India

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

Moonrider raises early funding to introduce electric tractors on India’s farms

Credit: Marut Drones

Smallholder Agriculture | Shefali Anand

Investors bet on drones to lift agricultural productivity and women’s livelihoods in India

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

Canadian pension fund co-leads $180 million investment in supply chain financing in India

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

IndiGrid, BII and Norfund launch EnerGrid to finance energy transmission and storage in India

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

Indian small business lender Northern Arc raises $65 million for first climate fund

Agrifood Tech | Jessica Pothering

Lok Capital invests $6.2 million in drone startup Marut Drones

Photo by Upaya Social Ventures.

Good Jobs | Roodgally Senatus

Upaya Social Ventures backs Ecoright to create dignified jobs in sustainable fashion

Impact Investing | Lucy Ngige

India’s edtech sector stages a comeback amid demand for education and upskilling

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

ADB commits $25 million to a climate bond to finance green projects in India

Climate Finance | Shefali Anand

Blending finance for India’s green transition

Credit: Two Point O Capital

Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering

Two Point O raises $6.3 million to provide green loans to India’s small businesses

Sucharita Mukherjee, CEO of Kaleidofin.

Financial Inclusion | Roodgally Senatus

Kaleidofin clinches $13.8 million to expand banking access for India’s informal borrowers

Smart Cities | Lucy Ngige

ADB mobilizes more than $86 million for electrifying public transport in India

Innovative Finance | Jessica Pothering

Efficient Capital Labs secures $11 million to provide revenue-based financing for cross-border software innovators

Clean Energy | Lucy Ngige

Just Climate invests $150 million in Continuum Green Energy to reduce India’s industrial carbon emissions

Clean Energy | Shefali Anand

India’s residential rooftops sprout solar panels with generous government subsidies

Credit: MoWo Fleet

Climate and Clean Tech | Mahesh Yagnaraman

New wave of off-grid energy startups are climate-proofing India’s economic future

Impact Tech | Lucy Ngige

Pakka of India raises $29.4 million to develop biodegradable packaging facility

Investing in Health | Lucy Ngige

HealthCRED lands $1.2 million to finance India’s small and independent healthcare providers

Agrifood Tech | Lucy Ngige

Omnivore leads financing for Scimplify’s biotech products in India

Photo by Agrizy.

India | Roodgally Senatus

India’s Agrizy scores $9.8 million to digitalize agricultural processors

A gathering of The Climate Party in Mumbai (Photo: Ryan Jones)

Climate and Clean Tech | Ryan Jones

Shark Tank puts a pop culture lens on India’s climate tech future

Climate and Clean Tech | Shefali Anand

India’s climate investors look beyond EVs and energy for an investment edge

Climate Finance | Jessica Pothering

BII and Symbiotics initiate second ‘basket bond’ for green business lending

Credit: Battery Smart

Climate and Clean Tech | Lucy Ngige

LeapFrog backs Battery Smart to swap batteries for two- and three-wheelers in India

Credit: FarMart

Agrifood Tech | Lucy Ngige

ResponsAbility invests in India’s FarMart to streamline food supply chains

Emerging and Growth Markets | Shefali Anand

Modi sends conflicting messages on climate as Indian voters brave the heat

Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige

Trio of impact deals support India’s rural communities and entrepreneurs

Clean Energy | Lucy Ngige

India lists a yen-denominated green bond for renewable projects

Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering

Indian home lender Altum Credo’s $40 million round gives investors a partial exit

photo: MeduLance

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

Medulance scores $3 million to bring medical emergency response services to India’s smaller cities

Credit: Mati Carbon

Impact Voices | Ashish Kumar

How Mati Carbon is using the carbon markets to address farmers’ adaptation finance gap and boost their incomes

Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige

Gawa Capital and OikoCredit invest in Sindhuja Microcredit for rural lending in India

Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering

Optimo Loans secures $10 million to offer credit to rural India’s micro businesses

Climate Finance | Lucy Ngige

Green Climate Fund invests in India’s climate resilience via the Avaana Sustainability Fund

Photo by Nepra Resource Management.

Climate Finance | Lucy Ngige

Blue Earth Capital takes stake in Nepra to expand waste recycling in India

Impact Tech | Shefali Anand

‘Deep tech’ impact investing in India

Photo credit: River

Climate and Clean Tech | Jessica Pothering

India’s growing appetite for electric vehicles

Investing in Health | Lucy Ngige

India’s Aarogya Tech scores $1.8 million for chronic disease prevention and management

Agrifood Tech | Jessica Pothering

Aquaconnect raises $4 million to link India’s fish farmers to supplies and markets

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

KisanKonnect’s raises $3.7 million to combat food waste and boost farmers in India

Photo by Varthana.

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Blue Earth Capital doubles down on Varthana for quality education access in India

Emerging and Growth Markets | Jessica Pothering

Omidyar Network India to shut down

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

India’s Ashv Finance scores $10 million from Encourage Capital for rooftop solar lending

Climate Finance | Shefali Anand

India’s private investors lean green despite the country’s competing climate and development agendas