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About

S4S Technologies is a near-farm gate food processing platform converting farm losses to value- added products providing convenience-driven products to the Food & Beverage Industry -saving time, cost, and energy for them.

S4S trains landless Women, Farmers, transforming them into Micro-Entrepreneurs by providing the right combination of - technology, finance, and market. S4S business model involves manufacturing and installing high-quality solar dryers at farm level farmers, buying back the dried products from farmers, and selling them to food companies.

S4S is working with over 2,700 farmers and monthly serving over 750 customers (~$220k/month) like Nestle, Sodexo, Marico, IRCTC, Taj Stats. We are also supported by Shell Foundation, BMGF, USAID, FICCI, BIRAC, UKAID, DBS Foundation

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Thematic Area

DownstreamAgTech

Geographical area of work

Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Orissa and Coimbatore

Existing Investors

Acumen Fund , Factor(e) Ventures , Shell Foundation

https://s4stechnologies.com/Learn More

Founder(s)

Dr. Vaibhav Tidke

Dr. Vaibhav Tidke, the United Nation’s Leadership awardee, is the cofounder and CEO of S4S Technologies. He is doctorate in Sustainable Technologies Commercialization. Vaibhav holds multiple patents and has commercialized technologies reaching over millions of users in rural and urban areas. With his leadership, he has made key partnerships with market players, government and developmental agencies to solve some of the most challenging problems with scalable solutions. Under his leadership, S4S has nurtured intra-preneurship and created multiple technology and business interventions successfully. Vaibhav is building a diverse team of technocrats, business, and finance.