Villgro

Villgro is a venture capital firm established in 2001 and headquartered in Chennai, India. The firm specializes in incubating, seed, and early-stage social startups, focusing on four primary sectors: healthcare, education, agriculture, and energy. Villgro targets pre-seed and seed stage investments, providing funding up to Rs6 million in the form of equity or quasi-equity. Its mission is to create impactful and innovative enterprises that address critical social challenges.

Paul Basil

Co-Founder and Board Member

34 past transactions

Agrograde

Seed Round in 2022
Occipital Tech is standardising quality in agriculture to add transparency to the trade. Occipital's AI based solutions perform unbiased quality checks to help farmers get a fair price for their harvest and reduce the food loss within the supply chain.

Strawcture Eco

Seed Round in 2022
Strawcture Eco is to develop innovative, commercially viable products which mitigate the continuous depletion of natural resources.

Agrograde

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Occipital Tech is standardising quality in agriculture to add transparency to the trade. Occipital's AI based solutions perform unbiased quality checks to help farmers get a fair price for their harvest and reduce the food loss within the supply chain.

BharatRohan

Debt Financing in 2021
BharatRohan collects data from agricultural farms and converts it into actionable information and reports to decrease crop loses, optimize agri-inputs, and maximize yield and profit margin using UAV or drone based hyperspectral imaging. It transforms data from the cameras into actionable informational which makes techniques like precision agriculture, integrated pest management, and contract farming. By using unique UAV or drone based hyperspectral remote sensing and AI, BharatRohan empowers the Indian agriculture industry with an in-depth understanding of land and crops. It follows a framework to grant farmers with a knowledge service package that includes realistic prescriptions and recommendations about needed treatment by pesticides and fertilizers to handle crop diseases, pest infestations, mineral deficiencies, and more. It also offers forecasting services which include crop yield prediction, crop biomass, and status of development. BharatRohan was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.

Amelioratebiotech

Angel Round in 2020
Their Research & Development is focused on developing high quality recombinant therapeutic proteins, diagnostic kits & innovative formulation development to address the unmet medical needs across the globe.They follow their guiding values of Integrity, Passion for Excellence, Performance focus, Team Work and Care for Society.

CultYvate

Series A in 2019
CultYvate is an Ag-Tech company based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, that aims to transform agricultural practices through its automated farming systems. Founded in 2016, the company develops a farm cultivation technology platform that leverages precision agriculture and artificial intelligence to enhance farm management. By integrating Internet of Things sensors and crop models, CultYvate's platform automatically provides optimal farm inputs at the appropriate times, helping farmers increase crop yield and quality. Additionally, its AI technologies analyze various climatic conditions to determine crop water requirements, enabling efficient resource use and improved profitability for farmers.

BeAble Health

Seed Round in 2019
BeAble Health offers ArmAble, a neuro-rehabilitation device that aims to help stroke victims and people with Cerebral Palsy. BeAble Health is a spinoff from the 1st batch of Fellowship in Healthcare Entrepreneurship at the Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) – IIT Hyderabad and we are incubated at CfHE. The company believes that there is no such thing as a ‘disabled’ person, there are only bad design and disabled technology. The company's innovative solution ArmAble is solving a pressing need for intensive, engaging and regular rehabilitation therapy for the Upper Limb.

Blackboard Radio

Seed Round in 2019
Blackboard Radio is an educational platform focused on enhancing English language learning for children, particularly in smaller cities where opportunities for speaking practice may be limited. Recognizing that classroom time often does not allow for personalized evaluation of speaking and listening skills, the platform provides a safe and supportive environment for children to practice English. Utilizing an artificial intelligence-powered, gamified mobile application, Blackboard Radio helps children expand their vocabulary while listening to, contextualizing, and speaking words in English. This innovative approach aims to improve articulation and build confidence in speaking, addressing the needs of families that primarily speak native languages at home.

Book My Bai

Seed Round in 2019
They are India's largest online marketplace of maid bureaus. Whether you are looking for a maid or a nanny or a patient caretaker, they will find the best quality and experienced staff here.

