Type of resource : Financing


SME fund Neev II to complete ?2,000 cr fundraising by June

2023-01-03 Financing Startups

Commitments from global and domestic investors - European Investment Bank (EIB), Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), SRI Fund and the State Bank of India.

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Climate Finance



Gurugram

Battery analytics platform iRasus raises seed funding

2022-12-22 Financing Startups

Undisclosed amount from DFAN, Elina Investments, Amit Khetan & Bhuvan Gupta. Startup building a software that uses data analytics to manage end to end battery systems

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Battery Storage



New Delhi

How Merak Ventures & Huddle Are Fuelling Indian Climate Tech Startups

2022-12-19 Capacity building / Training / Education Financing Product / solution launch

Huddle and Merak Ventures have launched ClimAct, a climate tech accelerator programme to accelerate and fund early-stage startups in the climate tech space The programme has received over 190 applications, mostly from pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the mobility, transportation and agritech spaces

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Low Carbon Accelerators



Bengaluru

Java Capital Launches Rs 75 crore Seed Stage Fund

2022-12-12 Financing Startups

Focus on startups looking to raise pre-seed to pre-series A funding across sectors - deep-tech, software-as-a-service (SaaS), enterprise tech, fintech, and climate and sustainability

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Climate Finance



Real estate decarbonisation startup Accacia raises $2.5 million in seed round

2022-12-06 Financing Startups

Accacia is an AI-enabled SAAS providing real estate developers, asset managers and financial institutions the key metrics and decisions they need to decarbonize their portfolio.

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Bengaluru

Transition VC Launches INR 400 Cr Maiden Fund To Back Cleantech Startups

2022-11-23 Financing Startups

Transition VC will back startups in segments such as emobility, green hydrogen and energy storage, with a focus on early stage startups

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Climate Finance



PepsiCo’s agriculture accelerator funds 14 agri businesses in India and other countries

2022-10-22 Financing Startups

Pepsi's Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Fund investments are designed to “de-risk” promising initiatives while accelerating the development of innovative technologies and approaches that can help scale the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices. 

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Regenerative Agriculture



Bengaluru

C-Camp - India's effort to support biotech startups begins to bear fruit

2022-09-24 Business opportunity Financing Innovations

C-Camp recently announced that seven biotech startups started with its support have together raised about $70 million this year, at a collective valuation of about $250 million. A very valuable read for those keen on understanding startup pioneers in the fast growing Indian bio-economy sector.

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Bio-based Materials



Climate Angels to invest Rs 1000 crores in climate tech startups next 5 years

2022-08-25 Financing Startups

An interview with Climate Angels founder Shailesh Vickram Singh

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Climate Finance



Startup Exponent Energy to scale 15-min rapid EV charging with $13 million funding

2022-08-17 Financing Innovations Startups

To scale up its EV network to 100 location points per city, starting with Bengaluru.

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Electric Mobility



Surat

EV Logistics Startup EVIFY Partners with Carbon Credit Advisory and Attains Carbon Neutrality

2022-08-04 Collaboration Financing Startups

EVIFY is an EV logistics startups for last-mile delivery. It has entered into a partnership with CREDUCE, a firm in climate change mitigation technologies and a global carbon credit advisory.

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Electric Mobility



Conversation with a clean tech VC fund & how they select startups

2022-08-02 Collaboration Financing Interview/discussion

Interview with Climate Angels, a SEBI CAT I investment fund focused on creating a sustainable future

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Climate Finance



India to get over 800 new EV charging stations across 16 national highways

2022-07-28 Financing

These EV charging stations will be installed along 16 national highways across the country to keep electric car owners the ease of charing on the go. CESL will be using the public-private-partnership model to set up these charging stations

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Electric Mobility



Adani Group plans to invest $70 Billion to turn India to Clean Energy Exporter

2022-07-26 Business opportunity Financing

“The best evidence which showcased our confidence and belief in the future - is our investment of $70 billion in facilitating India’s green transition. We are already one of the world’s largest developers of solar power," Adani said.

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Green hydrogen



Gensol to acquire majority stake in US based EV startup

2022-07-12 Financing Startups

The aim behind the acquisition appears to be to produce about 12,000 electric cars in India annually.

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Electric Mobility



Blume Ventures leads $2.5m round of Indian solar energy firm

2022-07-11 Financing Startups

The company offers a digital platform that allows clients to get access to loans from Aerem’s in-house non-bank financial companies and partner banks.

