MazaoHub Closes $2M Oversubscribed Seed to Scale Climate-Smart, Data-Driven Agronomy Services.

We are happy to announce that MazaoHub has closed a $2 million oversubscribed Seed round, comprising $1.5M in equity led by @Catalyst Fund with participation from @Nordic Impact Fund, Mercy Corps Ventures, elea Foundation, Impacc, and DOB Equity, and $500k in non-dilutive capital from the Livelihood Impact Fund a strong signal of growing investor appetite for blended finance in climate adaptation.

MazaoHub operates a hybrid Tech & Touch model that fuses soil sensors, portable soil kits, and AI-powered farm management software with on-the-ground agronomists and direct market access. Our offline-first platform equips farmers with crop dashboards, cost analysis tools, and daily checklists built for low-connectivity environments, while rural agribusinesses are upgraded into Farmer Excellence Centers—“agricultural clinics” where professional agronomists deliver in-person guidance informed by digital insights. At harvest, CropSupply.com connects farmers directly to buyers and ensures full traceability from soil data to shipment, addressing one of agribusiness’s toughest challenges: supply-chain transparency.

For investors, this round validates a system that turns data into execution: diagnostics from sensors feed the software; agronomists translate insights into field practices; Farmer Excellence Centers institutionalize quality and record-keeping; and CropSupply.com links verified production to demand. The blended financing structure equity alongside non-dilutive capital reinforces resilience and capital efficiency, enabling disciplined scale where rural connectivity and last-mile service matter most.

Our model is intentionally built to deliver both productivity gains and climate benefits. By reducing fertilizer use by up to 30%, boosting organic manure adoption fivefold, and optimizing irrigation, farmers grow more food with fewer inputs while lowering emissions, saving water, and cutting energy use.

As Geophrey Tenganamba, CEO and Co-Founder of MazaoHub, explains: “Farmers become data-driven decision-makers, buyers gain trusted traceability, and agribusinesses operate as climate-smart franchises. This is where sustainability meets scale.”

Investors view this as Africa leapfrogging into a data-driven agricultural future.

“MazaoHub is showing that African agriculture can blend data insights with local agronomists to enable sustainable farming at scale,” said Maelis Carraro, Founder and Managing Partner at Catalyst Fund.

That perspective aligns with the way our approach converts data into execution at the farm gate and accountability at the point of sale. Standardized “climate-smart franchise” operations ensure consistent quality and record-keeping across locations, delivering trusted traceability that shortens diligence for buyers, aligns incentives for agribusinesses, and gives farmers clear, replicable pathways to higher productivity with lower input intensity.

This confidence is shared by our climate-focused investors.

As Lisbeth Stausholm Zacho, Managing Director at Nordic Impact Funds, put it: “Our investment is driven by its profound climate impact. MazaoHub is cutting emissions, building resilience, and ensuring millions of smallholders are included in the digital transition.”

The round also strengthens the financial rails that turn productivity into prosperity. CRDB Bank Foundation has signed on to embed inclusive finance into our ecosystem, ensuring that productivity gains translate into improved livelihoods.

“By linking financial products to MazaoHub’s soil intelligence and sourcing systems, we can ensure that the benefits farmers achieve with data actually reduce lending risks and drive systemic change,” said Tullyesther Mwambapa, Managing Director of CRDB Foundation.

By tying credit to verified farm data and traceable volumes, we align incentives for farmers, buyers, and lenders speeding adoption while de-risking the entire value chain.Integrating finance with verified agronomy and traceable sourcing creates measurable risk reduction and market trust. Sensors and soil kits power diagnostics; AI turns those diagnostics into precise field actions; agronomists ensure execution on the ground; and CropSupply.com validates outcomes at the point of sale. This closed loop shortens diligence for buyers, lowers default risk for lenders, and gives farmers a clear, replicable path to higher yields with lower input intensity.

The new capital will accelerate production of our low-cost soil kits and sensors, expand our network of Farmer Excellence Centers, and finance the rollout of CropSupply.com, which began piloting earlier this year. With food systems under increasing pressure from climate shocks, our bet is clear: combine AI, hardware, and human expertise to make farming not just more productive, but fundamentally more efficient and climate-aligned and, for the first time, connect smallholder farmers to global markets with full farm-level traceability.

Every season strengthens this loop. More verified practices generate richer datasets; richer datasets improve recommendations and credit scoring; better recommendations and right-sized finance produce more reliable, traceable volumes. That compounding advantage makes the model defensible, scalable, and aligned with climate and food-security priorities positioning MazaoHub for disciplined growth and investor-grade resilience. For investors tracking climate adaptation, supply-chain transparency, and rural digitization, we welcome early conversations ahead of our next financing window in 2027.

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