Alleviating poverty by investing in rural households, and especially women
Notable Achievements
- Connected to over 1 million households to 15 MM products and services.
- Have built a network of over 12,500 rural women entrepreneurs.
- CEO is recognized by the World Economic Forum, Fortune India 40 Under 40 Power List, Govt of India's Women Transforms India Winner, and more
Currently Operating in One Region
Press Mentions

February 14, 2021
How Frontier Markets all-woman salesforce enables last mile delivery in rural India
Frontier Markets, through its network of 10,000 rural women entrepreneurs across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar, has connected with over 3.5 lakh households and sold over 2 million products

February 25, 2022
[Product Roadmap] How Frontier Markets integrated tech to empower over 500,000 rural families
In this week’s product roadmap, we feature last-mile rural distribution startup Frontier Markets that is creating a livelihood for rural women by building a network that manages all point-of-sale...

December 10, 2021
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September 14, 2021
Forbes India Nurturing Entrepreneurship and Driving Sustainable Growth
The world’s first global accelerator network programme is helping impact entrepreneurs scale up to solve some of society’s most pressing challenges while creating jobs of the future.

September 3, 2021
Investing in women is smart business and key to poverty alleviation at scale
Frontier Markets is a rural marketing, sales, and service distribution company providing access to affordable and quality clean energy solutions and appliances to low-income households in India by...

July 1, 2021
Rural-tech startups form coalition to raise $8 million
The Rural Access Coalition for Covid-19 Resilience formed to ensure employment, awareness and accessibility across four States
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