TL;DR Synthetic biology is the engineering of natural biologic systems such as bacteria, yeasts and fungi, plants and animals to produce the desired products. Business models in the synthetic biology market have evolved, leading to drop in the cost of DNA synthesis and faster product development cycles. Investors are bullish…

India has over 10 million aspiring athletes under the age of 19 playing across 100K semi-professional tournaments annually. But, most of these athletes do not have access to the right networks and audience to showcase their talent. For example, athletes outside of major cities have little scope in getting noticed…

Global temperatures are reaching unprecedented highs. Our natural systems must contend with novel conditions that change more quickly than their pace of adaptation — but the reality is that they’re not keeping up. Global food supplies are in decline as droughts and floods impact agricultural output. Productivity of even our…

Vegrow, India’s leading B2B marketplace for fruits announced they have secured funding of $25M Series B round led by Prosus Ventures. Marquee investors Matrix Partners India, Elevation Capital, Lightspeed India and Ankur Capital also participated in the round. Prominent angel and agri veteran Sanjiv Rangrass continues to back the company. …

Electricity consumers including residential, commercial, and industrial players face frequent issues with power reliability including blackouts, power frequency regulation, and peak capacity deferral. Behind-the-Meter battery systems can help address these issues by storing energy that is generated locally and supplying it as per requirement. The excess energy can also be…

Renewable energy may be in abundance, but it isn’t available consistently. To meet the grid demands and compensate for the variability in production, battery storage systems are required. Globally, more than 10 GW of grid scale battery had already been installed until 2020. …

India has the largest youth population in the world. These young people hold the key to transforming the country into a modern, productive, developed economy. However, the reality is that a large part of the country’s youth are struggling for gainful employment. Some argue that India has simply failed to…

Take your pick of supply chains across India, and you’ll find similar challenges: fragmentation, informal networks with multiple layers of middlemen, poor price discovery, substandard quality assurance and inefficient logistics. …

Green is the color for the next decade. The clean energy transition forms the backbone of our sustainable future. Solar has become cheaper than coal — at least in India. But to effectively utilize it, we need to manage the intermittency that comes with renewables. Batteries have become a burning…