Ankur Capital raises Rs 330 crore ahead of interim close of second fundAccording to Ankur Capital founders Ritu Verma and Rema Subramanian, the total target size of the fund is around Rs 350 crore, with an opti...
15 Mar, 2021, 06.01 AM IST
Agri-tech may be the new kid on the digital blockAgri-entrepreneurs and government are focusing on ways to deploy technology-based solutions on farmlands
28 Oct, 2020, 06.12 AM IST
Despite being new favorite of VCs, perils in agritech continue to troubleThere’s been a steady rise in venture capital investments in agritech companies. While funding has become easier to come by, challenges rem...
19 Jul, 2020, 10.55 AM IST
Ankur Capital makes first close of new fund at Rs 240 croreThe investor bringing on board British development finance institution CDC as an anchor investor in its latest vehicle.
13 Jan, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Transforming methane gas to meat equivalent. String Bio is making it possibleYour source of protein in the future may not be from the meat you eat, but from one of the most potent greenhouse gases. With five patents ...
03 Jan, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
While deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselvesWhile deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselves.
03 Feb, 2019, 10.37 AM IST
Impact funds feel the healthcare pulse after a lull in investmentsExperts attribute this slowdown to fewer deals in the segment within the affordable bracket, some models not working as expected, and also ...
08 Mar, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
Despite 50 exits in the last 7 years, how India’s impact investors are scaling up the fund poolImpact investments in India crossed $1 billion for the first time in 2015 and have the potential to reach $6-8 billion a year by 2025, McKi...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.12 AM IST
Road to increasing engagement remains challenging for agri-input startupsThe big idea is to solve the information asymmetry in the farming community, which should induce reliance and lead to disruption of the con...
02 Jun, 2017, 12.43 AM IST
Why SIDBI’s rise as a sovereign fund is a game changer for venture capital industryThe trend in capital sourcing marks a silent revolution for the domestic venture capital industry, which has hitherto been majorly dependen...
28 Apr, 2017, 01.31 AM IST
SkillVeri raises Rs 8 crore from Dell Foundation, Ankur CapitalSkillVeri would leverage this investment to enable training of 5,00,000 youth for well-paying aspirational manufacturing jobs over the next...
12 Jan, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Ankur Capital invests Rs 60 lakh in Chennai-based Suma AgroThe fund has three more investments in the pipeline — one in a cold storage company and the other two in agriculture inputs and healthcare.
28 Jul, 2016, 05.02 AM IST
Banyan Green raises Rs 1 crore from I3N, other angelsBanyan Green Fuels, a startup that develops customised biofuels for clients, has raised Rs 1 crore from Intellecap Impact Investment Networ...
19 Dec, 2014, 04.28 AM IST
Ankur Capital bets on real India, invests in three early-stage rural venturesThe Mumbai-based venture capital fund is backing CropIn, a cloud-based farm mgmt systems company, home compost solutions provider Daily Dum...
26 Feb, 2014, 09.16 AM IST