Over the past two months, global capital markets have been rattled by escalating tariffs, shifting trade dynamics, and the ripple effects on international supply chains and trade policies. As major economies adjust to these changes, market benchmarks have become volatile, and institutional investors have grown more cautious. The feedback loop…
Leveraging technology, this agritech startup drives operational efficiency and unlocks scalable growth by empowering MSMEs, streamlining supply chains, and expanding access to financing — to build a resilient agri-processing ecosystem across India In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, a small spice processing unit struggled with underutilized capacity. This increased wastage, reduced profit…
Within the last decade, Africa has emerged as a dynamic frontier for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation. With a growing population, increasing mobile penetration, and an expanding pool of young, tech-savvy talent, the continent presents an attractive destination for venture capital investment. According to reports, the African Venture Capital market will…
Diverse teams outperform by doing more with less capital and delivering greater results. In emerging markets, that’s not a nice-to-have — it’s a future-focused strategy with compounding returns In 1999, when I first forayed into venture capital investing while working at the Inter-American Development Bank, I was often the only…
What Moniepoint, Africa’s 8th unicorn, has done for merchant infrastructure in Nigeria echoes what startups in India and LatAm are doing for kiranas, tiendas, and MSMEs. This is the new fintech stack: local, resilient, and full-stack by necessity In Nigeria’s fragmented financial landscape, Moniepoint didn’t just build another payment system…
Magma, a B2B industrial solutions provider, has raised $5 million in a round led by Capria Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Accion Venture Lab, and WEH Ventures. The funds will boost core factory offerings, backward integration, and tech investments as Magma targets rapid revenue growth and sector expansion. This…
India’s $36 billion industrial materials industry is the unsung enabler of sectors like construction, packaging, textiles, and agriculture — powering everything from adhesives in tile manufacturing to coatings in packaging materials. As industrial demand accelerates and global players look beyond China, India’s chemical manufacturers are well-positioned to expand their international…
Surya Mantha, Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, joined an expert panel at #ETEntrepreneurSummit 2025 alongside Vivekananda Pani (Reverie Language Technologies), Ankit Solanki (Clear), Anirudh A. Damani (Artha Venture Fund), and Madhusudan Shekar (Google Cloud) to explore how AI is transforming the startup landscape. Moderated by journalist, Soumik Ghosh, the panel…
When Vietnam-based agritech firm TechCoop dropped news of its US$70 million series A raise in February, eyebrows went up — after all, peers like eFishery and TaniHub hit rough waters recently. But investors appear to be rallying behind the three-year-old startup, which was founded in 2022 by Hao Diep, a…
Despite fears of AI-driven job displacement, technology is also fueling economic inclusion and job creation — especially in emerging markets. It’s time to reframe the debate and invest in the future of work The rapid evolution of AI has heralded the rising fear of job losses and an acute criticism…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
