Milestones

From one farm in Satara to 350+ across India

The Kryzen journey in our own photos: from a self-funded farm and a few friends in 2019 to our own factory, technology and teams across India.

  • 350+Farms built across India
  • 100+ acresDeveloped so far
  • 55,000+Learners in our farming community
  • 112+People in the Kryzen team
Mr. Sudhir Devkar and Mr. Sagar Devkar outside a Kryzen polyhouse
Mr. Sudhir Devkar & Mr. Sagar DevkarBrothers who imagined Kryzen together

2019: A farm, a dream and a few friends

Sudhir Devkar starts a hydroponic farm in Satara, self-funded and built with friends, to learn modern farming first-hand.

  • June: our first hydroponic farm goes up in Satara
  • Our first nursery batch of seedlings
  • September: the first harvest
  • November: BigBasket’s purchase manager visits the farm from Pune
  • December: our basil starts going to BigBasket
  • We film every step and share it, the start of our learning community
Building our first hydroponic farm in Satara, June 2019
Building our first hydroponic farm in Satara, June 2019
Our first harvest, September 2019
Our first harvest, September 2019
BigBasket’s purchase manager visits our Satara farm, November 2019
BigBasket’s purchase manager visits our Satara farm, November 2019
Basil packed for BigBasket, December 2019
Basil packed for BigBasket, December 2019
Our first nursery batch
Our first nursery batch
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Filming every step of hydroponics

2020: Farming by the numbers

We turn the farm into a test lab, build our own tools to plan crops and track prices, and keep BigBasket supplied.

  • Our nutrient calculator, built one plant at a time
  • More technology on the farm, from January
  • Price Watcher grows from an Excel sheet (first built in Bengaluru in 2018) into full software
  • Output Manager and an output tracker for better crop planning
  • Lot after lot of basil to BigBasket, more than one person could harvest
  • Dharmendra Rai of the Association for Vertical Farming visits, and later becomes our mentor
  • Our first home kit prototype, and the first Kryzen board
Adding more technology to the farm, January 2020
Adding more technology to the farm, January 2020
Designing our nutrient calculator, one plant at a time
Designing our nutrient calculator, one plant at a time
Price Watcher in early development
Price Watcher in early development
Output Manager, our first farm software
Output Manager, our first farm software
An output tracker for better crop planning
An output tracker for better crop planning
Another lot of basil, February 2020
Another lot of basil, February 2020
Another lot of basil on its way to BigBasket
Another lot of basil on its way to BigBasket
Soon the basil grew faster than one person could harvest
Soon the basil grew faster than one person could harvest
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Harvesting basil, March 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
A BigBasket supply invoice, 2020
Dharmendra Rai, Association for Vertical Farming, at our farm
Dharmendra Rai, Association for Vertical Farming, at our farm
Our first home kit prototype
Our first home kit prototype
Our first printed Kryzen board (the designer forgot the line under the leaves)
Our first printed Kryzen board (the designer forgot the line under the leaves)

2021: Learning in public

Through the pandemic we kept farming, filming and teaching, and our community kept growing.

  • Hydroponic Masterclass grows on YouTube, then on Udemy
  • Vikrant Chaudhry starts building Kryzen’s technology
  • Early prototypes of our farm management system
  • We dispatch our first home hydroponic kit
Vikrant Chaudhry building Kryzen tech, 2021
Vikrant Chaudhry building Kryzen tech, 2021
An early prototype of our farm management system, 2021
An early prototype of our farm management system, 2021
Dispatching our first home kit
Dispatching our first home kit

2022: Engineering, consulting and a first office

We bring engineering in-house, from circuit boards to CAD, and start building farms for others.

  • July: Hydroponic Masterclass gets its own website
  • hydroBUILD automation designed in-house, from chip and circuit board to software
  • August: the first hydroBUILD units are ready to ship
  • hydroBUILD goes to early-adopter clients as a closed system (2022 to 2024)
  • All designs move to CAD with technical specifications
  • September: we start hydroponic consulting
  • October: our first rented office in Pune, one cabin for three people
Launching the Hydroponic Masterclass website, July 2022
Launching the Hydroponic Masterclass website, July 2022
Automation engineering in Pune, July 2022
Automation engineering in Pune, July 2022
Designing hydroBUILD automation
Designing hydroBUILD automation
Designing the hydroBUILD circuit board
Designing the hydroBUILD circuit board
Chip to software, all built in-house
Chip to software, all built in-house
hydroBUILD automation, ready to ship, August 2022
hydroBUILD automation, ready to ship, August 2022
Installing hydroBUILD on a farm
Installing hydroBUILD on a farm
Moving every design to CAD, with technical specifications
Moving every design to CAD, with technical specifications
The Price Watcher dashboard
The Price Watcher dashboard
Our first consulting visits, September 2022
Our first consulting visits, September 2022
Our first rented office in Pune, October 2022
Our first rented office in Pune, October 2022
Setting up the rented office
Setting up the rented office
One cabin, three chairs
One cabin, three chairs
Vikrant Chaudhry at our office, 2022
Vikrant Chaudhry at our office, 2022

2023: Taking it to farmers, and to Shark Tank

We take hydroponics on the road, show our systems at exhibitions and pitch Kryzen on national television.

