Stellapps Network Processes Billions of Dollars in Milk, Says Kahn
Mark Kahn · Omnivore Ventures: Understanding Agritech From Mark Kahn’s Lens · Apr 12, 2020 · at 7:02
Mark Kahn, co-founder of Omnivore, discusses the scale and market penetration of portfolio company Stellapps in the Indian dairy supply chain.
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“The company now has, you know, billions of dollars of milk flowing through the network of digitized collection centers that they've built.”
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