About sproot

We have spent years on the ground. We built sproot for what we saw.

sproot is the operating system for contract farming. We built it because we have worked inside outgrower schemes for years, and we knew there had to be a better way.

A patchwork of terraced smallholder fields across misty East African hills at dawn

Our story

Why we built sproot.

Outgrower schemes are one of the most under-served parts of the agricultural supply chain. The agribusinesses running them deal with thousands of smallholders, paper records, fragmented tools, and audits that swallow weeks of work. The software they had to work with was built for warehouses and factory supply chains, not for the realities of contract farming.

sproot was built by people who have seen that gap from the inside. Our team has spent years selling irrigation systems to agribusinesses across Africa, walking the fields and sitting with field officers as the same operational chaos played out scheme after scheme. That field experience is paired with deep backgrounds in software, in scaling a global IT consulting firm, and in finance, and with a team in Nairobi who live this work every day.

One system. Designed for this work. Used by the people who actually do it.

Where we are

International team. Rooted in ground realities.

PRIMARY OPERATIONS

Nairobi, Kenya

Where most of our team is based. Where we work with our clients, walk the fields, and test every feature against the daily reality of running an outgrower scheme.

HEADQUARTERS

Zug, Switzerland

Where the company is headquartered. Where we work with international agribusinesses, certifiers, and partners.

The team

The people behind sproot.

Four founders. Four senior team members in Nairobi. We would rather you knew us than a logo.

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Raphael Jung

Chief Executive Officer

Former Managing Partner & Chairman, built and scaled a global IT consulting firm.

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Michael Bruderli

Chief Client Officer

Former Head of Business Development Africa at the world's largest irrigation company.

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Martin Dommer

Chief Technology Officer

Over nine years of experience in developing and launching IT platforms.

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Nicolas Beutler

Chief Finance Officer

Former $1.5bn investment fund manager with extensive financial experience.

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Dennis Koech

Senior Software Engineer

Experienced engineer with a proven track record in developing & deploying innovative solutions.

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Paul Otieno

Senior Software Engineer

Full-stack engineer with 7+ years of experience building and scaling robust software systems.

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Ibrahim Maina

Senior Software Engineer

Experience in mobile and messaging platforms critical for low-connectivity environments.

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Roseline Wafula

Partnerships & Implementation

25 years of expertise in sourcing tea from smallholders, supported by an extensive industry network.

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How we work

Three things we will never compromise on.

01

We build with our clients, not for them.

Every feature in sproot started with a real conversation in a real field.

02

We do not ship what we would not use.

If our team would not trust it on a field visit, it does not go live.

03

We measure success in seasons, not sign-ups.

Outgrower relationships run for years, and the software that holds them has to last just as long. We build, price and support sproot for that horizon, not for a quick win.

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