Villgro
VC Fund
Chennai, India
Villgro is a venture capital firm specialized in incubation, seed, and early-stage social startups.The firm seeks to incubate enterprises in four key sectors: healthcare, education, agri-business, and energy. It invests up to Rs6 million ($0.1 million) in the form of equity or quasi-equity.Villgro was founded in 2001 and is headquartered inChennai, India.
- Total investments:
- 73
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Villgro invests in
Stages Villgro invests in
Countries Villgro invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Maithili Rege
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Mohammad Azhar
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Rathin Roy
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 15 (21%)
- Health Care 13 (18%)
- AgTech 12 (16%)
- Farming 9 (12%)
- Medical Device 7 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 45 (62%)
- Grant 9 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 7 (10%)
- Funding Round 4 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (3%)
Country
- India 62 (85%)
- Kenya 1 (1%)
- Philippines 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Maithili Rege
Associate Lead, Agriculture & Climate Action
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Associate Lead, Agriculture & Climate Action | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
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Mohammad Azhar
Government Inititative
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Government Inititative | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Paul Basil
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
PR Ganapathy
President
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President | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Rathin Roy
Chairman
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Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Perkant Tech
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Perkant Tech is a med-tech startup that offers innovative problem-solving solutions. Perkant Tech was created by two IT engineers with a desire to deliver creative solutions and aspires to digitalize global business and processes as part of the Atal Innovation Mission. Perkant Tech is headquartered in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and was founded in 2020. | $773.9K / Seed / Apr 03, 2025 | |
MARUT Drones
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MARUT Drones is a research and product development company using drone technology to curb mosquito menace. The company also provides help in surveillance, land surveying and has found takers from the defense, revenue sectors and police departments. They are also come up with a platform that will enable artificial intelligence-based prediction ofmosquito density, larvae count, prepare real-time reports and identify high and low-risk areas using predictive analytics.MARUT Drones has custom-made drones for defense, logistics, agriculture, surveillance, surveying purposes, and payload drop. They are transforming the way businesses collect, manage, and interpret drone data. Their custom-built 10-liter drones can spray 5-6 acres per hour at an effective work rate of about 25 acres per day. The drones make use of GPS and radar for efficient, precision, and uniform spraying with the ability to monitor data from time to time.MARUT Drone was founded on March 28, 2019, and is based in Hyderabad, India. | $6.2M / Series A / Nov 05, 2024 | |
Pasidi Panta
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Pasidi Panta promotes sustainable agriculture and connects farmers directly with markets. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
GreenSupply
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GreenSupply offers comprehensive farming solutions through its innovative distribution model called "Phygital" (Physical + Digital). | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
Carbon Masters
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Carbon Masters helps organisations to measure, manage, reduce and report their carbon emissions, Our raison d´etre is a passion to help people in both their professional and personal lives reduce their carbon impact and to adapt to inevitable climate change. Carbon Masters two founding partners bring a range of complementary skills andcapabilities, youthful enthusiasm and experience, and an understanding of both the developing and developed worlds. Passion, global insight, and technical mastery are the values they aspire to bring to the company. Carbon Masters was established in 2009 and has since worked with a wide range of organisations in both the public and private sector to help them take steps to reduce their carbon emissions. The company now has offices in Edinburgh (UK), Bangalore (India) and Quito (Ecuador) and plans for a Carbon Masters USA are also on the horizon. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
KiVi
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KiVi is a phygital platform that seamlessly enables farmers and agri, rural entrepreneurs to access timely and efficient capital. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
BharatRohan
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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 precisionagriculture, 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. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 14, 2024 | |
RAAV Tech
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RAAV Techlabs is a quality instruments and analytics company that uses artificial intelligence and deep learning. Using the science of spectroscopy, it makes a commitment towards building quality assessment devices for agricultural and dairy products to benefit farmers, logistics, food and beverage processing industries, and consumers. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
Raheja Solar Food Processing
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Raheja Solar Food Processing provides advanced and efficient solar dryers for surplus produce dehydration. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
Navork Innovations
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Navork Innovations is an indian startup that provides technology for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables that maintains freshness. | Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | |
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Co-Investors
NABKISAN Finance
11 deals together
SBI Foundation
11 deals together
Agence Française de Développement
7 deals together
Cisco
6 deals together
IIMA Ventures
2 deals together
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FAQ
What does Villgro invest in?
Villgro invests primarily in Agriculture, Health Care and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 73 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Villgro?
The team at Villgro includes Maithili Rege (Associate Lead, Agriculture & Climate Action), Mohammad Azhar (Government Inititative) and Paul Basil (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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