eFishery Receives Grants from Barclays and Unreasonable Group, Helps Partners Affected by Pandemic

Aims to help fish farmers develop their businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, platform agritech eFishery receives funding in the form of grant or a grant from Barclays and Unreasonable Group. eFishery will be entitled to pocket funds worth US$100 thousand or equivalent to 1,4 billion Rupiah which is expected to be used to provide impact to the business and its ecosystem.

To DailySocial CEO of eFishery, Gibran Huzaifah, said that previously eFishery had become part of the program, and the opportunities and funding obtained were not based on personal choices. random but offered based on the plan to be implemented.

When asked what eFishery's short-term plan through this fund will be, Gibran emphasized that he will directly help farmers who are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

"So far, many fish cultivators have found it difficult to sell their harvests and many culinary SMEs have also closed. So we will buy farmers' fish, processed, seasoned and roasted.Branding with the cooperation of culinary SMEs, then distributed to related parties such as health workers or informal workers through social assistance," said Gibran.

The curation process will be carried out by eFishery through the data it has, related to relevant farmers and fishermen to be assisted. With these fresh funds, the next plan from eFishery is to help provide solutions in the fisheries sector affected by Covid-19.

Previously eFishery has also launched eFisheryFund which is aimed at helping fish/shrimp farmers to get additional capital, collaborating with Alami Sharia as a partner and encouraging their presence paylater sharia-based. The eFishery financing service, which was introduced earlier this year, has also partnered with iGrow, BRI Syariah, Amartha, and Batuumbu.

New logo and eFisheryFresh

Last June, the company has also updated its logo, which is claimed to mark the company's new, stronger spirit and commitment. eFishery has become an ecosystem that covers all aspects aqua culture. This achievement certainly involves all business units, in accordance with the company's initial goals.

Their newest Porudk B2C, eFisheryFresh, is also claimed to have experienced positive growth and is considered very relevant to current conditions. Partner with the platform marketplace and E-commerce such as Blibli and Tokopedia.

Through this marketplace, customers can directly buy fresh fish offered by eFishery agents. Starting from catfish, tilapia, dori fillet, carp and many more.

"Our most recent new service is eFisheryFresh which has begun to penetrate the B2C customer segment. So retail buyers can place orders for fish from us as well," said Gibran.