South Asia, founders & teams

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Series A, Fintech

Monsoon Pay

Bangladesh

Embedded payments and working-capital tools for SMB marketplaces across Dhaka and Chittagong.

Make trusted commerce infrastructure accessible to every serious SMB in South Asia, without a walled-garden wallet.

Become the default financial layer marketplaces and logistics networks plug into for checkout, payouts, and reconciliation.

Led byNadia Rahman, CEO & Co-founder
Community pulse94
Open profile: mission, news & funding

Series B, Climate / Energy

Delta Grid

Pakistan

Distributed solar leasing and grid analytics for industrial SMEs in Karachi and Lahore.

Lower energy cost and carbon intensity for SMEs through transparent metering and financed clean assets.

Industrial parks across South Asia run on measurable, dispatchable clean power, with financing that matches how factories actually use energy.

Led byHassan Ali, CEO
Community pulse91
Open profile: mission, news & funding

Seed, Healthtech

Lagoon Health

Sri Lanka

Tele-diagnosis and pharmacy logistics for tier-2 cities in Sri Lanka and South India pilots.

Deliver reliable specialist access and medicine fulfilment where physical infrastructure lags demand.

A regional care continuum where distance and income no longer determine timeliness of diagnosis or treatment.

Led byArjun Perera, Founder
Community pulse88
Open profile: mission, news & funding

Seed, Enterprise SaaS

Kathmandu Ledger

Nepal

Compliance automation and e-invoicing for banks and insurers in Nepal and Bhutan.

Ship regulatory-grade invoicing and reconciliation APIs that banks can adopt without multi-year core replacements.

Cross-border and domestic settlement workflows default to machine-verifiable documents and real-time policy checks.

Led byPrajwal Shrestha, Co-founder & CTO
Community pulse79
Open profile: mission, news & funding