Heather Targosz

April 12, 2023

Portfolio Partner

Pasidi Panta

Heather Targosz

April 12, 2023

Portfolio Partner

Pasidi Panta is an agritech startup, based in Hyderabad, provides services across the red chili value chain to build capacity and increase incomes of smallholder farmers.

Heather Targosz

December 1, 2022

Portfolio Partner

Sirohi

Heather Targosz

December 1, 2022

Portfolio Partner

Sirohi works with artisan clusters in Muzaffarnagar UP to make home decor products such as furniture, storage boxes and trays, handmade bags, and other home decor products.

Heather Targosz

January 23, 2022

Portfolio Partner

BharatRohan

Heather Targosz

January 23, 2022

Portfolio Partner

BharatRohan provides end-to-end services for small and marginal farmers to help reduce cost of cultivation and improve productivity.

Heather Targosz

January 13, 2022

2022 Cohort

AmalFarm Solutions

Heather Targosz

January 13, 2022

2022 Cohort

AmalFarm Solutions builds a platform for Geographically Indicated (GI) food products using QR code-based technology to deliver authentic and traceable products to consumers.

Heather Targosz

January 22, 2021

2018 Cohort

Dhaanika

Heather Targosz

January 22, 2021

2018 Cohort

Formerly known as Aikya Organics, Dhaanika creates market linkages for women-led farmer producer organizations that are cultivating chemical-free food through zero-budget natural farming.

Heather Targosz

January 22, 2021

2018 Cohort

Rural Roots

Heather Targosz

January 22, 2021

2018 Cohort

Rural Roots is active in the food-processing sector and currently produces food products that are unique to the remote regions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Heather Targosz

August 19, 2020

2019 Cohort, Portfolio Partner

Greenwear

Heather Targosz

August 19, 2020

2019 Cohort, Portfolio Partner

Greenwear provides linkages to fulfill the ‘Solar Charkha Mission’, where the women trained in the yarn making and sewing are meeting Greenwear’s goals of zero emissions by using machines and other tools which operate using solar power.

Upaya

April 10, 2020

2020 Cohort, Portfolio Partner

Shoegaro Fashions

Upaya

April 10, 2020

2020 Cohort, Portfolio Partner

Shoegaro is a social business headquartered in Agra, India that provides a reliable platform to connect artisans making handmade shoes with demand centers across India in low & middle-income segments.

Upaya

April 9, 2020

2020 Cohort

SVATANYA

Upaya

April 9, 2020

2020 Cohort

A Design Solution enterprise that empowers underprivileged women by training them to make handcrafted products, helping the women up-skill and become financially independent.

Upaya

April 8, 2020

2020 Cohort

The House of Artisans

Upaya

April 8, 2020

2020 Cohort

THOA is premium brand of all things handmade, sustainable & imperfect that stands for things that are unusual, off-beat, eccentric, and unconventional and creates the most unique products that are imperfect by design.

Heather Targosz

March 6, 2020

Portfolio Partner

Lal10

Heather Targosz

March 6, 2020

Portfolio Partner

Lal10 is a technology driven B2B platform for authentic Indian handloom and handicraft products.

Upaya

April 16, 2018

Portfolio Partner, 2017 Cohort

SMV Green

Upaya

April 16, 2018

Portfolio Partner, 2017 Cohort

SMV Green Solutions is a social venture that aims to bring dignity to rickshaw drivers through asset ownership and other value-added services.

Upaya

November 28, 2011

Past Portfolio Partner

Samridhi

Upaya

November 28, 2011

Past Portfolio Partner

Samridhi was a community dairy operating in one of India's poorest states and is creating jobs for hundreds of families living on less than $1.25 a day. It was Upaya's first investment and ultimately created hundreds of jobs.