Caspian invests in enterprises that address the problems of access and efficiency in business ecosystems that have a positive social or environmental impact. We seek to utilize our understanding of early-stage enterprises that operate in this sphere and bring our capital and expertise to improving the outreach and viability of their businesses. Mission of Caspian Debt is To enable the growth of enterprises that work towards creating social and/or environmental impact, in a responsible, transparent, and sustainable manner.
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Chetna is a farmer-owned company which aims to make agriculture sustainable and profitable for small and marginal farmers.
It works with more than 35000 farmers in low income, underdeveloped rainfed areas. Over 90% of the company’s revenues come from the procurement and sale of organic, fair trade cotton.
Read MorePromethean manufactures innovative chilling equipment using a patented thermal energy system, that can operate without diesel backup. This reduces operating costs and makes it usable in rural areas with intermittent power supply.
CII was one of the first institutional lenders to Promethean
Read MoreDrishti provides affordable eye care in rural and semi-rural areas. Drishti operates eight hospitals, all in the southern state of Karnataka, India.
Caspian gave Drishti its first loan in 2016
Read MoreHaber provides eLIXA, AI driven platform which helps companies convert raw data into actionable intelligence to reduce water wastage and carbon footprint while driving efficiencies in the manufacturing processes.
Caspian provided debt to Haber in 2018.
Read MoreVeritas provides unsecured loans to MSMEs in rural areas which often lack access to financial services. Veritas has over 30,000 active enterprise clients, 97% of these located in rural areas - in turn employing ~45,000 people. Caspian first disbursed a term loan to Veritas in 2016 during the early stages of growth for the company."
Read MoreOrigo Commodities provides post harvest warehousing and collateral management Services.
Caspian Fund IV invested in Origo Commodities in September 2018.
The Company manages AUM of INR ~108 Bn through their ~600 warehouses.
Read MoreEcozen provides Solar based irrigation solutions and solar based cold storage systems for agricultural usage. Ecozen Irrigation solutions help farmers to reduce their costs of running fossil fuel based pump-sets. Its Cold Storage Solutions helps in reducing the post harvest losses for the Farmers.
Ecozen received its Series A equity from Caspian Fund IV in 2019.
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