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ROOTS FOOD & BIOAG TECH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM ROOTS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR INDIA BRIEF OUTLINE ANTENNAE First Batch VPP} CONTENT © Introduction © Program brief © Macro trends and market opportunities @ Why partner with Roots ¢ Verticals and sub-verticals of the program INTRODUCTION ANTENNAE Is launching a new program in Food and BIoAG calledRoots. This program will support indian startups developing innovative solutions in Food and Blo Agricutture. We look for partners, investors, and corporates who share same vision, ambition and willingness to participate. In this presentation, we briefly outline macro trends, program concept and the key benefits in doing it together. ifyou'd like to further discuss it, please contact us for a zoom call. ROOTS Accelerator Program Introduction encore et oes cee ra Teno tet ieee eee startups ncorporated in India as well as (possibly) overseas stortups ere reser sn ‘The program will target startups that nave developed and ready to market Peete er cc uN tea) eae ee en eee Lee ea The accelerator program will be backed by Syndicated Funding which wil Cee eae oust tele leOe nee eis aa) startup. The accelerator program will leverage the existing curriculum, mentors, Fe etnare reacts enc oe Tee acl (estes ec aed tee on ae eat THE CLOCK IS TICKING An HBR study indicates that the global food demand is expected to increase anywhere between §9% to 98% by PA) aT MI ciate -aclelgcolel Url iee-IaloR(elolel industries in ways we have never seen before, Biotechnology is expected to play a key role in meeting the growing demand and provide sustainable solutions. Macrotrends in Food & BioAG Tech Farms and retailers that remain competitive in the future will reinvent their business models, embrace digital technologies and collaborate closely with startups disrupting the industry. Feeding the world and sustaining earthly resources will be the greatest challenge of the 21st century. It will be impossible without scientific advancement in biotechnology In EMDEs, significant levels of food loss occur throughout food value chains, ‘AMEE suo eu cee nyo ‘owing to managerial and technical on limitations in harvesting, storage, transportation, processing, packaging and marketing. Source: ATO Market linkage-farm inputs Digital marketplace and physical infrastructure to lnk farmers to inputs Biotech Research on plant/animal life sclenoes and genomics Farmingasa service Farm equipment for rent on a pay-per-use basis Precision agriculture and fam management Use of geospatal/weathor lta. 107, sensors. robots etc. to Improve product farm ‘management solutions for resource and Pett management et eee eee ear Farm mechanization and automation facilities for input procurement, Industrial automation using machinery tots and robots in seeding ‘equipment. etc. Insurance/ ‘materia nandling. harvesting, ete reinsurance of cop Farm infrastructure framing technologies such as green house systems indoor/outdoor farming, crip rgation, environmental contrat such as heating and ventilation | ‘ually management and traceailty Information platforms online platform for agronomic. pricing, market info Post: harvest produce handing qual check. and analy, produce rmontorng an taceabity n storage and transpetaton | Supply chain tech and output mat kage Digital platform and physical infrastructure to handle post-harvest supply cchain and connect farm output withthe customers Ba ee 2 —& India’s food and agriculture pain points versa uber pn aeons) pes era ree ne angen areumersramce Dee eer ie ere oe erey Sener ese rar a Supply haninpromers nd otciencee ane ousrans weg nino See a owncien Poa re iaeeeeoions See ee ee peer rea) Esc ‘range ana ence Seer eee rate Dateien recon teciucn Fa eee spauracancrs eheen « Easy vaazan eee or Peery The accelerator program will be designed to provide startups with the right support, at the right time, from the right people to increase the likelihood of success across all Reet ones AGRITECH MARKET SEGMENT PONTENTIAL PETERS? | fe yearn optimal input selection pearance a [ep