India
Green Infrastructure | November 19, 2020
Aavishkaar, Circulate Capital back waste management venture Nepra
ImpactAlpha, November 19 – Nepra Resource Management, based in Ahmedabad, India, collects and recycles dry municipal waste that would otherwise end up in …
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2030 Finance | November 9, 2020
Ather Energy raises $35 million to deliver electric scooters in India
ImpactAlpha, November 9 – A majority of vehicles in India have two or three wheels. Bangalore based Ather Energy started producing a cleaner, …
Dealflow | October 27, 2020
Dukaan raises $6 million to help India’s small merchants launch mobile shops
ImpactAlpha, October 26 – Tech solutions that help small businesses make the transition to e-commerce and online sales are booming in the COVID …
Catalytic Capital | October 8, 2020
Bridging the credit gap for India’s impact enterprises
ImpactAlpha, October 8 – More than two million social enterprises and impact companies in India are delivering healthcare, expanding electricity beyond the grid …
Dealflow | October 7, 2020
Krishitantra secures seed funding to monitor India’s soil health
ImpactAlpha, October 7 – Krishitantra’s Sandeep Kondaji was frustrated in getting timely soil data to help his uncle make decisions around fertilizer use …
2030 Finance | October 6, 2020
FMO backs Husk Power System’s minigrid expansion
ImpactAlpha, October 6 – Husk is a veteran of off-grid energy. The 12-year-old company, once known for biomass energy plants in India’s remote …
2030 Finance | October 5, 2020
Indian startups and social ventures attracted $1.8 billion in venture capital last month
ImpactAlpha, October 5 – September was a killer month for venture capital in India, with two record-setting weeks of over $500 million in …
Dealflow | October 1, 2020
BestDoc secures $2.1 million amid India’s digital healthcare expansion
ImpactAlpha, October 1 – The challenge of universal healthcare access for India’s uninsured rural poor has been made starkly clear by the COVID …
Impact Tech | August 27, 2020
Eight predictions for the future of Indian agriculture
ImpactAlpha, August 27 – By 2030, India will be home to more than 1.4 billion people who will collectively spend $1.6 trillion annually …
Dealflow | July 20, 2020
Vedantu closes $100 million in India’s red hot edtech market
ImpactAlpha, July 20 – The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on India’s healthcare system and economy, but it’s jet fuel for the country’s edtech …
Catalytic Capital | July 14, 2020
Impact investors catalyze $10 billion for India’s social venture market over 10 years
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – A decade ago, India’s first wave of impact investing collapsed under the weight of unregulated and unsustainable microfinance lending. …
Impact Voices | June 22, 2020
No enterprise left behind: Building inclusivity into India’s social stock exchange
India’s proposed social stock exchange has the potential to bridge the gap between investable capital and the country’s large and diverse social enterprise …
Asia | June 2, 2020
Plastics for Change backs India’s informal workers to divert plastic waste
ImpactAlpha, June 2 – Recycling company Plastics for Change sources landfill- and ocean-bound plastic waste from informal workers through a tech platform designed …
Dealflow | May 28, 2020
GramCover raises early funding to insure India’s rural households
ImpactAlpha, May 28 –Poor distribution has kept affordable insurance products for safeguarding health, livelihoods and possessions out of reach for most of India’s …
Agrifood Tech | May 13, 2020
Intello Labs raises $5.9 million for quality-control in India’s food system
ImpactAlpha, May 13 – Gurgaon-based Intello Labs uses an artificial intelligence-powered imaging system to scan food products as they move from farm to …