Stanza Living
Debt Financing in 2022
Stanza Living is a prominent shared living company in India, specifically catering to students and young professionals. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New Delhi, it aims to transform the multi-billion-dollar student housing and co-living market by focusing on the needs of modern migrant consumers. With over 55,000 beds under management across 14 cities, Stanza Living provides a tech-enabled, full-stack accommodation solution that includes various services such as lodging, food, and Wi-Fi, all designed to facilitate a comfortable living experience. The company's platform allows customers to choose from different packages based on their proximity to educational institutions or workplaces, ensuring affordability and convenience. Through its innovative approach, Stanza Living is redefining the standards of shared living in India.
WayCool
Debt Financing in 2020
WayCool is an agri-tech company focused on the processing, distribution, and procurement of fresh produce, dairy products, and staples. By utilizing innovative quality management and food safety technology, WayCool enhances farmers' incomes and streamlines logistics and distribution services. The company sources fruits and vegetables primarily from smallholder farmers and aggregators, distributing them to local shops, retail outlets, hotels, restaurants, and catering establishments. WayCool operates a retail brand called SunnyBee in Chennai, which includes physical stores, mobile stores on trucks, and e-commerce platforms. Additionally, SunnyBee offers a range of high-quality private label products developed through partnerships with sister companies. By establishing direct connections between farmers and consumers, WayCool effectively integrates physical and information technology to facilitate efficient distribution of fresh produce.
Swadhaar FinServe
Acquisition in 2017
Swadhaar FinServe, based in Mumbai, specializes in providing financial services to economically active poor individuals and businesses in urban and semi-urban areas. As a pioneer in individual lending within the Indian context, the company demonstrates that microcredit can be effectively delivered even in challenging urban environments. Swadhaar FinServe offers a range of services including individual loans, business loans, insurance, and financial education, aimed at empowering under-served households and micro-entrepreneurs. By addressing the financial needs of the urban poor, Swadhaar FinServe seeks to enhance financial security and help clients achieve their aspirations, ultimately creating a scalable lending methodology that can be replicated in other major cities. The company was established by the promoters of Swadhaar FinAccess, its associated non-profit organization.
Utkarsh Micro Finance
Venture Round in 2016
Utkarsh Micro Finance Private Limited is registered with Reserve Bank of India as Non Banking Finance Company (NBFC). Its registered office and corporate office is in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). It is started to provide financial and non financial services in its area of operations to the unbanked population who have the skill but are in need of capital. Initially it has started with credit and insurance, but eventually it will also undertake other activities to bring transformation in the lives of underprivileged.
Claro Energy
Debt Financing in 2015
Claro Energy operates in high-power deficit, diesel dependent, agrarian, and poor economic regions of India. We use solar energy for developing mass irrigation solutions & generate power at point of use. According to the United Nations 2014 report, "Even if the UN Millennium Development Goal of halving the population without access to drinking water and sanitation by 2015 is achieved, 244 million people in rural India will still remain without access to sustainable water supply" Innovative thinking can result not only in preventing the crisis, but also in enhancing economic development and improving living standards at large. At Claro, we believe that an improvement in water productivity and food security can be done through revitalizing irrigation technology, practices and institutions.