India sponsors

Founding lead sponsors

Crossover Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

Crossover invests in businesses that can capitalize on opportunities emanating from the globally competitive strengths of India related both to the skill sets of its vast young and educated workforce as well as India's economic growth potential. Crossover will partner with these businesses by funding growth opportunities as well as introducing management leadership, talent and strategic relationships.

Crossover believes that there is huge value in capitalizing clean technologies. These technologies are creators of a paradigm shift in the way the future economies will develop. For India, there is no option but to develop and promote clean technologies as otherwise, the huge growth in the economy can also have disastrous effects on life. Also clean technologies provide a more inclusive growth for the vast and diverse population making the economic changes more sustainable.

IDFC Private Equity

IDFC Private Equity focuses on long-term private equity investment opportunities and also invests in listed equities in certain circumstances. The objective is to achieve attractive returns by providing equity risk capital to early stage and rapidly growing infrastructure focused companies.

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm helps entrepreneurs extend the potential of their ideas in both traditional venture areas like the Internet, computing, mobile, and silicon technology arenas but also supports breakthrough scientific work in clean technology areas such as bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, solar, battery and other environmentally friendly technologies. Vinod Khosla was formerly a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins and founder of Sun Microsystems. Vinod has been labeled the #1 VC by Forbes and Fortune recently labeled him as one the nation's most influential ethanol advocates, noting "there are venture capitalists, and there's Vinod Khosla." Vinod Khosla founded the firm in 2004 and was joined by partners David Weiden and Samir Kaul, as well as chief scientific officer Doug Cameron in 2006. Khosla Ventures is based in Menlo Park, California.

Praj Group

Suzlon Green Power Limited

The Tata Group

Tata is one of India's oldest, largest and most respected business conglomerates. The group's businesses are spread over seven business sectors. It comprises 96 companies, operates on six continents and employs 350,000 people.