  • February: consultancy meetups, with a team of five
  • March: our first farmer conference outside Maharashtra
  • A dehydration unit for value-added produce
  • Our own A-frame and flat-bed systems are made and quality-checked in-house
  • August: our first experience centre opens to the public in Satara
  • We start showing our systems at exhibitions
  • November: Hydroponic Masterclass batch 2
  • We shoot Shark Tank India and meet Peyush Bansal
  • December: a home kit trial in an enclosed balcony
A commercial hydroponics meetup, with the whole team of five, February 2023
A commercial hydroponics meetup, with the whole team of five, February 2023
Our first farmer conference outside Maharashtra, March 2023
Our first farmer conference outside Maharashtra, March 2023
Meeting farmers outside Maharashtra
Meeting farmers outside Maharashtra
Building our dehydration unit, March 2023
Building our dehydration unit, March 2023
Our dehydration unit, ready to test the market
Our dehydration unit, ready to test the market
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A-frame systems made in-house
Our first experience centre, in Satara, opens to the public, August 2023
Our first experience centre, in Satara, opens to the public, August 2023
The team starts to grow
The team starts to grow
Showing Kryzen at an exhibition
Showing Kryzen at an exhibition
Hydroponic Masterclass batch 2, November 2023
Hydroponic Masterclass batch 2, November 2023
On the Shark Tank India set
On the Shark Tank India set
Meeting Peyush Bansal after the shoot
Meeting Peyush Bansal after the shoot
A home kit trial in an enclosed balcony, December 2023
A home kit trial in an enclosed balcony, December 2023

2024: The country meets Kryzen

Shark Tank India airs, our team and farms grow, we move into our own office and our work is recognised.

  • January: we test our own task management system
  • 1 March: our Shark Tank India episode airs
  • March: a panel on Pune’s entrepreneur ecosystem
  • May: farmer training programmes and project consulting in Dubai
  • We buy our own office, Office 505
  • June: our own farms expand
  • August: Maharashtra Udyog Puraskar
  • In-house manufacturing begins, with quality checks on every item
  • December: hydroBUILD public launch at an exhibition
Testing our task management system, January 2024
Testing our task management system, January 2024
Our Shark Tank India contestant passes, 1 March 2024
Our Shark Tank India contestant passes, 1 March 2024
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The night before the episode aired
A panel on Pune’s entrepreneur ecosystem, March 2024
A panel on Pune’s entrepreneur ecosystem, March 2024
A farmers’ training programme, May 2024
A farmers’ training programme, May 2024
Project consulting in Dubai, May 2024
Project consulting in Dubai, May 2024
Office 505, our own office
Office 505, our own office
Our own farms expand, June 2024
Our own farms expand, June 2024
Receiving the Maharashtra Udyog Puraskar, August 2024
Receiving the Maharashtra Udyog Puraskar, August 2024
A growing team, October 2024
A growing team, October 2024
hydroBUILD public launch, December 2024
hydroBUILD public launch, December 2024
The Kryzen team at the exhibition, December 2024
The Kryzen team at the exhibition, December 2024

2025: Our own factory

We open our manufacturing unit in Satara and expand our offices and farms.

  • May: we buy our first drill machine
  • July: guest session on entrepreneurship at DPU
  • September: our manufacturing factory starts in Satara
  • November: in-house MS fabrication
  • Our office grows, and so do our own farms
Our first drill machine, May 2025
Our first drill machine, May 2025
Speaking on entrepreneurship at DPU, July 2025
Speaking on entrepreneurship at DPU, July 2025
Opening our manufacturing factory in Satara, September 2025
Opening our manufacturing factory in Satara, September 2025
In-house MS fabrication, November 2025
In-house MS fabrication, November 2025
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A clean harvest, grown without pesticides

2026: Built to scale

A bigger factory set-up, uniformed construction teams and our second experience centre, in Pune.

  • February: factory storage and racking
  • March: GI pipes stocked at our factory
  • August: our construction teams get their uniforms
  • Work starts on our second experience centre, in Baner, Pune
  • Our own podcast and shooting studio
Planning factory storage and racking, February 2026
Planning factory storage and racking, February 2026
GI pipes stocked at our factory, March 2026
GI pipes stocked at our factory, March 2026
Kryzen construction team uniform, August 2026
Kryzen construction team uniform, August 2026
Team scrum in our new office
Team scrum in our new office
Our second experience centre taking shape in Baner, Pune
Our second experience centre taking shape in Baner, Pune
Our podcast and shooting studio
Our podcast and shooting studio
Kryzen, at the office today
Kryzen, at the office today

Our websites

One website at a time, as Kryzen grew

Each new website marks a new way we started helping farmers, by the date its domain was registered.

  1. 22 Mar 2020hydroponicmasterclass.comHydroponic Masterclass, our training course
  2. 21 Aug 2020kryzen.comOur main website
  3. 20 Feb 2024alpha.kryzen.comEarly-access software for clients
  4. 14 Jan 2026eatpuregreens.comPure Greens, our fresh produce brand
  5. 26 Jan 2026webinar.kryzen.comFree webinars on hydroponic farming
  6. 15 Apr 2026hydroponics.kryzen.comHydroponics guides and resources
  7. 27 Sep 2026hydroponicsfarmtraining.comHands-on hydroponic farm training
  8. 28 Sep 2026polyhouseconstructions.comPolyhouse construction services

Life at Kryzen

The people behind the scenes

Festivals, team lunches and late-night shoots: we work to the farm’s clock, and we celebrate together.

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  • Diwali 2024
    Diwali 2024
  • Independence Day at the office
    Independence Day at the office
  • Lunch with our ground team
    Lunch with our ground team
  • Team dinner after buying our office
    Team dinner after buying our office
  • Ganesh puja at the new office
    Ganesh puja at the new office
  • Shooting reels after office hours
    Shooting reels after office hours

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