Turaco

Grant in 2018
Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

Bempu Health

Venture Round in 2018
Bempu Health is a social enterprise developing medical devices to radically improve the health of newborns in under-served markets.The BEMPU Hypothermia Alert Device, worn on the wrist of the newborn, is designed to detect hypothermia early via continuous temperature monitoring during its critical neonatal period (0-1 month).

Lal10

Seed Round in 2018
Lal10 is a B2B platform that connects rural SMEs to global buyers. They make transactions happen between 1800+ rural SMEs through mobile CRMs and retail buyers across 18 countries. They are Faire.com of Asia with a market potential of $9bn. Today they have 400+ retailers like Zara, Toast, New Looks, Pepperfry, Myntra, Ajio, FabIndia, Anita Dongre, Tata Taniera etc. The retention of buyers is more than 85%. Founders are ex Flipkart, DCE, IIT Madras, and NITIE graduates. They have raised $1.8mn from prominent angels like Amit Ranjan, Pravin Gandhi, Mekin Maheshwari, ex ITC CEO, Beyond Capital, Angellist and Sorenson fund in seed rounds. They were part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and India list.

Madguy Labs

Seed Round in 2018
MadGuy Labs is a developer of an AI-driven platform focused on government job preparation, providing online coaching tailored to the needs of students and working professionals. The platform features personalized courses, an advanced preparation tracker, and a comprehensive suite of study materials, including theory concepts, videos, and unlimited practice mock tests. It also offers career counseling and enables users to monitor their progress across various online batches. Additionally, MadGuy Labs facilitates access to theory, videos, and quizzes in multiple regional languages, allowing students to study conveniently from home at an affordable price. The company's extensive network fosters a healthy competitive environment for learners.

KrishiHub

Seed Round in 2017
KrishiHub is an agri-tech startup based in Bengaluru, India, founded in 2016. The company operates an online platform that connects farmers directly with various businesses, enabling them to sell their products at competitive prices. By leveraging technology, KrishiHub has developed an artificial intelligence-powered supply chain that facilitates farm-to-doorstep delivery in under 12 hours and reduces vegetable wastage by up to 25% compared to traditional methods. The platform employs proprietary algorithms to optimize delivery routes, ensuring timely service and minimizing logistics costs. Through this ecosystem, farmers can access agri-inputs to enhance productivity and directly approach customers such as hotels, restaurants, vendors, and stores, thereby improving their socio-economic status.

Krishi Trade

Seed Round in 2017
Krishi Trade is a Marketplace for trade in agricultural produce integrated with the supply chain and Agri product marketplace. The marketplace offers an e-trading platform for truck dial offers e-logistics, SubjiMart offers fresh natural fruits, Load Dial offers farm inputs & implements on the cart, agriculture, and vegetable home delivered. Krishi Trade helps whole-sellers, consumers buy, local village agents, farmers, sell post-harvest agricultural produce, and traders as well as help with the selling and buying of agricultural equipments and consumables. It also allows a trader and farmers to explore import and export opportunities. It offers visa enabled Loyalty Card with a facility to top-up /redeem/ withdraw loyalty points or commissions or receipts. Krishi Trade was founded in 2017 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Krimanshi

Seed Round in 2017
Krimanshi Technologies Private Limited, established in 2015 and located in Jodhpur, India, focuses on manufacturing animal feeds utilizing food surplus, residues, and waste materials. The company produces a range of products, including dairy pellets, cottonseed cake, mineral mixtures, silage, and fruit powder. Founded by biotech engineer Nikhil Bohra, Krimanshi aims to enhance rural income by improving the productivity of Indian cattle through high-quality feed solutions. A notable innovation from the company is the development of nutritional feed pods derived from the mesquite plant, an invasive species in the region, which contributes to its mission of sustainable agricultural practices.

