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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: $16.6M. Latest round: Series B. Key investors include Saama Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Omnivore, Insignia Ventures Partners, AgFunder.

Founded
2016
Headquarters
Gurgaon, India
Team size
100-500
Total funding
$16.6M

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

Intello Track: A mobile application for instant quality grading and automated reporting using smartphone cameras., Intello Sort & FruitSort: AI-driven automated machines that physically segregate produce based on size, color, and defects., Intello Pack & FlowStar: Automated weighing, packing, and labeling systems integrated with quality sensors., Intello Deep: A handheld deep-learning scanner for non-destructive testing of internal traits like brix, pH, and moisture., Intello ShelfEye: An AI solution for real-time shelf monitoring in retail stores to track freshness and stock levels.

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

Selected as one of the top 20 startups for the India AI Impact Summit (2024), Granted a patent in 2025 for an AI-integrated 'System to Weigh and Pack Agricultural Products', Successfully expanded operations to the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia, Pioneered smartphone-based AI for instant crop grading

Growth metrics

Reported FY24 revenue of INR 6.43 Cr (~$0.8M); maintains a workforce of 180+ employees and expanded into European markets in early 2025.

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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