Asha Ventures – Backing innovation for India’s mass markets

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Mission

Partnering With Ambitious Entrepreneurs Who Leverage Technology To Build Businesses For India’s Emerging Middle Class

Building On An Unprecedented Opportunity To Use Technology For Good

Digitisation

Supportive
Regulatory
Environment

Vibrant
Startup
Ecosystem

750 million smartphone users in India.
12GB data usage per user a month, highest in the world
USD 0.68 per Gb cost of data, amongst the lowest in the world

UPI led fintech rails fueling world leading innovation
National Education Policy 2020 with focus on enabling digital learning
Digital Health Mission to build digital health rails

3rd largest startup ecosystem in the world
29% of all start-ups are based outside established hubs
48% per of start-ups are building solutions for India 1 and India 2 income group

Building On An Unprecedented Opportunity To Use Technology For Good

Digitisation

750 million smartphone users in India.
12GB data usage per user a month, highest in the world
USD 0.68 per Gb cost of data, amongst the lowest in the world

Supportive
Regulatory
Environment

UPI led fintech rails fueling world leading innovation
National Education Policy 2020 with focus on enabling digital learning
Digital Health Mission to build digital health rails

Vibrant
Startup
Ecosystem

3rd largest
startup ecosystem in the world

29% of all start-ups are based outside established hubs

48% of start-ups are building solutions for India 1 and India 2 income group

Backing businesses building an Inclusive and Sustainable Future

Bangalore

An integrated waste management company that aggregates and processes both wet and dry waste

Mumbai

Manufacturer and distributor of clean and smokeless cook stoves and other household appliances for the masses

Indore

Full-stack agri-tech platform helping farmers with digital advisory, access to agri-inputs and output market linkage

Ahmedabad

India’s leading dry waste management company focused on building an organized dry waste supply chain

Mumbai

India’s largest generics focused e-pharmacy helping chronic care patients reduce their medical spends

Mumbai

India’s leading vernacular Edtech Platform helping students secure government jobs

Mumbai

Retail focussed, affordable housing finance company serving financially underserved middle-income segments in urban, semi-urban and rural India

Bangalore

NBFC providing unsecured & secured loans to affordable private school for building school infrastructure

Nagpur

One of the first housing finance companies to launch a dedicated Rural Housing Microfinance product

Bangalore & Boston

Point-of-care diagnostics company making affordable tests for chronic diseases

Bangalore

India’s leading affordable housing developers that offers affordable homes to families belonging to lower income groups

Mumbai

Providing affordable blended learning for science and mathematics and JEE preparation across India

Mumbai

Used commercial vehicle financier, catering to first time borrowers.

Creating value through deep partnerships

”Asha Impact has been instrumental in helping shape our strategy and operating style. They’ve helped us build a DNA of risk first thinking and the team members aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and be with you in the trenches when needed. I’ve considered them an extension of our team since they first invested”

“They care about not just the business but you, which is rare in our business. In a market where investors may want you to deliver growth at all costs, they help us to think customer first and build a business on our unique strengths rather than any copy cat playbook”

“Asha Impact is the investor you want in your corner. Their faith in the founders and team they have backed is unwavering post investment, which has helped us stay the course even when we hit rough patches and were staring at adverse choices. I value our partnership with the whole team tremendously and actively refer other founders to them”

“ At an early stage when we didn’t have any Investor who believed in the need to look at online pharmacy from an affordability lens, the team at Asha Impact did their market research and built conviction of where the market was going and the opportunity that we were uniquely poised to capture. We are thrilled to have them believe in our vision and help bring onboard other investors”

Vikram and the team at Asha have been one of the earliest believers in Greenway. They’ve patiently supported us in building a sustainable business model to bring our efficient cookstoves to over a million women in rural India. The team helped us think through different distribution and financing models and we’re proud of the impact we’ve created together while building a profitable business.

Which has helped us create measurable impact across 13 SDGs

2.7 Mn Lives positively impacted

7.7 Mn Ton GHG emission avoided

174 Million MT of waste diverted from landfills

1.4 Mn farmers reached, driving additional income of over USD 12 Mn

25,000+ 1st time women home buyers given access to affordable mortgages

500,000+ orders delivered, creating savings of over INR 25 Cr for patients

1.3 Mn students supported to crack government job exams

3454 small entrepreneurs supported through commercial vehicle financing

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