# Swachhata Startup Challenge

> Swachhata Startup Challenge is a VC fund in Chennai backing Waste Management and Communities. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://swachhatastartupchallenge.com/

Swachhata Startup Challenge is a VC fund in Chennai focused on Waste Management and Communities. Swachhata Startup Challenge will support innovative startups with scalable business and dignified job-creating models by providing them financial capacity building and go-to-market support.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Waste Management | 4 | 36% |
| Communities | 2 | 18% |
| Construction | 2 | 18% |
| Water | 1 | 9% |
| Biofuel | 1 | 9% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 10 | 91% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bintix | Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time. | $31.2K | Grant | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Green Delight Innovation | Green Delight Innovation is a supplier of biodegradable sanitary napkins. | $12.5K | Grant | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| GenRobotic | GenRobotic specializes in powered robotic exoskeletons with RC Controlled Humanoid Robotic Systems and Artificial Intelligence. The company designs and develops robots in order to find the best solution for social impotent issues. The company was founded in 2015 by a team of passionate engineers in Robotics and Defence engineering. They began asa student start-up with powered exoskeletons from the college and then focused on developing simple and compact exoskeleton for commercial purposes. Now the company has come with good research in robotics and powered exoskeleton and different control aspects and focusing on socially relevant issues. The company has been developed a smaller but stronger version of powered exoskeletons, G2 is the cheapest and strongest exoskeleton available in the world market. It has given them vast attention from all around the world. | $1M | Grant | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| JALODBUST | JALODBUST specializes in septic tank cleaning, sewage well cleaning, household drain cleaning, and marine sediment removal. | $1M | Grant | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| The Kabadiwala | The Kabadiwala.com is doorstep free service. They provide the service to collect junk/scrap material fom your location. They made selling to much fun, sell your kabaad earn money and awards. Sell more earn more and recycle more. They provide environment friendly service to create go green.Their dedicated team work on your request anddeliver you the best service and solution for your request. Buying product online is easy, getting rid of them when it becomes useless/redundant/old is not. They provide the service for the same. Some may call "raddiwala" but They buy old products junk material. they clean your house, your apartment, your city & your world. Their concern is to take care of your concern. | $1M | Grant | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| GreenJams | GreenJams is a pioneering company in the sustainable construction industry, focused on creating carbon-negative building materials. Its flagship product, Agrocrete®, is a patented bio-concrete made from agricultural residues and mineral-based binders, developed using advanced alkali activation chemistry. BINDR, its ultra-low-carbon alkali-activatedbinder, serves as a sustainable alternative to conventional cement in mortars, plasters, and non-structural concretes. Agrocrete® is thermally insulating (3.5x better than conventional concrete), cost-effective (up to 50% savings), and verifiably carbon-negative. With operational manufacturing facilities in Goa and Vizag, GreenJams has completed 15 projects across 7 Indian states and boasts a growing order pipeline of Rs. 170 crores (~$20MM). The company is on a mission to make buildings agents of climate change reversal, contributing to a sustainable future while meeting market demands for high-performance, eco-friendly construction materials. | $30K | Grant | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Saltech Design Labs | Saltech Design Labs offers waste management, construction and infrastructure, affordable housing, and renewable energy. | $12.5K | Grant | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Mudita and Radhesh | Mudita and Radhesh sell clothes made from chicken waste by recycling. | $12.5K | Grant | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| JalSevak | JalSevak offers wastewater recycling solution for residential facilities. | $12.5K | Grant | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| KNP Arises | KNP Arises collects oil from food business operators transforms into biodiesel. | $12.5K | Grant | Sep 20, 2022 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agence Française de Développement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agence-fran%C3%A7aise-de-d%C3%A9veloppement) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- Villgro — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- Government of India — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Swachhata Startup Challenge invest in?

Swachhata Startup Challenge invests primarily in Waste Management, Communities and Construction startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Swachhata Startup Challenge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Swachhata Startup Challenge closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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