Oorja Raises $1.5M Pre-Series A For Farming-As-A-Service Model Updated On Thu, Aug 1st, 2024 by Saurenergy Oorja, a solar irrigation services and agricultural advisory to smallholder farmers in India, successfully closed its US$1.5 million Pre-Series A funding round. The company in the recent round attracted $1.2 million in equity finance from impact investors like Acumen, elea, a family trust advised by Artha Impact, Echoing Green Signal Fund, Partners Group via its […] Read more
Shining Bright. India’s Solar Start Ups Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Start Up India movement in 2015 on August 15, perhaps even he wouldn’t have imagined the role startups were going to play in India’s clean energy transition. After all, the energy sector, with its tremendous policy overhang, large capital commitments, and the need for a long term perspective […] Read more
Two Indian Agri-energy Organisations Make It To Shortlist For Ashden Awards Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives and Oorja Development Solutions, trailblazing agri-energy organisations working with smallholder farmers in India, have made it to the shortlist for Ashden Awards. This year the awards received 148 applications from across the world. A release by Ashden says, “The Indian initiatives include Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives helping tribal […] Read more
FaaS Firm Oorja Secures $1 million in Seed Funding For Its Clean Energy Solutions Updated On Tue, Oct 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy Oorja, a firm that describes itself as a Farming as a Service (FaaS) operating to connect agriculture and clean energy, has completed a US $1 million (Rs 7.5 crores) Seed funding round. The round includes equity investment from Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia (SEEAA) and grant funding from Water & Energy for Food Grand Challenge […] Read more
