NABARD launched Nab Ventures- its maiden fund to give support to agriculture, food, rural startups
NABARD (The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), Nab Ventures notified its first time funding termed ‘NAB VENTURES Fund I‘ which is a Rs 700-crore venture capital fund for equity investments to provide support for agriculture, food and rural startups (which would help improve rural livelihoods)
The fund has a proposed corpus of Rs 500 crore has a greenshoe option of Rs 200 crore and has received an anchor commitment from NABARD.
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About NABARD
Formation: July 12, 1982;
Type: Development finance institution
Legal status: Fully owned by Government of India
Purpose: Development assistance, poverty reduction
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Chairman is Harsh Kumar Bhanwala