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title: "Why Freshbag shut down"
description: "Freshbag, a Cameroonian agritech startup that connected smallholder farmers directly to urban street vendors via a digital procurement platform, shut down after struggling with the volatility of the informal vendor market, high churn, revenue leakage, and the logistical costs of its Yaounde-based supply chain; sources place the closure between 2023 and August 2024."
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markdown_url: "https://liners.com/graveyard/freshbag.md"
type: "graveyard"
language: "en"
image: "/graveyard/freshbag/certificate.png"
published_at: "2026-07-31T17:41:07.836Z"
updated_at: "2026-07-31T17:41:07.836Z"
---

# Why Freshbag shut down

Freshbag, a Cameroonian agritech startup that connected smallholder farmers directly to urban street vendors via a digital procurement platform, shut down after struggling with the volatility of the informal vendor market, high churn, revenue leakage, and the logistical costs of its Yaounde-based supply chain; sources place the closure between 2023 and August 2024.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Graveyard](/graveyard)
- [Freshbag](/graveyard/freshbag)

## Summary

Here lies Freshbag. It linked Cameroon's smallholder farmers straight to Yaoundé's street vendors, cutting out the middlemen. The vendors, it turned out, preferred the informal handshake to a digital contract, and the produce kept moving faster than the payments.

Freshbag, a Cameroonian agritech startup that connected smallholder farmers directly to urban street vendors via a digital procurement platform, shut down after struggling with the volatility of the informal vendor market, high churn, revenue leakage, and the logistical costs of its Yaounde-based supply chain; sources place the closure between 2023 and August 2024.

## Product history

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Fate | ShutDown |
| Primary cause | Distribution |
| Stage at shutdown | Seed |
| Lifespan in days | 2039 |

## Autopsy report

## What the product attempted

Freshbag, founded in 2019 by Brice Mvogo, ran a digital procurement platform in Cameroon sourcing fresh produce directly from smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives and delivering it to urban street vendors in Yaounde, aiming to cut out traditional middlemen and reduce post-harvest losses.

## What worked

Freshbag secured early seed investment from GreenTec Capital Partners in 2020 and built partnerships with farming cooperatives and street vendors to move produce to urban markets.

## What happened

Freshbag struggled with the inherent volatility of informal street vendors, who were often reluctant to commit to formal contracts or digital tracking. This drove high churn and revenue leakage, compounded by the logistical costs of its Yaounde-based supply chain and broader scalability challenges, ultimately leading to the platform's closure.

## Sources

- [Tracking Startup Failures in Africa: From Millions in Funding to Silent Shutdowns](https://launchbaseafrica.com/2024/09/05/tracking-startup-failures-in-africa-from-millions-in-funding-to-silent-shutdowns/): Launch Base Africa

## Related pages

- [Freshbag alternatives](/freshbag/alternatives)
- [Liners Graveyard](/graveyard)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/graveyard/freshbag)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)