Adiuvo Diagnostics

Seed Round in 2017
Adiuvo Diagnostics is a medical diagnostic device company based in India. It designs and develops healthcare devices, including a skinscope AD, a non-invasive skin and soft tissue infection screening device; a modular reader for visualization and quantification of molecular diagnostic assays such as PCR kits, Colorimetric kits, Lateral flow assay etc.; and MTB screening device for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection.

Yostra

Venture Round in 2017
Yostra Labs Private Limited, a healthcare technology firm, develops healthcare devices to diagnose and treat diabetes. It offers Kadam, a therapy and medical device for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer; Sparsh, a screening device for the diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) that enables healthcare setups to provide accessible diagnosis of DPN to patients from all socio-economic strata; and DripCheck that empowers the healthcare professionals to accurately monitor and manage intravenous therapy. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Green Robot Machinery

Seed Round in 2016
Green Robot Machinery Private Limited specializes in developing robotic machines designed for cotton picking and other agricultural tasks. Founded in 2014 and based in Bengaluru, India, the company focuses on creating solutions that enhance productivity in farming while reducing labor intensity. Its machines are tailored for various horticultural cash crops, including eggplant, okra, and capsicum. Utilizing advanced technologies such as 3D machine vision and robotics, Green Robot Machinery aims to automate labor-intensive tasks like weeding, pruning, and spraying, all while maintaining existing agronomic practices. The company serves diverse markets, including agriculture, smart homes, and industrial automation, with a commitment to sustainable and eco-friendly farming solutions. The cotton harvesting machine has undergone field testing and was slated for commercial availability in June 2019.

Edukasyon.ph

Seed Round in 2016
Edukasyon.ph is an educational technology platform based in the Philippines, dedicated to empowering Filipino youth, particularly the Gen Z demographic, to make informed educational choices that align with their career aspirations. Launched in 2015, the platform provides access to a variety of resources, including senior high schools, colleges, universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and career guidance. It collaborates with numerous educational institutions and organizations to offer comprehensive support for students as they navigate their educational journeys. Edukasyon.ph engages over 10 million Filipino youth annually and is recognized for its contributions to sustainable development in education, having received multiple awards, including the Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award. The organization operates with a team of over 90 staff members and maintains a presence in Manila, Cebu, and Davao.

FlyBird Innovations

Seed Round in 2016
FlyBird Innovations specializes in developing embedded products and solutions for various sectors, including aerospace, automotive, medical, and industrial applications. The company offers advanced products such as Garuda, an autonomous aerial vehicle designed for military and safety monitoring tasks, as well as an irrigation controller equipped with sensors for temperature, soil moisture, and humidity to optimize greenhouse and open field farming. Additionally, FlyBird Innovations provides TREASURE GUARD, a system that monitors ATM machines. The company's services encompass a wide range of areas, including software and hardware design, firmware development, and support for product development and testing. Founded in 2013 and based in Bengaluru, India, FlyBird Innovations aims to enhance productivity and efficiency across its diverse technological offerings.

Ecozen

Venture Round in 2016
Ecozen Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is an innovative company based in Pune, India, specializing in eco-friendly agricultural technologies. Founded in 2009, Ecozen manufactures solar-powered products such as Ecofrost, a portable cold storage unit that enhances the shelf life of perishable produce, and Ecotron, a smart controller for irrigation pumps that incorporates IoT technology for efficient water management. These solutions significantly benefit farmers by improving produce quality and market access, while also optimizing irrigation practices. In addition to these products, Ecozen offers a digital platform called Eco-Connect, which links farmers directly with buyers, thus facilitating better market opportunities. The company also provides energy management solutions, including solar energy products and consulting services aimed at enhancing productivity and sustainability in agriculture. Through its diverse offerings, Ecozen is committed to transforming agricultural practices and supporting rural communities.

ESDECS

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Provider of education and skill development services intended to enhance the employability of trainees. The company offers early childhood education services, teacher training, education advisory services, and provides employability skills in young adults through career counseling it also offers holistic care to the elderly community, enabling the community at large to improve their lives and future.

Nayam Innovations

Seed Round in 2015
The company aims to use its patented technology to provide cataract treatment at one-tenth the present cost, and with better outcomes.

