About us
Company
An agri-fintech company connecting Cambodia's farms to the banks, MFIs, and development partners that finance and support them. Our satellite-powered platforms turn farm data into credit and monitoring intelligence.
Our mission
De-risking agricultural lending so more Cambodian farmers can access affordable credit
Our vision
A Cambodia where every loan decision is backed by reliable, real-world farm data and every farmer is bankable and connected
Our value
- Integrity: Walk the talk!
- Innovation: Celebrate failure!
- Leadership: Own your work!
Founding story
Carl and Perwez met at IMD Business School in Switzerland, where they discovered a shared passion for using technology as an equalizer in society. Their interest in Cambodian agriculture is attributed to Carl's familial ties and the potential to make a significant impact on people's lives, as farming contributes to more than one-fifth of Cambodia's GDP.
konektAgri was thus born, keeping the farmer at its core. While researching the Cambodian market, they met Sokkim, a 20-year-old AgTech entrepreneur whose work has impacted hundreds of Cambodian farmer households and Janmejaya whose technology company has worked to build credit solutions for underserved families in India.
Together, they diagnosed and developed the idea of agriKredit to solve the problem of high credit costs, so that farmers can concentrate on their job – feeding the world!
Meet our team
Carl Chih-Chieh Huang
Co-Founder & CEO
Family business in Cambodia; General Mgmt. in SE Asia; MBA–IMD, Switzerland
Perwez Akhtar
Co-Founder & CSO
Strategy consulting; Research & Tech. in USA; MBA–IMD, Switzerland; MS–Univ. of Michigan
Sokkim Neak
COO
B tech, Information Technology - Cambodia. Founder of CHALATEX, Cambodia (Since 2021) Featured by Impact hub & IFAD (United Nations)
Janmejay Mohapatra
CTO
B tech, Computer Science - India. Founder of Ajatus software, India ($7m) that specialize in Web, Mobile apps, and analytic platform design
Minerva Singh
Chief Scientist
Satellite data modeling in Cambodia; AI/ML Engineer; Research fellow - Imperial College, London; PhD - University of Oxford
Sandra Cherian
GIS Tech Advisor
Remote sensing expert & company founder; PhD – BITS, INDIA; Mtech. – NIT, India
Sanjeet Kumar Mishra
Senior Front-end Developer
Muny Roth
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Stefan Zieglmeier
Business Strategy
Sakonna Pao
Finance & Accounting
Kean Youhorng
AI/ML Engineer
Makara Nuol
Senior Software Engineer
Chhuon Sokhchea
Agronomy
Pho Theara
Agronomy
Srey Sophea
Management Trainee
Ly Buntheng
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Srun Kimlang
Data / AI Engineer Trainee
Watt Chansophavy
Data Scientist
Tieng Sopanha
Business Analyst
Marady Roeung
Management Trainee
Roeurm Dara
Technical and Product development
Advisory team
Chao-ching Huang
Market
Chairman, TCM Eng., Cambodia
Dr. Sophea Nhean
Agronomy
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia
Jagriti De
Technology
Senior Director, DHL Digital Business, USA
Dr. Christian Kingombe
Impact investment
Managing Partner, 4IP group (Impact Investing Group), Switzerland
Takashi Tsushima
Agricultural finance
CEO, Khemrak Machinery (Microfinance), Cambodia