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We’re proud to partner with Hareesh Chandrasekar, Digbijoy Neelim Nath, Srinivasan Raghavan, Madhusudan Atre, Prof. Mayank Shrivastava ,and Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, and the entire AGNIT team as they scale this capability and position India as a player in next-gen semiconductors.

We’re excited to announce our investment in AGNIT Semiconductors, leading their $2.6M seed round alongside continued participation from 3one4 Capital and Zephyr Peacock India.

RT @curioushrey: We just issued our first Carbon Credits from the Darjeeling Revival Project. Five years ago, @SparshAgarwall & I decided…

In 2020, we returned to our family’s heritage tea estate in Darjeeling with the intention of selling it. Our family had been custodians of Darjeeling’s estates for three generations. However, facing bankruptcy and collapse, due to climate change and the pandemic, our family was simply unable to hold on to it. But, @SparshAgarwall and I were inspired by the forests, the people, and the promise of Darjeeling. Our journey led us back to our roots. We spent the next few years trying to reimagine the space of the tea estate. We started with moving to Selim Hill Tea Estate in Darjeeling, & eventually carbon markets emerged as the most promising path for creating supplementary incomes for these large, heritage tea estates, and its local communities. After months of deep research; across labs, farms, and policies — we formally launched @AltCarbonIndia in Q4 2023. Alt Carbon is a deep-tech, science and data company for undertaking climate action. We bring together farmers, scientists, and engineers to remove CO₂. With Speed. At Scale. We are glad to announce our latest $12 million seed round - led by @lachygroom, with participation from existing funds like Shastra VC and angel investors including @jasonzhao, Amrendra Singh, @thetanmay , @arjunssoin, @NakuulMehta, @arjun_ramani3, @AdvaithV, @ultasawaal and more… Shoutout to Alankrita, Sruthi and the @actgrants team for enabling us with catalytic philanthropic capital. Here’s what’s next: 1. We will build the agricultural infrastructure for Climate Action — to bring down costs & enable Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) across South Asia. Our mission: Remove 5 million tons of CO₂ by 2030. 2. Scientifically prove the scalability of ERW through the Darjeeling Revival Project. Scale our learning. Design more projects. Chart a path to gigaton removal by 2040. 3. Improve our science, conduct advanced R&D, collect high quality data, create Machine Learning models that accelerate our operations across the board. 4. Build credibility and demand for ERW from the Global South, for the world. 5. Sipping on the world’s greatest tea while doing this. (DM me about Chandni xD) We started Alt Carbon because of a romantic love affair with Darjeeling. To those who saw what we saw — thank you for fueling this journey and believing in us early: @awaisahmedna, @EvanMula, @acv , @vsiv, @SinglaAnirudh @somani_utsav, Ravish Ratnam, Sangarsh Nigam, Mukesh Chamedia, Ashish Nayak, Jivesh Madan, Rahul Sunder, @Mandybuoy, @vidyamadhavan2, Abhimanyu, Ajeet, Tsuji-san, Sawamura-san, Yamazumi-san, Kawaguchi-san, Murao-san, Hirose-san and so many more... We’re hiring across all teams. Come build the future of climate action with us.

Announcing the Advisory Board for Alt @FuturesSummit 2025. Our theme— Making South Asia, a hub for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Register now—lu.ma/slybtciy

#KhiladiPro raised $1 million last month, followed by ₹10 crore in fresh funding, backed by @ShastraVC and MGA Ventures. With a goal of reaching 2 lakh assessments by 2025, the startup is aligning with Khelo India & the 2036 Olympic vision. @Arundathi_Ram

We’re proud to back Arun B Papaiah, Aditya Kulkarni , Srinivasan Namala, and the stellar team as they bring the next wave of biotech innovation out of India to the world. (7/n) Read more at: lnkd.in/gMHHKyz8

With early validation and a platform approach, we believe Avammune is building something truly disruptive in immuno-oncology. (6/n)

We’re proud to announce that @ShastraVC led Avammune Therapeutics ' $12M Series A round alongside @Capital2B and Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited. (1/n)

Read more at: lnkd.in/gtGfF22W Vasant Rao | Avijeet Alagathi | Ashis Nayak | Jivesh Madan | Shachi Jalote | Pratiti Chakraborty (7/n)

We’re proud to support Utkarsh Yadav, Nirav Shah, Akash Khunt, David Gladson and the entire KhiladiPro team in building the future of Indian sports. (6/n)

We’re thrilled to announce that @ShastraVC has led the Seed round in KhiladiPro, an AI-powered sports tech startup on a mission to transform how youth athletes in India are assessed, trained, and discovered. (1/n)