Josef Amarra

👨🏽‍🌾Mayani is a full-stack agri-fisheries value chain platform that builds rural rails for smallholder farmers and fisherfolks to access the following: market, inputs, and credit. They directly source fresh produce, seafood, and other agricultural products from over 139,000 organized smallholder farmers and fisherfolks and distributes to 30,000+ retail customers and 230+ commercial stores (supermarket giants Robinsons Retail, WalterMart, Puregold, and Merry Mart; hotel chains like City of Dreams and Hilton Hotel; and restaurant brands like Bon Chon and Max’s Group) 🏆ADB Innovation in Focus Awardee 2021 and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Sinag Spark Awardee 2021 🌏Our global coalition of early-stage believers includes ADB, Silicon Valley VC firms AgFunder and Plug and Play Ventures, family behind Malaysian conglomerate OSK Group, the Singapore-based Atlas Ventures and Accelerating Asia Ventures, the Kakao-backed TheVentures of South Korea, Indonesian impact fund Terazura Investments, Philippine retail giant Waltermart, Australian blue investor Ocean Impact Organization, global impact investors, and Asian family offices. We envision to fully unlock the $20B potential of the Philippine agri-fisheries by making the agri-supply chain more efficient, equitable for farmers and fisherfolks, and more dependable for buyers. Our capability to bridge the agri-credit gap, as well as provide access to quality inputs, contribute towards the maximization of the sector's peak growth potential. We are doing this through our end-to-end agri-fisheries value chain innovation, scale-driven market partnerships, and massive smallholder grassroots network. Join us as we continue this tech revolution in the agritechnology space.