Kamal Kisan

Seed Round in 2014
Kamal Kisan is an agricultural company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, founded in 2013. It focuses on providing simple and cost-effective solutions tailored for small and marginal farmers. By engaging directly with farmers to understand their challenges and needs, Kamal Kisan develops and refines its technology. The company offers a range of products, including a mulch layer, backpack weeder, vegetable planter, mulch hole maker, and raised bed maker. These innovations aim to save time and money while reducing labor dependency, thereby increasing profitability for farmers. Kamal Kisan aspires to expand its reach, targeting assistance for 1 million farmers across South India within five years, up from approximately 13,000 currently served.

Ujjeewan Healthcare

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Provider of telehealthcare services intended to provide pharmacist services at the doorstep. The company offers online and on-call pharmacy tools with family physician service which has facilities like pharmaceutical and healthcare services by delivering, enabling customers to get medicine delivered at the comfort of their homes.

SkillTrain

Pre Seed Round in 2014
SkillTrain is a vocational training social company based in Jabalpur, India, that specializes in providing online and mobile-based training programs to students in South Asia and the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 2012, SkillTrain offers a wide range of courses, including house wiring, computer repair, mobile repairing, refrigeration and air conditioning, automotive repair, and various vocational skills such as plumbing, carpentry, and fashion designing. The company employs audio, video, and simulation-based learning materials to facilitate a comprehensive learning experience. By leveraging technology, SkillTrain aims to enhance vocational training accessibility and effectiveness, empowering learners with practical skills necessary for various trades and professions.

Ecozen

Seed Round in 2013
Ecozen Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is an innovative company based in Pune, India, specializing in eco-friendly agricultural technologies. Founded in 2009, Ecozen manufactures solar-powered products such as Ecofrost, a portable cold storage unit that enhances the shelf life of perishable produce, and Ecotron, a smart controller for irrigation pumps that incorporates IoT technology for efficient water management. These solutions significantly benefit farmers by improving produce quality and market access, while also optimizing irrigation practices. In addition to these products, Ecozen offers a digital platform called Eco-Connect, which links farmers directly with buyers, thus facilitating better market opportunities. The company also provides energy management solutions, including solar energy products and consulting services aimed at enhancing productivity and sustainability in agriculture. Through its diverse offerings, Ecozen is committed to transforming agricultural practices and supporting rural communities.

Artoo

Seed Round in 2013
Artoo is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform tailored for financial institutions. It enables organizations to streamline their customer interactions through a comprehensive suite of modules, including lead management, loan origination, and credit scoring. The platform integrates tools for cash flow analysis, credit bureau access, underwriting, collections, and compliance, facilitating effective management of financial services. Additionally, Artoo provides analytics capabilities that allow financial institutions to gain valuable insights into their operations. The platform is designed to support field agents in delivering financial services directly to borrowers, from the initial loan sourcing to post-disbursement support, thereby enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of customer engagement in the financial sector.

OneBreath

Funding Round in 2013
OneBreath is a Bangalore-based medical technology start-up company.

Windmill Health

Venture Round in 2013
Windmill Health Technologies Private Limited is a medical device startup based in Delhi, India, founded in 2011 by fellows of the Stanford India Biodesign program. The company focuses on developing innovative health technologies aimed at improving neonatal care in low-resource settings. Its flagship product, NeoBreathe, is an integrated neonatal resuscitation solution designed for use by frontline workers, including medical professionals and community health workers, who require minimal training to operate it effectively. This device incorporates several unique features and is developed in-house, with the company leveraging external manufacturers and distributors for scaling. Windmill Health has received funding from various prominent organizations, including the Gates Foundation and governments from India, the U.S., and Canada, supporting its mission to enhance neonatal health outcomes globally.

First Energy

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Provider of alternative energy systems based in Pune, India. The company provides on-site equipment such as stoves, using biomass gasification technology to provide energy. The equipment is designed for use by caterers, hotels and restaurants.
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