Enabling rural shops to grow their business through sustainable livelihood solutions
Notable Achievements
- Winner of the Sankalp Global Awards in 2022.
- Winner of the FM Kirby Prize in 2023.
Currently Operating in One Region
Press Mentions
March 12, 2024
Prashanth Venkatramana | The Subjective Space
Prashanth Venkataramana is a social entrepreneur and CEO & Co-founder of Essmart.
Read on The Subjective Space »August 21, 2023
Insaan invests in Indian rural distributor Essmart
Livelihood essentials like farming supplies and solar-powered lights are expensive and hard to secure in rural India. Essmart handles ordering and logistics for hundreds of affordable livelihood...
Read on ImpactAlpha »February 25, 2023
2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize Winner: Essmart
We are thrilled to announce Essmart as the recipient of the 2022-23 F.M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact! Essmart is a for-profit social enterprise in India, on a mission to grow rural...
Read on Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) | Duke University, Fuqua School of Business »December 7, 2022
This E-com platform gives agri-tech in India the boost it needs
With a looming food crisis powered by conflict, climate change, possibility of global recession, growing food needs to be made easier.
Read on Sify »September 20, 2022
Getting innovative products to rural communities
MIT spinout Essmart has partnered with local retailers in rural India to create a supply chain that helps innovative products reach consumers in low-resource settings.
Read on MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology »April 11, 2014
Social enterprise takes smart products to rural poor
A start-up Indian social enterprise has come up with an innovative solution to one of the country's biggest development challenges - helping the rural poor easily access basics such as clean...
Read on Reuters »More Ventures in Education, Energy & Environment, and Health
Get the Unreasonable Newsletter
Get monthly updates on Essmart and over 399 other ventures working to solve the world's toughest problems.