AgroStar crosses Rs 850 Cr revenue in FY25; cuts losses

AgroStar continued its steady growth and crossed Rs 850 crore in operating revenue in the fiscal year ended March 2025. The Pune-based firm also reduced its losses by 56% during the same period.

AgroStar’s operating revenue increased by 14.2% to Rs 853 crore in FY25 from Rs 747 crore in FY24, according to its consolidated financial statement sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC).

AgroStar runs a full-stack agritech platform that sells agri-inputs such as seeds, crop protection and nutrition products, while using AI-led and expert advisory to drive farmer engagement and repeat purchases. It also enables limited output linkages through brands such as Kimaye.

Revenue from product sales accounted for 97% of operating revenue and rose 14.5% to Rs 827 crore in FY25. Income from services stood at Rs 13 crore, while other operating income also contributed Rs 13 crore during the year which took its total income to Rs 864 crore in FY25.

On the spending side, the cost of materials remained the largest expense and accounted for 56% of the expense. To the tune of scale, this cost increased 6% to Rs 567 crore in FY25 from Rs 535 crore in FY24. 

Transportation costs rose 31% to Rs 145.5 crore, while employee benefit expenses declined marginally to Rs 108 crore. Depreciation expenses fell sharply by 72.3% to Rs 57 crore. Finance costs increased to Rs 36 crore in the period. Overall, AgroStar reduced its total expenses by 7.4% to Rs 1,008 crore in FY25 from Rs 1,089 crore in FY24.

With steady revenue growth and cost control measures helped Agrostar to cut its losses by 56% to Rs 143.5 crore in FY25 from Rs 327 crore in FY24. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -140.48% and -7.15% respectively.

On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 1.18 to earn a rupee of operating revenue during the fiscal year, compared to Rs 1.46 in FY24. As of March 2025, AgroStar reported cash and bank balances of Rs 120 crore, while its current assets stood at Rs 437 crore.

AgroStar has raised about $186 million to date, including a $30 million round led by Just Climate. Its investors include Aavishkaar India, Bertelsmann, Evolvence India, Chiratae Ventures, and Hero Enterprises. It competes with Ninjacart, DeHaat, and WayCool.

AgroStar’s numbers remind us of Supertails, the pets focused platform.  Like the latter, the firm needs to decide if the services business is actually value accretive in any way, or do away with it. As  services can frequently take away a disproportionate amount of time in such businesses. Like most agri focused firms, the large addressable market assures growth, but margins remain an issue always. That is the key Agrostar needs to unlock, even though the share of products in its costs seems like a good starting point to get there.