Grain is an agricultural data analytics company facilitating microloans to African farmers. The company provides a risk-scoring platform for microfinance institutions. Grain's platform is a machine learning-based scoring algorithm that integrates field statistics, demographic potential, and the farmers' data into a score. Grain provides smallholder farmers with financial services to help them grow their agribusinesses and increase their incomes. Using Grain's platform on Android devices, microfinance agents can easily collect information from customers interested in a loan. Grain's algorithm integrates multiple sources: data collected by agents, demographic statistics, market demand, and satellite analysis. The company's algorithm provides a grade by calculating several elements and indicates the risk level. Grain has participated in Novus, the entrepreneurship program of the College of Management Academic Studies.
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