India’s startup ecosystem is undergoing a climate shift – not in temperature, but in purpose. As the world accelerates toward decarbonization and sustainability, a new wave of Indian startups is emerging with climate innovation at its core. From green manufacturing to carbon marketplaces and cleantech solutions, these ventures are no longer fringe experiments – they’re fast becoming central to India’s economic and environmental strategy. This surge signals a powerful intersection of climate ambition, policy support, and investor interest, positioning India as a rising force in the global green economy.
But why now?
📍 India’s vast agri-economy, biodiversity, and vulnerability to climate shocks have created both urgency and opportunity.
📍 Policy shifts (like BRSR+ and the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme) are pulling sustainability out of boardrooms and into business models.
📍 Access to capital is improving, with over $2.2 billion invested in Indian climate-tech startups over the past 18 months – a 340% jump from 2022.
But perhaps most importantly: India’s climate startup ecosystem is no longer solving for visibility. It’s solving for viability.
As Madhur Jain, Co-founder of Varaha, recently put it:
“NCR is not just where the climate problems are – it’s where solutions can scale the fastest.”
CARE 2025 will spotlight these scale-ready innovators – not as emerging players, but as core drivers of a climate economy in the making.
Where Climate Innovation Meets Market Fit
Climate-tech in India isn’t confined to carbon removal or clean energy. It’s increasingly about climate-integrated business models – ventures that address emissions, livelihoods, and ecosystems in one go.
What’s really scaling?
- Systems Thinking > Single Solutions
Startups like Mati Carbon are using enhanced rock weathering to boost soil health and sequester CO₂ – solving for agriculture and climate in one system.
- Cross-Sector Fluency
Tan90’s off-grid cold chain tech serves both agri and pharma – proving climate-tech must be sector-fluid to scale.
- Blended Business Models
SatSure combines satellite data with fintech to offer climate-smart insurance and credit – monetizing insights, not just access.
- Policy-Aware Founders
From Cropin’s satellite-based farm intelligence (serving 7M+ farmers) to Pixxel’s hyperspectral climate satellites – these ventures are already interoperating with MRV, BRSR+, and Scope 3 frameworks.
This is what separates promising projects from investable infrastructure.
CARE 2025 isn’t just highlighting them – it’s bringing together the institutions that help them land and scale.
The Scale Equation: From Prototype to Platform
For every climate-tech pilot that fades out, a handful are breaking through – and the difference isn’t just funding. It’s ecosystem readiness.
What’s enabling scale?
🧭 Policy Proximity
Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, and Pune give startups early visibility into schemes like CCTS, PM-KUSUM, and green credit systems.
🌐 Ecosystem Convergence
Startups like Dharaksha Ecosolutions, backed by impact investors and CSR funds, are co-developing models with FMCGs, state nodal agencies, and incubation programs.
💸 Capital That Gets Climate
Investors like Avaana Capital, Omnivore, and Blue Earth Capital are actively backing startups with strong MRV, measurable co-benefits, and carbon credit viability.
📊 Metrics That Matter
From Varaha’s verified carbon income for 35,000+ farmers to Cropin’s traceable emissions tracking – data isn’t a by-product. It’s the product.
Follow the Capital: Investors Are Watching Closely
Over $2.2 billion has poured into India’s climate-tech startups in the last 18 months — a 340% surge.
But this isn’t about volume. It’s about validation.
🔹 Blended finance is maturing – IFC, Temasek, and Indian VCs are co-investing in platforms, not pilots
🔹 Agri-carbon, bio-packaging, MRV, and climate risk platforms are now serious deal categories
🔹 Climate metrics = valuation metrics – startups with CO₂e savings and policy-linked revenue are closing faster, at better terms
Only 9% of global climate VC flows go to the Global South – and India is changing that with execution.
That’s why CARE 2025 is built for deal-flow, not panel-talk:
Innovators, investors, and institutions – in the same room, ready to act.
The CARE Connect: Where Innovation Meets Implementation
Startups don’t need more applause.
They need a platform where innovation meets regulation, capital, and scale.
CARE 2025 will do just that – convening:
- 500+ senior stakeholders
- 1500+ C-suite leaders from energy, FMCG, infra, and mobility
- 250+ investors and ecosystem builders
- National missions and state climate bodies
At the heart of this convergence is the ClimateTech World Cup – a global platform where high-impact ventures compete, connect, and collaborate with those shaping the climate economy.
Here, startups will plug into:
✔️ Climate-aligned capital
✔️ Corporate partners
✔️ Policymakers designing the rules of the transition
Because in this economy, climate innovation isn’t a nice-to-have.
It’s a business moat.
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