Should tap private individuals or companies then.
Since blockchain technology is going stronger, those private entities will be interested in your project.
Considering that you are an established company as you mentioned, with about 600k farmers in asia alone, that would be a big selling point to these investors.
Relying from the crypto community is not an assurance to gain success. You should look into other options.
I am a firm believer in crowd-funding. I have taken venture in the past and they just want to drive your business the moment they come in. Yes venture does bring some good partners and connections, but they also come up with lot of bad partners and people who are just looking to grab the money you raised. It all depends on the VC firm.
Btw, we are not a well-established company. We would not be doing an IEO. I clarified the point in an earlier post. We have founders who have been in the industry for a long time and have implemented similar solutions in the past, we have recently partnered with organizations who are giving us access to a lot of their network as potential future customers. The funds raised will be used to develop and scale the Blockchain platform and market the solutions, onboard these network of farmers and producers and run the shop activities.