Ajay Maniar, Partner, Aavishkaar Capital | Using technology to foster a culture of agripreneurship in India

Jerlin Justus / 06 Dec 2020

At Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020, experts spoke about the agriculture ecosystem in India, and how to enable the youth in the country to create an impact in the agritech sector.

At a panel moderated by CM Patil, CEO, Deshpande Startups, during the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020, Ajay Maniar, Partner, Aavishkar Funds; Mark Kahn, Managing Partner, Omnivore; and Prashanth Prakash, Partner, Accel Partners, spoke about agritech as the upcoming sector in India, especially in the startup community.

Aavishkaar Capital is a global pioneer in taking an entrepreneurship-based approach to scaling businesses for impact. Aavishkaar Capital invests in sectors such as Agri-services & Food processing, Inclusive Finance and Essential Services across India, South East Asia, and Africa. Aligned to 13 out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, investments made by Aavishkaar Capital have generated more than 290,000 livelihoods, ~45,000 jobs and impacted lives of 105 million people. For more details please visit www.aavishkaar.in

Aavishkaar Capital is the impact investing arm of the Aavishkaar Group, the impact platform with presence in Microfinance, MSME Lending and ecosystem building across Asia and Africa. The Aavishkaar Group with its vision to bridge the opportunity gap for the emerging 3 billion, currently manages over USD 1 billion across its platform.

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Ajay Maniar, Partner, Aavishkaar Capital | Using technology to foster a culture of agripreneurship in India

Jerlin Justus / 06 Dec 2020