Blended Finance for the Agri Value Chain: Learnings from Bharat Rohan

Villgro Innovations Foundation

Learn how an innovative agri-tech startup leveraged Blended Finance to access Credit

The following case study, demonstrates the impact unlocked by Villgro enabling Bharat Rohan to avail commercial debt, with the backing of a First Loss Default Guarantee. Read more to learn how a blended finance structure brought with it financial leverage, thereby enabling an impact enterprise to secure market borrowing, thereby laying the foundation for enhancing its bankability.

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Villgro, is a prominent social enterprise incubator in India. Established in 2001, it's mission is to make innovative, impactful businesses succeed in Health, Agribusiness, and Climate Action. Since 2001, Villgro has supported more than 340 social enterprises that have raised over INR 4.28 billion in investments, created more than 5000 jobs and impacted over 20 million lives. Villgro was awarded the Top Incubator Award by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (GoI) in 2020 and the DivHERsity awards in 2022.