cesineehthotty acess ecertion ee any UESh Uneven quality and ack ofarge| Quality menagement and an pane Peed : Dee Ce ead a ci reese ieee 7a ari ‘Ag Biotechnology LW OnFaminus cop & arn ag reuinggent mierblome, esc, anima heat Agri Food Categories ( ~) Ag Biotechnology Citured meat, novel ingredients, plant haved pratt. ‘Agribusiness Marketplaces Commodities raging pormsonine nut proautement, equipmentleasng Shefstackrg robots, 30 food printers POS syste, food In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech waste montringot Bioenergy & Biomaterial Nr food extraction & processing feedstock technology cannabis pharmaceutics Restaurant Marketplaces Grime laters hn nd tom were ot vedo Farm Management Software, Sensing & oT Grocery EELUS agaatacaptng devices decsionssinpor sohwere ‘Ghinesiores and maretlaces forsale deen of ASH processed & un processed ag procs to censumer Farm Robotics. Mechanization & Equipment =y,) Home & Cooking Tach jj | Ciera eae Srerthichen aprlertes tin tepid equipment testing devices Midstream Technologies Online Restaurants & Mea Kits BIG, Food ane erocenbity ech logics tanepon, Startups feng culnany meds ard sending pre portoned EEE grocesingtech ingredient to cook thome, TEP Novel FarmingSytems $0, Mebor fas suze, ea, ese production Miscellaneous eg. fe Finer ir farmers ‘loud Retail infrastructure {UPSTREAM On-demand enabling tech, rosters as aleceteny|) lj OOWNUPSTREAM fats 8 sees Bo Biotechnology sector recognized as one of the key drivers for contributing to India's USD 5 Trlion economy target by 2024. Indian Biotechnology sector is poised to grow exponentially cover the next decade. Policy initatves of Government of India (Gol) such as the Make in India program are almed to develop india asa world-class Biotechnology and Blo- manufacturing hub. ire Bolg cnporan asco osrears an eure anaye net ar epaeamgsia anaes ‘uth rican oreorrmaanee sm ce spread ara ernie th rend ‘Penal Hone an char eto pyseane inating mene guy ni mea Mixed Reality (AR/VR) ocean inapnimocln as snort rine A sit crane rented ep tab her ‘esetrenysmasten oes a crus eamente fm pad vcte nia re, ‘ua spy RN TETOM NE POS NI ‘nce madot wep cing omeron ny roigrae losin suas esa psisoteq dpe Tissue Engineering adap Dapew er mero an Dereon me ann a aad ep a “SSS ‘Peedi cry pal enka fm Big Data ee ey selctaeeeigaeeretfae eT Sra ieasenaren caer ert ja paces made eee eee Peete eee arse rearie Seicayaimedoomcccmrsren cme ane eect One a 3D Gene Editing Bioprinting eesti) pe ee eae roener terete Ss _soectrurf anaes then Eevestersere: eae) esos ee ‘osensors can der sata ‘wphysdansin echime ® epescesieeient pea improve quay anc bias Be = ‘ato Nanomedicine sera acne oe i, sodas reise mai ere, inept nied. eel sso dus eam eso nr re rete parm mieeuyoh sa rar mage, Inti san andebe haere errs kar ey and ie ring Synthetic Biology & metabolic Engineering Ee eres aaa eee ae eee mecsedeta ek deat le feet egos aes pet ferme teratoma ee eee aad Artificial Inteligence(Al) Themed ee ree lage arcu ita sah ens and sim A ab a a cedercnd ope, suds planing dane sev up da art em nha sae ‘gas rman werent plan BioAG TECH QUANTUM BIOLOGY BIO MANUFACTURING. PRECISION AGRICULTURE / SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES DRONES & ROBOTICS FOODTECH LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN & FOOD WASTE FOOD SECURITY ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS NOVEL INGREDIENTS CELLULAR AGRICULTURE PACKAGING INNOVATION Program Overview | pang opr nga hs ea ad ete SIs Dey cee Minimum acceptance criteria: Near POC stage and above BOE RUE ese cas PRC ame ecuucsa enka ey eRe ae NA etc eos Average ticket size 50K-IM USD Equity for Antennae Ventures: 5-10% Coe NC RRR RAC La} Program Objective PROGRAM VALUE ADD ‘The program wilbe designed fr Food and BovgrTech startups thathave establishes product maret ft andre loping for opportunities for commercakzation and scaing Pees Peeyeauen Cec cu ‘The program has 3main ‘Acces to Antennae's Investor network. * investor matchmsiongto objective " mn | eae cin oe eerese + cafteaten a canpercareachang 2 Re arereioen Sette apertons requirement, neangiatrm a ee) Re os + Assman low on + invoucin eats ng pretiartarieate sensors SS aeecate nent * Data ror an path es-poron Sepet 3 + Conuctastrupsyeih + gest tris Food are 3088 spoon Sesser + Unesco ie ks ass ES x Program Development Process -our multi-phase approach + 313 month accelerator + Defoe neseent ies + foplestinsreven tecudencecratoraea OP * Defnestetup cole + Ramo up prase etended fesiblty mere ccs seeking to engage maturily, 00) conrneriivation adnan ‘alton reson et) + Imestment Commit ats penning + Deine progamacttis, vithaliop candidates + Fulytaiered hands-on ‘cbjecves&RaRarongall + eaended du digece nd aureulum partes frelsleci ofsartnsta + Pict! POC sopingand + Desizingcurioium and _acceptito the progam pops deepen based ‘ontent around jor + Negoate ard signal oncrporte neds progam objedues | eopsninestrecand + acess to antennae gob ss 7 mentor and vendor neta + Demo Day tohghight progress endear floor VR Sry Paar Eau) Dao ast 4 Ld cra Dat Pontential Program Structure ‘The accelerator program will be designed to provide startups with the right support at Ce ee eee epee ree | Reece’ RELIMINARY DUE EO eu Gy EPP ety EXTENDED DUE Po ieee ut) Fut Peart POC MANAGEMENT STEADY STATE Ta ey err ate Peat) ld cee Aaa Doe eed eee Dee ete) ea Seay Stee ee a ela clint iene eee dlesrabity feeeeeetr et] tears Deets Beret Seer ay OTE ed Decree scl curriculum foreach teem alone | opportunities Eek ek eats Deere tarde Ser TL er a tec dec Do DEE alos Seon eee eee Sree ern oes Seen Cea cig Credit Al Is an agri focussed fintech startup. Credit Ai provides financial access and inclusion to small and marginal farmers through Farmer Credit Profiling and Closed Loop Monitoring Data Points for Creating Effective Credit Risk Profiling with a digital transaction ecosystem ee ey i) Dynamic Data Repository For Each harvest + Farmer & Land + Crop & Vield Date + Soll Data + Weter Source : Ni eae eu a Close-Loop Digital Card CCA Farmer Smart Cards a dose loo0 Digital Card issued to Farmer Members cof Farmer Producer Organization (FROs) ‘The card is linked to a Virtual Wallet that enables the farmer to avail inputs, Cashless-loans and commodity rade through the FPOs AITP Pree nce) ei een oT Sales Management System is designed and customized to manage ‘Agri Inputs shops/FO Business CAI Farmer Smart Card isa ose loop Digital Card issued to Farmer Members of Farmer Producer Organization (FROs) ‘Tho card is linked to a Virtual Wallet that ‘enables the ‘farmer to avail inputs, Cashlessoans and ‘commodity trade through the FPO PNAS t) Seta Tet ene eee ed labour shortage with the vision of building data driven farming. Agsense has developed a very innovative and ‘offordable potato harvester product that has a very attractive unit economics with less than 2 seasons of payback pee Te) See seal beeen eure) eli xcer tty [iced ieee eee No soil collected potatoes Seal GFRESH AGROTECH ‘The GFresh Agrotech’ is a Supply Chain Company focusing on Single Commodity to achieve Global leadership market share by digi the supply chain on Blockchain and Al for mapping the traceability, supply and demand around the commodity. Eliminates middlemen, Ce eee eis rete et eu ed rece Cae ee eee ence es 500 + STARTUPS IN CURATION Advisors / Mentors Rajendra Bhinge Kumar Subramanian Vinit Jain ‘Sapna Dudani Gunaventh Vaid Deepak Pareok Dr. Ravi Shankar Shweta Shalini sumit kadria Fund Partners ‘Omnivore Nabventures Samunnati ° aay Abeer sosrnernes? astir , = ventures ‘AG Funder Indian Angel Network Astir Ventures Hydrabad Angels Upaya Social Ventures a Partners (in talks) Le sencai a out DFAN- eo ‘Omidyar Network Benzaild ‘Sprout venture partners ‘Angel netw¢ : ninjacart [ (euef CHE” SocsEED Hiden ene pected ae [ena] (ao } [omen] (-] Naga’ a Theta Labs Incubators Onboarded 2 GKVKUAS : Unvisersity of Agricultural, Banglore University of Horticultural Scienses, Bagalkot University of Agricultural sclences, Dharwad ( Govt of Kamatake) Deshpande Foundation ( US & India) Christ University Bangalore ‘National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (uaarM) Hyderabad forward to collaborations and partnerships.

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