Intello Labs
Category: AI in Agriculture
An AI-powered deep-tech platform that digitizes food quality assessment and automates grading, sorting, and packing for the global agricultural supply chain. Intello Labs was founded in 2016. The company is led by Milan Sharma. Based in Gurgaon, India. Team size: 100-500. Total funding raised: $18M. Latest round: Series B. Key investors include Saama Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Omnivore, Avaana Capital, AgFunder, Ninjacart, Insignia Ventures Partners.
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Gurgaon, India
- Team size
- 100-500
- Total funding
- $18M
Value proposition
Eliminates subjective manual grading to reduce food waste by up to 20%, ensures fair pricing through objective quality data, and cuts sorting costs by nearly 90% through automation.
Products and solutions
Tray Packer Robot: Zero-touch robotic tray packing for premium retail presentation (apple, citrus, avocado)., AI Sorting & Grading Machine: Edge-AI computer vision grading on size, color, defects, internal quality at 95%+ accuracy., FlowStar: Precision weighing and packing for retail/bulk formats reducing labour and weight giveaway., Digital Mandi: Quality-driven digital marketplace connecting AI-graded lots with remote buyers (6–10% price uplift claimed)., Data Intelligence Layer: Lot-level quality analytics, price-quality correlation, supplier benchmarking, and predictive pricing.
Unique value
Democratizes professional-grade food analysis by enabling instant, lab-quality grading via standard smartphones, supported by one of the world's largest proprietary datasets of agricultural commodity images.
Target customer
Large-scale growers, food processors, exporters, retailers (supermarkets), and e-commerce grocery platforms.
Industries served
Agriculture & AgTech, Food & Beverage, Retail & E-commerce, Supply Chain & Logistics
Technology advantage
Combines edge-AI computer vision with IoT-enabled hardware to provide a 'digital twin' of food quality across the entire value chain, from farm gate to retail shelf.
How they differentiate
Democratizes professional-grade food analysis by enabling instant, lab-quality grading via standard smartphones rather than requiring expensive, specialized hardware. It leverages one of the world's largest proprietary datasets of agricultural commodity images for superior AI accuracy.
Main competitors
Clarifruit, AgNext, Apeel Sciences
Key partnerships
Global food brands (e.g., Dole, Ocean Spray), Major retailers (e.g., Reliance Fresh), Government bodies (e.g., Spices Board of India, various Seed Melas), Strategic investors (e.g., Saama Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, AgFunder)
Notable customers
Reliance Fresh, Dole, Ocean Spray, Keventer, Ecom Gill
Major milestones
Named to nasscom Emerge 50 League of 10 at Future Forge 2026 (Aug 2026), Selected among 100 leading Indian DeepTech startups at Bharat Innovates 2026 (Nice, France, Jun 2026), Granted patents in 2025 for 'System to Weigh and Pack Agricultural Products' and 'System to Sort an Agricultural Product', First European order for Intello Fruit Packer (2025); expanding to LATAM, USA, Asia-Pacific, Exhibiting at Asia Fruit Logistica 2026 (Hong Kong)
Growth metrics
FY24 revenue INR 6.43 Cr (~$0.8M per TheKredible); FY25 revenue ~INR 5.43 Cr (Tracxn, Mar 31 2025). LinkedIn lists ~146 employees (51-200 band); PitchBook 155. Expanded to Europe/LATAM/US; exhibiting Asia Fruit Logistica 2026.
Market positioning
Global leader in AI-driven quality assessment for the mid-to-downstream food supply chain, bridging the gap between farm-gate production and retail shelves.
Geographic focus
India, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe.
Patents and IP
Holds multiple registered patents, including a recently granted 2025 patent for a 'System to Weigh and Pack Agricultural Products' and two patents in the 'Testing' category for AI-based quality assessment.
About Milan Sharma
Milan Sharma has over 17 years of experience in retail analytics, pricing strategy, and e-commerce. Prior to co-founding Intello Labs, he served as a Director at Snapdeal, where he led pricing and analytics. He also held senior management positions at dunnhumby, Evalueserve, and AbsolutData Analytics, focusing on consumer behavior and data-driven retail solutions.
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Official website: https://www.intellolabs.com/