endorsedOngoing

Agricultural Trading Platform Development for House of Crops

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Agriculture

Duration

92 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 December 2018

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

House of Crops

Berlin, Germany

Project Summary

Tech Alchemy developed an agricultural trading (agtech) platform for House of Crops, providing strategic consulting, prototypes and wireframes, and a multi-stage development effort that remains ongoing. The vendor implemented core marketplace functionality—including a parametrized offers/demands system, a negotiation engine, contract logic and a back-office admin panel—hosted on AWS. The client praised the team's technical skill, responsiveness and ability to maintain velocity when resources changed.

Key Challenges

Build an MVP using an agile methodology to quickly penetrate the market
Minimize overhead and resource risk during rapid product development

Project Deliverables

Prototypes and wireframes
Backend hosted on AWS
Marketplace application for offers and demands with 77 product parameters
Dynamic negotiation engine for offers and requests
Contract conclusion logic and user profile management
Back-office admin panel for matching offers, viewing demands and contracts

Project Solution

Tech Alchemy evaluated the client's position in the agtech market, produced prototypes and wireframes, reviewed tech-stack options and proceeded into full development. The team built marketplace features (offers/demands with 77 parameters), a dynamic negotiation engine, contract conclusion logic, user profile management and a back-office admin panel. Development and hosting were performed on AWS with iterative feedback from market partners.

Project Outcome

Received positive feedback from strategic market partners indicating the app is superior to alternatives
Became the first agtech company to go live with this type of app, showing promising market traction
Maintained development velocity after a backend developer departure due to vendor-supplied supplementary developers
Achieved effective project communication using daily standups, bi-weekly management calls and tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Tech Alchemy’s team outshines other developers. On top of being tech experts, they’re fast learners who are flexible under dynamic circumstances. The entire team, including the founder, has exhibited an impressive investment in the client’s project, proving themselves to be a reliable partner.”
Maximilian Commandeur
COO
Date: 10/08/2019