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Distributed Solar PV



British impact investor BII to invest ?1,925 crore in new EV Co of M&M

2022-07-08 Financing

BII’s investment is designed to significantly accelerate the availability and adoption of electric vehicles in India and other markets served by M&M

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Electric Mobility



ClimateTech startup Climes raises $1.2 million in funding

2022-07-05 Financing Startups

Climes to use the capital to expand brand synergies with fashion, food, travel, beauty, and personal care industries

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Tirunelveli

Tata Power signs MoU worth Rs 3,000 cr with TN govt to set up solar manufacturing plant

2022-07-04 Collaboration Financing

This new plant in Tamil Nadu would integrate Mono-Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) Bifacial Technology with future n-Type technology of Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts (TOPCON) and will produce High Wattage Modules with industry-leading efficiencies

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Distributed Solar PV



Pune

Solar-based cold storage and solar water pumps startup Ecozen raises Rs 54 crores

2022-06-28 Financing Startups

Explores markets in Africa and Southeast Asia for its smart, solar-based solutions in the agricultural sector

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Distributed Solar PV



PTC India Financial Services ties up with GGGI to set up renewable energy-focused infra fund

2022-06-17 Collaboration Financing

GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute) will provide technical support to PFS for the development and establishment of renewable energy focused Infrastructure Debt Fund (RIDF)

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Climate Finance



Goa

build3 - Goa-based startup studio supporting & financing early stage startups

2022-06-16 Financing Innovations Startups

'build3' is a Startup Studio based in Goa that works with early stage startups, including providing capital investment of up to ? 3.75 crores ($500k). Climate change happens to be one of their target areas.

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Climate Finance



Adani New Industries to invest US$50 billion in green hydrogen ecosystem

2022-06-16 Collaboration Financing

Adani and Total Energies have entered into a new partnership to jointly create the green hydrogen ecosystem.

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Green hydrogen



Bangalore

Micelio Mobility and NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore signed an MoU to help empower clean mobility startups in India

2022-06-15 Collaboration Financing Startups

Collaboration between Micelio Mobility and NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore will provide critical support to clean mobility startups.

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Electric Mobility



Delhi

Food Upcycling Startup Wastelink Raises INR 10 Cr In Seed Funding

2022-06-08 Financing Startups

Startup plans to utilize the funds to scale up the nutrition science and technology platform capability & expand the scope of food waste recycling

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Reducing Food Waste



Carbon capturing startup Carbon Clean raises $150 Mn in record funding round

2022-05-12 Financing Startups

"Making carbon capture technology accessible for hard-to-abate sectors is a huge opportunity. We will use this new funding to scale production of our breakthrough fully modular technology which will overcome the biggest challenges facing widespread adoption of CCUS – cost and scale.”
 

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CO2 Capture & Storage



India plans own uniform carbon trading market

2022-04-26 Financing

India, the largest exporter of carbon credits, proposes to have its own uniform carbon market in one year as a large finance avenue for energy transition projects and emission reduction.

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Corporate Carbon Management



Pune

Solar Startup Enerzy Solar Steps In with Rooftop Solar Insurance And More

2022-04-26 Financing Startups

Enerzy Solar is creating a solar marketplace and claims to provide rooftop solar insurance in under 5 minutes. 

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Distributed Solar PV



Enerzy Solar steps in with rooftop solar insurance

2022-04-26 Financing Product / solution launch Startups

Startup claims to provide rooftop solar insurance in just five minutes using digital tools and covers risks due to thefts, natural disasters, damages from animals etc.

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Distributed Solar PV



Mumbai

Emissions-Heavy Steel Giant in India Plans Switch to Green Debt

2022-04-19 Financing

India’s JSW Group  eyes green and  sustainability-linked bonds as it seek access to longer-term funding, potentially switching to only selling SLB or green bonds over the next five years.

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Climate Finance



Venture Capital firm Omnivore launches $130 mn fund to invest in agritech, climate sustainability

2022-04-04 Financing Startups

With the newly launched fund, Omnivore will focus on catalyzing climate action in agriculture, backing startups that are addressing India’s GHG emissions, and securing the future of India’s farmers.

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Regenerative Agriculture



How 6 next-gen startups are disrupting India’s plant-based industry

2022-03-07 Contests & competitions Event Financing

Startups discussed are: Biodimension Technologies (Artificial tissue models), Ethik (Leather-free men's accessories), NayaM!lk (plant-based paneer), Plantish Foods (plant-based eggs), Phyx44 (cell-derived milk and milk products), ProMeat (plant-based meat).

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Low Carbon Food



Patna

Husk Power Secures Funding for Solar Microgrids

2022-02-17 Financing Startups

Receives US$4 Million from IREDA to Construct 140 Microgrids in rural UP and Bihar 

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Distributed Solar PV



India to fund smart meter rollout and grid expansion with €140m KfW loan

2022-02-02 Financing

The smart meters will record consumer energy usage data in near real-time for the development of personalised energy efficiency recommendations, to ensure accurate energy billing and demand response use cases such as Time-of-Use tariffs.

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Smart Grids



SBI launches Surya Shakti Cell; partners with Tata for solar projects financing

2022-01-31 Collaboration Financing Product / solution launch

The Bank aims to provide an end-to-end platform for digital and hassle-free journey to the loan applicants for financing Solar projects.

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Climate Finance



Deep-Tech Platform Praan Nets $1.56 Mn In Social Impact Capital-Led Round

2022-01-12 Financing Startups

It's a startup working in the intersection of air purification and carbon capture

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CO2 Capture & Storage



Coimbatore

Coimbatore startup gets Rs 1.6 crore seed funding

2021-12-01 Financing Startups

Buyofuel provides an online marketplace for bio matters and wastes that are used for manufacturing biofuels. The app connects raw material aggregators, biofuel manufacturers, fuel consumers, and waste generators

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Biofuels