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ace turtle makes appointments to senior leadership teamWith extensive global experience in fashion, retail, luxury and online marketplaces spanning over two decades, he is a creative strategist ...
Agri-tech startup Aibono raises Rs 15 crore for business growthAibono leverages data science driven demand-supply synchronisation, farm analytics and "just in time" engines to prevent food wastage, impr...
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...
Sharad Sharma to invest 25 lakh in fish farming startup IntensAquatica“This company has a smart set of technology entrepreneurs who are doing for fish farming what Israeli product firm Netafim did for drip irr...
Sharad Sharma invests Rs 25 lakh in fish farming startup IntensAquaticaSharma, who heads software product think tank Ispirt, has also helped IntensAquatica raise Rs 2.5 crore from some investors from the Let’s ...
How the startup boom is helping farmers and forcing investors to pay attention to agricultureMore and more startups are developing a a wide range of products to make life easier for farmers. Investors have taken note of the sector's...
Venture capital firms: On a mission to make money and change the worldVenture capital firms were pouring money into ideas in the e-commerce space, but they decided not to follow the crowd.
Seeding time for startups in farm mechanisation businessInvestor interest is peaking in these startups as well. Agri-startup VillFarm, a sustainable agri inputs company is the latest to secure fu...
Waste managed is waste monetised; it helps ragpickers tooWaste management startups are now making revenue while impacting the lives of waste pickers in their fold with better wages.
Intellecap Impact Investment Network, Rianta Capital and ah! Ventures invest in Sampurn(e)arth Environmental SolutionsElaborating on the investment, Ajay Dalmia said: "The current method of dumping waste into landfills leads to several environmental and soc...
Why farm sector is getting increasing attention from investorsThe farm sector is getting increasing attention from investors and accelerators who are keen on supporting early-stage entrepreneurs.
Villgro and Rianta's Artha Initiative to fund and provide incubation support to early-stage social enterprises in IndiaArtha and Villgro will work towards building a network of investors – corporate partners, downstream investors, other likeminded family off...
Artoo IT Solutions raises Rs 3.1 crore Series A funds from Accion Venture Lab, Artha InitiativeThe company plans to use this funding to hire more people in order to expand to South East Asia, starting with the Philippines by the end o...
Companies in NSIC shortlist to get training & funding of Rs 3 croreAs per NSDC data, India will be home to 700 million people of working age by 2020, and NSDC is aiming to skill 500 million Indians by 2022.
11 social ventures make the cut at Artha Venture Challenge, to get opportunity for Rs 30 lakh fundingOf the 100 ambitious enterprises catering to low-income Indian markets that applied for AVC 2014, 11 ventures have been selected to be a pa...
Boond raises Series A from Opes Impact Fund and Ennovent CircleBoond is an enterprise working towards providing affordable, clean energy access to the remote, rural parts of India.
Social venture capital firm Aavishkaar invests Rs 18.6 crore in Mela ArtisansMela has launched collections with a number of high-end retail boutiques and chains, including, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Bloomin...
Aavishkaar Venture Management invests Rs 31 crore in 4 social sector companiesAavishkaar Venture Management has invested a total of Rs. 31 crore in four early-stage firms that operate in the healthcare, education, app...
Social ventures in India get angel investorsA dozen wealthy individuals form Impact Circle, India’s first specialised network of angel investors for fledgling social ventures.