2. Agriculture Challenges
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Water scarcity – 1000+ ft
groundwater
Increase in Labour cost – INR
300 to 350 /Day
Excess Irrigation/Fertigation –
15% to 20% yield drop
Irrigation at odd times
Erratic power –
available 3 to 4 hrs / Day
Thumb rules
5. (sensor mode)
controls water &
fertilizer flow by
measuring
soil moisture,
soil temperature,
air temperature &
humidity,
rain sensor
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Has 4 variants
4 – 8 – 16 valves | 5 fertigation tanks | 2 pumps | 6 sensors |
6 water meters | 1 auto flush filter
Motor scheduler
(no valve control)
Timer based
Volume based
Sensor based
intelligent
monitoring
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6. • valves and sensors
can go wireless
powered by solar
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• controlled over SMS / 3G / Internet
• data analytics through an app or a
web interface
Siri
Siri
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Siri
Siri – Smart Nutrigator
1 to 3 Venturi Injectors,
150-350 LPH
Expandable upto 5 tanks
EC / pH Monitor
8. Progress so far...
120+ Installations in Karnataka, Tamil Naidu & Andhra Pradesh
“Automation saved 25% to 30% of water & around 300 man-hours / month ”
“Crop yield has been increased by 15% after using Flybird’s irrigation controller”Prabhakar
Panchavathi Farms
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“90+ Small / Medium Scale Farmers”
Patent pending – Irrigation & Fertigation methods
9. Business Model & Sustainability Plan
Greenhouse
farmers
Orchards /
Plantations
farmers
Open field
farmers
1
2 3
Sales
Strategy
MARKET OPPORTUNITY
Channel Partners
1) Drip Irrigation Dealer
2) Greenhouse Dealer
3) Agri Consultants
4) Agri Input & Equipment dealers
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70 million Ha Area suitable for micro irrigation
in India
7+ million Ha
Under Micro Irrigation
CACR – 9.6%
1 Lakh Ha Area under protected cultivation
/ greenhouse by 2020
10. Siri
works well in
open fields –
marginal to the
large
greenhouses
plantations &
corporate farms
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CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION
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R&D pipeline & Scale-up plan
Products
Low cost standalone fertigation kit
Wireless nodes with range > 1 km
Analytics services
Pre-set crop based irrigation &
fertigation protocols for 100%
automation
Disease prediction & alert
services
Data analytics & insight services
Installation of 8,000+ units in next 3 years
13. CORE TEAM
Satish K S
Founder, CEO
▪ 16+ Yrs of
Electronics &
Software
Industry
▪Aerospace and
Automotive
domains
experience
▪ Farming
background
Joseph D
Operations Manager
• 8+ years of product
development &
customer service
and installation on
Solar pumps and
Irrigations products
Srinivas
Ramanujam
Villgro - Advisor
•Innovation,
marketing & business
dev. professional
•15 years of exp in
FMCG, Auto, Agri &
Finance sectors
• Advising startups on
growth
Chakravarthy AB
Director
▪ Sr Investment
Manager at
Menterra Venture
▪ 8 years in investing
& incubating start-
up enterprises in the
areas of Agriculture,
Energy, Health,
Livelihoods, ICT for
development, Water
& Sanitation.
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David Baptist
R&D Manager
• 6+ yrs exp in
design &
development of
electronics /
embedded
systems
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Impact achieved
➢ 25% to 30% of water savings
➢ 10 to 15% Crop yield increased
➢ Less dependent on manpower and no human errors
➢ Conservation of electric power
➢ Reduces weeds and agri inputs
15. “Making Every Drop of Water Count”
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SiriSmart Irrigation
