Coimbatore-based FounderPassion Foundation will host AgInvest 2026, an investment summit for revenue stage agriculture startups, on 26 September 2026. The event will bring AgriTech founders, investors, research institutions and agricultural bodies onto one platform at a time when AgriTech investment in India has become cautious and selective. Its message to founders is direct: build technology that solves agriculture's biggest economic problems, rather than adding to the long list of farm apps.

FounderPassion Foundation is a not-for-profit Section 8 Startup Accelerator set up in 2018. It works with agriculture and  sustainability startups, with a particular focus on ventures from Tier 2 and 3 cities that can influence the rural economy.

The summit arrives as Indian AgriTech works through a prolonged slowdown. According to Tracxn data, AgriTech companies in India raised $134 million in equity funding across 41 rounds up to July 2026, down from $198 million across 77 rounds in the same period of 2025. Annual funding in the sector had peaked at about $1.19 billion in 2021. Capital has not disappeared, but it has become far more selective about which models it backs.

The summit looks well beyond farm-management software. Focus areas identified by the organisers include food supply chains, preservation and storage, post-harvest technology, farm-to-market systems, precision and predictive agriculture, water technology, soil health, Agri-FinTech, agri-biotech, animal husbandry, sustainable feed, residue management and agro forestry. Technologies such as IoT, AI, drones, robotics and decision-support systems cut across these categories.

According to the organisers, invitations have gone out to investors including Indian Angel Network, IvyCap Ventures, Ankur Capital, TIH IITB, Chennai Angels, Mudhal Partners and some more VC’s.

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