Our Sponsors and Partners

Staragri Finance

StarAgri Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral Management Limited, is a trusted financial partner to rural India, providing integrated credit services and customized financing solutions for diverse agri-asset and collateral needs. With easy, transparent and affordable access to credit, we enable small and large Indian farmers, farmer groups, agri- and allied businesses to access finance for their agri-business needs.

StarAgri Finance’s vision is to be a trusted financial partner for India’s agri-community, supporting them across their financial needs and enabling their economic empowerment to create better lives.

Our core values are:
1. Integrity
2. Innovation
3. Speed
4. Value Focus
5. Customer Excellence

We have emerged as a trusted financial partner in rural India by providing credit and other financial solutions to agri-assets and collateral needs. StarAgri Finance is registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC).
As a NBFC, StarAgri Finance is committed to demonstrate that everyone in the agricultural value chain can access credit in an integrity-led and profitable way.

Our offerings and solutions include:
  • Finance against agri-assets like land and crops
  • Finance for agri-equipment, machinery and tools
  • Working capital for agri-farms or businesses
  • Semi-urban and rural loan against properties

We customize our products based on specific needs and insights. Led by a team of experienced finance professionals, the lending decisions are made through data-driven eligibility metrics so that farmers with earning potential can invest in unprecedented growth.

The philosophy behind is to provide financial inclusion by enabling wider access to rural credit, ethically and responsibly. They are committed to help agri-communities from unorganized local money markets and encourage ethical practices in lending, equipping rural India with the confidence and resources to make informed financial decisions.

The issue is, a large number of farmers and agri-players currently borrow at usurious rates of interest from unorganized moneylenders. By bringing a significant number of Indian farmers into the financial system through organized credit disbursal, the company aims to serve the country’s need to create financial inclusion with priority sector lending.

The company is trying to insulate India’s agri-community from harsh financial practices and preventing them from being burdened by debt and are committed to empowering agri-communities to achieve their goals by enhancing their financial capabilities.

At StarAgri Finance, we understand that access to affordable finance to enhance farm productivity can change the financial future of a farmer household. Our lending strategy aims to ensure that the financial security of rural India is protected while offering specialized credit solutions at the best possible rates.

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StatsKonnect

StatsKonnect is an online community platform for the Analytics and Big Data industry. Our vision is to address the human talent shortages that is predicted to arise with the industry’s exponential growth and help bridge this gap. We aim to do this by enabling productive interaction and engagement on our platform through access to relevant, useful and industry specific information.

90% of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years. It is projected that the Big Data market will attain 17% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from 2011 to 2026. It is also forecasted that there will be a 50 to 60 percent gap between the supply and demand of people with deep analytical talent. Storing, managing and analyzing complex Big Data that helps in informed decision making requires skilled professionals. StatsKonnect realizes this potential gap and is focused on solving it by bringing everyone together into one single place and encouraging the growth of the community.

Sterling Holidays

Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Limited is a pioneer in Vacation Ownership and a leading Leisure Hospitality company in India. Sterling Holidays was incorporated in 1986 with the vision of delivering Great Holiday experiences to Indian Families. To achieve this vision, the company pioneered Vacation Ownership in India and set about building a network of leisure resorts at some of the best holiday destinations in India. Currently, Sterling Holidays has a total spread across a network of 19 resorts in 16 scenic holiday destinations in India. The company also has 15 additional sites where it plans to add new resorts in the coming years.

All resorts in the Sterling Holidays network also have specially designed hotel blocks for the comfort and convenience of guests who prefer to vacation as a one-time hotel guest.

With experience spanning over 25 years and expertise that successfully manages 19 resorts across India, Sterling Holidays now plans to expand the Leisure Hospitality industry in India and to set new benchmarks in the Vacation Ownership and Leisure Hospitality space.

Recently, the Board of Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Limited has approved the merger of Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Limited (Sterling) in a part equity, part merger deal with Thomas Cook (India) Limited.

Sterlite Power

Sterlite Power, sharing a common lineage with the LSE-listed Vedanta Resources Plc., is a leader in providing integrated transmission solutions for the power sector globally. The company is driven by its core purpose of “Empowering Humanity by Addressing the Toughest Challenges of Energy Delivery”.

Sterlite Power has three business verticals – Products, Solutions and Infrastructure. Sterlite is a leading manufacturer of power cables and conductors, supplying these to all major Indian states and private utilities besides exporting to over 40 countries. It has four state-of-the art manufacturing assets in Odisha, Uttarakhand and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In the area of solutions, Sterlite Power undertakes bespoke Master Systems Integration projects in power transmission. In electricity infrastructure development, Sterlite Power sets up intra and interstate transmission systems.
Within a short period of time, Sterlite Power has excelled in the Indian power transmission sector by introducing robust and latest technologies to become the most reputed private developer of independent electricity transmission systems.

Sterlite Power's infrastructure business is housed under subsidiary Sterlite Grid, which has emerged as India's leading private operator of independent power transmission systems. With a capital commitment of ~$2 billion, Sterlite Grid has a portfolio of 10 projects, 31 Extra High Voltage (EHV) transmission lines, 7 substations with over 7,000 Circuit KM (cKM ) and 25,000 MVA of transformation capacity, spanning 15 states. This includes 4 operational projects with 3,850 Circuit Kilometer of transmission lines and 2 substations.

The company has pioneered the deployment of global technologies in project development, even in the most difficult geographies, enabling it to complete projects ahead of schedule. It is pioneering cutting-edge initiatives like aerial surveys, helistringing, tower erection through helicranes and asset monitoring

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Stride Ventures

Stride Ventures, a leading venture debt fund, has become synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. The firm has always characterized itself as a fund that has the ability to constantly adapt and evolve and bring forth novel solutions to the venture ecosystem. This is deeply rooted in the partner-centric approach that the company has adopted since its inception.

Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to the distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading VCs. It’s institutionalised processes have ensured zero delays or delinquencies till date and Stride has been the most active lender in the Indian startup ecosystem.

In May’21, Stride launched its second fund with a target corpus of INR 1,000 Cr (with a greenshoe option of INR 875 Cr) and within 45 days, they announced the first close of the second fund at INR 550 Crore.

The firm boasts of a well-diversified portfolio sanctioning over INR 1300 Crore in 56+ companies across Consumer, FinTech, Logistics, AgriTech, B2B Commerce, HealthTech, B2B SaaS, mobility & energy solutions (EV).

In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred venture debt lender, attracting the best new age companies across sectors and  has cemented its position in the VC fraternity and the founder community as a distinguished and critical lender in the ecosystem.

Sundaram Alternates