Secai Marche, a farm-to-table success platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, introduced as we speak it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 million USD) in Collection A funding. The spherical included participation from enterprise capital agency The Agribusiness Funding and Session Co., Spiral Ventures Asia Fund I and Past Subsequent Ventures.

This brings the startup’s whole raised thus far to $4.5 million. TechCrunch final coated Secai Marche when it raised seed funding from Rakuten and Past Subsequent in 2021.

Since its seed funding, Secai Marche has constructed out its warehouse administration and success system for perishables and established a chilly provide chain from farm to end-users that covers over 300 farmers. Founder Ami Sugiyama advised TechCrunch that by optimizing its provide chain and minimizing lead time for deliveries, Secai Marche is ready to keep a wastage charge of lower than 1%.

Sugiyama stated that the meals service distribution trade in Southeast Asia may be very giant however highly-fragmented and inefficient. Secai Marche helps easy bumps alongside the F&B provide chain with its in-house software program, like a warehouse administration system and demand forecast for perishable objects. Over 4,000 objects can be found on the platform from farmers in Southeast Asia and Japan, together with greens, fruit, eggs and seafood. They promote to greater than 500 retailers and HORECA (accommodations, eating places and catering) prospects.

Different farm-to-table startups in Southeast Asia which have raised funding over the previous couple of years embrace Eden Farm, Kamereo and FreshKet.

Secai Marche strives to distinguish from different farm merchandise wholesale platforms by offering an end-to-end success resolution open to all farmers, which implies it carries a greater diversity of merchandise, and offering extra transparency

The funding shall be used to develop Secai Marche’s demand forecast system and optimize truck routing because it expands its service areas.