FarMart partners with Aerem to boost energy efficiency in India’s agri-food sector through rooftop solar solutions

In a pioneering collaboration, FarMart, a leading SaaS-based food commerce platform, and Aerem, India’s premier rooftop solar provider for MSMEs, have partnered to tackle a critical challenge in India’s agri-food ecosystem: providing reliable, affordable energy for food processing.

This partnership integrates Aerem’s clean energy rooftop solar solutions into FarMart’s extensive network of over 3.8 million farmers, 1,500+ food processors, and 4,000+ food businesses across India, the Middle East, and Africa. By leveraging FarMart’s decentralized, tech-enabled supply platform and Aerem’s full-stack solar ecosystem—which includes a digital platform, an RBI-licensed NBFC, and a B2B marketplace of verified suppliers—the collaboration aims to reduce energy costs, improve uptime, and promote sustainable scaling for food processors.

Energy intermittency has long hindered enhanced food processing infrastructure, driving costs higher and limiting growth potential. This partnership directly addresses this bottleneck by bringing clean, affordable solar energy to the backbone of India’s food economy, enabling a more resilient, decentralized, and tech-driven agri value chain.

“Our partnership with FarMart Solaris is a powerful step towards accelerating solar adoption in India’s food processing sector. Our shared goal is to make clean energy accessible, helping processors cut costs, reduce emissions, and build resilient businesses for the future,” said Anand Jain, Founder & CEO, Aerem.

“Reliable energy has become foundational infrastructure for the food economy,” said Alekh Sanghera, Co-founder & CEO, FarMart. “We’re excited to collaborate with Aerem to help our partners transition to clean energy and build a future-ready agri-supply chain.”

The collaboration also garners praise from Avaana Capital, the early-stage investor backing both firms.

“We’re delighted to see two Avaana portfolio companies—FarMart and Aerem—come together in a partnership that brings transformative value at the intersection of energy and food systems. Together, they are powering the agri value chain with clean energy, strengthening resilience, unlocking productivity, and creating systems-level change. Congratulations to both teams—this is exactly the kind of collaboration that will shape a Viksit Bharat,” said Anjali Bansal, Founding Partner, Avaana Capital.