The past few years of climate startup funding in India have been dominated by electric mobility and infrastructure enabling electric mobility. This is why we made a conscious decision early last year to also enable as much support as possible for teams working on solutions in sectors like waste management which might not attract as […]
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While Rainmatter started as a fintech incubator in 2016, we have evolved to also focus on Climate and Health. The question we kept asking ourselves was—what is the point of saving & investing without having a sound mind and body and a healthy planet? These questions led us to meet several teams solving climate challenges […]
India’s water supply and sewage systems are crucial for both development and public health. While we often talk about diet and exercise when discussing health, access to clean water is just as important. Unfortunately, our water and sanitation systems have not changed much in decades. Even though some technology is used to monitor these systems, […]
A large proportion of India’s agricultural produce goes waste for purely how the produce looks (shape, size etc), despite no loss of nutrition. Adding to farmers’ woes is constant uncertainty in the pricing that their produce can fetch in the markets. Raheja Solar Food Processing helps solve both problems, with their farmer-first model. Raheja Solar […]
One of the key challenges in the nutrition space is the production and availability of adequate protein in an environmentally sustainable and affordable way. Plant-based proteins present a promising solution to our nutritional needs due to their long history of crop use and cultivation, lower cost of production, and easy access in many parts of […]
Hasiru Dala offers waste management solutions to commercial establishments, apartments & residential townships, and events. They collect, segregate, and transport waste to processing facilities.
Climate change is no longer a future event — water scarcity, erratic weather patterns, diminishing wildlife — we are already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Solving any problem starts by acknowledging there is one and finding ways to quantify it. Although the effects of climate change are obvious, it is crucial to measure the […]
We started investing in climate action and health a couple of years ago. At the intersection of the two, there is a large plastic waste problem we want to help solve. The ramifications of plastic waste do not end with the pollution of soil and water bodies; microplastics have even found their way into our […]
Our focus on health at Rainmatter started because of the core team’s focus on living a healthy life. The result of this passion was endless questions about the quality of common food items we eat every day, like vegetables, fruits, dairy, grains, etc. So we started interacting with experts in the domain, such as doctors, […]
At Rainmatter one of the problems we spend a lot of time thinking about is water management and pollution. We have partnered with JSP Enviro – a Chennai-based bio-electrochemical (BES) wastewater treatment company.
Akshayakalpa is trying to solve some of the thorny challenges in the dairy and farming industry.. The Akshayakalpa team works with farmers and local communities to help them implement organic farming techniques to reduce the use of antibiotics and pesticides and then sources the produce.
Helping Indians manage their health and wealth excites us the most at Rainmatter. This desire to help people become healthier led us to the FITTR team. We are happy to partner with and support FITTR in its mission to educate people about the importance of nutrition and health.
When I saw MyLang’s website for the first time, I beamed. An Indian platform that creates, hosts, and promotes literature in Indian languages (beginning with a neat Kannada catalog). When Pavaman described to me how the project had taken shape over two years, it was impressive. The platform was already bringing together authors, scholars, storytellers, […]
We started Rainmatter in 2016 because we realized that the Indian markets were quite shallow. The only way we could grow was if the investor participation in Indian capital markets grew, and we could only do so much on our own. So we started backing founders who were building things that could bring in the […]