Greenjoules Pvt Ltd, a Pune-based environmentally friendly power energy innovation startup, has raised its Series A series of $4.5 million (Rs 33 crore) from Blue Ashva Capital through its Blue Ashva Sampada Fund. The assets raised are a mix of value and obligation, and will be used to set up business scale squander to-energy plants and put resources into new R&D drives.
Established in 2018 by V Radhika, VS Shridhar, S Viraraghavan, and R Sethunath, Greenjoules has practical experience in making inexhaustible biofuels. These are curated totally from rural buildup and sustainable squanders from agro-handling ventures. The fuel can be utilized for mechanical applications (to control boilers, gensets) and business applications (in diesel-controlled vehicles).
“Greenjoules’ vision of being a significant part in squanders to-energy market gets a lift with this speculations from Blue Ashva Capital. With this, we are very much positioned to assume a huge part in serving the huge mechanical market, who have board commands to change to climate cordial energizes,” said V S Shridhar, Co-originator and CEO of Greenjoules Pvt Ltd.
“The 2018 Govt of India Biofuels strategy expects to change over 5% of all diesel being burned-through to biofuels by 2030. This will additionally add openings for us in the years to come,” added Shridhar.
Greenjoules utilizes non-food and non-feed squanders as feedstock to produce biofuels. The fuel is made to the BIS1460 Standards that oil and diesel follows. It very well may be utilized with no adjustment in the current diesel motors, gensets or boilers being used. This makes Greenjoules biofuels an immediate swap for oil and diesel.
“Simply envision bio-squanders being changed over into diesel for our vehicles, business vehicles and mechanical applications and that too with no retrofit or alteration required. This attendants in another period of green diesel with a positive effect on the climate and economy,” added Satya Bansal, Founder, Blue Ashva Capital.
The organization is right now serving a few huge venture clients from its biorefinery in Chakan, Pune. It presently plans to fundamentally increase creation by setting up a huge office close to Pune to take into account the expanding request of green diesel.
“Speculation by Blue Ashva Capital is a major achievement for Greenjoules. We would now be able to zero in on developing our present item range as well as on fostering a portfolio scope of high-energy thickness fluid and vaporous biofuels. It is likewise a chance to popularize such fills fabricated from the phenomenal scope of agro squanders accessible in India,” said S Viraraghavan, Founder and Director of Greenjoules Pvt Ltd.