiling India’s Agrifood Life Sciences Platform

In April, we launched Biowave, our new initiative supporting early-stage founders at the cutting edge of agrifood life sciences. Designed in collaboration with IndieBio and Nucleate, and supported by India’s top scientific incubators like BIRAC, SINE & C-CAMP, Biowave is a first-of-its-kind effort to back transformative science across food & fermentation, biomaterials, enzyme tech, and beyond.

We’re already seeing exciting early traction - and can’t wait to support the next generation of scientists-turned-founders.

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