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Thrive Agric responds to allegations of delayed payments to investors

Thrive Agric has had a tumultuous few months owing to challenges paused by the Covid-19 pandemic, adversely affecting some of their crowdfund subscribers.

In a statement to TechMoran, the company said that it was working hard to rectify/repair the situation and ensure subscribers are repaid on time.

The statement read, “Thrive Agric is one of Ventures Platforms’ portfolio companies; we invested in the agritech start-up in 2017.

As early-stage investors, we take our role in how our portfolio companies operate and their overall corporate governance, very seriously. Once alerted to the fact the company was facing some operational challenges, Ventures Platforms’ experienced senior management team and hired consultants intervened, working with the Thrive Agric founders to put in place deliberate and swift actions, to not only ensure repayment of investments to subscribers but also to realign the business for the long term. 

Together, with Thrive Agric, we identified that one of the core issues was around sub-optimal communication between the company, its subscribers and additional stakeholders. 

Working with the Thrive Agric Team, Ventures Platform has overseen the improvement of communication through the following: 

  1. Communication to subscribers via email, with a more complete explanation of how COVID-19 impacted farming operations with an expectation of repayment horizon 
  2. The commencement of active communications with concerned subscribers, via Zoom calls 
  3. The release of a robust FAQ online via Twitter which addresses many of their subscribers’ and stakeholders’ key concerns 

We are sufficiently happy with this important first step, and expect a more open and transparent line of communication between Thrive Agric and interested parties, in the coming weeks and months. 

Additionally, Ventures Platform has also taken some important strategic steps with the Thrive Agric management team, including: 

  1. Engaging actively with the founders to develop and implement a step-by-step plan to get the company back on track;
  2. The ordering of a thorough review of the company’s financial and non-financial operations to fully understand the scale of the problem;
  3. Supporting the company in strengthening their senior leadership such that they can frontally deal with these issues. The Thrive Agric team will communicate more on this very soon; and 
  4. Providing bridge debt to help liquidate some of the outstanding to subscribers. 

The actions we have taken alongside the Thrive Agric team, in this short period, are already yielding some small successes; but we know there is a lot more to do.”

The company admits that while it would have to work very hard to achieve the desired results, it is committed to to pushing the entire Thrive Agric team, to return investments to subscribers, and rebuild the trust that has been lost in what has been an extremely challenging year. 

Read also: Thrive Agric in Trouble for Allegedly Holding Investors at Ransom

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