Rurban Agri Ventures

Choosing the right route

• An idea in a nation-building sector: use the invitation route.
• An existing business in the rural, agricultural or food sector with growth potential: ask about equity for existing businesses.
• An industry professional who wants to lead a new rural or agricultural business: use the senior professionals route, with a viable business plan in your core area.

How applications work

• Send an idea brief, your background and your reason for pursuing the idea. The company asks for these in writing.
• The general contact address is info@rurban.co.in.

How selection works

• The site does not describe its selection process, timelines or terms, so ask before you commit time.

What the company looks for

• Commercially viable and socially impactful businesses that serve India, as its invitation page puts it.
• For the idea route, a passionate and knowledgeable entrepreneur behind the idea.

Before you apply

• Check the company is still active. The footer reads 2015 and no page carries a later date.
• For the senior professionals route, expect the company to own the business you set up.

Rurban Agri Ventures (India) Pvt. Ltd. is an equity investor based in Gurugram, Haryana. It describes itself as a for-profit social enterprise, founded in 2014, that works in the rural and agricultural domain. A business directory and a 2016 press profile call it Rural Agri Ventures.

What it does

The company says it provides growth capital and holistic business solutions to entrepreneurs and senior industry professionals in the rural and agricultural domain. It makes customised equity investments in businesses with growth potential in the rural, agricultural and food sector. It also says it is open to providing angel capital to businesses that serve India.

Its renewable energy page describes solar PV work, from technical and EPC solutions for large ground-mounted plants to rooftop, solar pumping and street-light systems.

Not an incubator

A 2016 press profile described it as a business incubation firm. Its website describes only equity investment. Its pages describe no incubation, mentoring, workspace or accelerator cohort, so do not expect those here.

Three routes in

The site lists three routes to investment. One is an open invitation to entrepreneurs with an idea in a nation-building sector. Another is a route for senior industry professionals to set up and lead a new rural or agricultural business that the company will own. The third is equity for existing businesses with growth potential. The programme entries on this page set out each one.

Who can apply

Entrepreneurs with an idea can approach the invitation route. Its only stated pre-requisite is a passionate and knowledgeable entrepreneur behind the idea. Senior industry professionals need entrepreneurial ambition, domain expertise and a viable business plan in their core area. Growth equity is for businesses with growth potential.

Who runs it

Raakhe Kapoor Tandon is the Founder and Director. Dr. Manoj Vaish is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Bharat Bhalla is a non-executive director.

Where to find it

Its contact page gives the address as First Floor, Plot No. 49, Phase 4, Udyog Vihar, Gurugram, 122015, Haryana. The general contact address is info@rurban.co.in.

Before you approach it

The footer of the site reads 2015 and no page carries a later date. Confirm the company is still investing before you send a brief. The pages do not publish terms, fees or closing dates.