Dream Green Capital

What Dream Green Capital does

Dream Green Capital (DGC) is a privately-held, India-focused venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests at the idea-to-seed stage in climate and sustainability-linked startups aligned with UN sustainability goals. The firm targets early-stage founders building in agritech, cleantech, energy, construction, and adjacent verticals, with a stated vision to become the first-choice investor for cleantech startups in India. As of the most recent public materials, DGC's portfolio comprises 10 companies including Eeki Foods (hydroponics farming), BuildNext (construction tech), Aisensy (CRM), Inventohack (agri-IoT), Buyofuel (green fuel marketplace), Enerjazz (EV battery swapping), Ben&Gaws and Prodo (manufacturing platforms), Crib (co-living), and Dukaanse (quick commerce).

The firm's core offering combines capital investment with non-financial support: business planning and strategy guidance, partner-level introductions to leading Indian VC funds for next-stage funding, and cross-portfolio opportunities that connect founders with global corporates and market leaders. DGC's process is differentiated by speed — investment decisions in under a week and funding within a month — and by a founder-friendly operating posture. Revenue mechanics are typical of a seed-stage VC: management fees on a fund of undisclosed size plus carried interest on realizations, with several portfolio companies having progressed to Series A funding (e.g., Eeki Foods' $6.5M Series A; BuildNext's $3.5M raise) though disclosed exits remain limited. The firm is led by two Founding Partners (Sahil Mahaldar and Deep Gupta) with deep energy-sector domain expertise, supported by an Advisor (Dharmin Desai) with three decades of technology and investing experience.

Name

Dream Green Capital

Legal name

Dream Green Capital

Website

https://dgcventure.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Dream Green Capital is a privately-held, India-focused venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests at the idea-to-seed stage in climate and sustainability startups, currently backing 10 portfolio companies across agritech, clean energy, construction tech, and digital platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG), Climate Finance Funds & Green Investment Facilities (BPADACAH)

Keywords

• Venture capital fund
• Climate tech investing
• Seed stage funding
• Sustainability investments
• Cleantech venture capital

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Generates returns through equity investments in early-stage climate and sustainability startups. Returns realized through exits, follow-on funding rounds where ownership is retained, and portfolio company growth.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dream Green Capital is a venture capital fund that invests at the idea-to-seed stage in climate and sustainability startups in India that align with UN sustainability goals. Beyond capital, the fund provides portfolio companies with business planning support, strategic guidance, partner-level introductions to leading Indian VC funds for follow-on funding, and cross-portfolio collaboration opportunities with corporate partners and established market leaders.

Product overview

Dream Green Capital operates as a climate-focused venture capital fund offering a single unified investment product rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core product is an Idea-to-Seed Climate Investment Fund targeting Indian startups aligned with UN sustainability goals. DGC provides direct capital investment alongside business planning support, strategic guidance, and connections to the next stage of VC funding. The fund also offers investor network access and cross-portfolio collaboration opportunities. The investment portfolio includes 10 portfolio companies spanning agritech (Eeki Foods, Inventohack), clean energy (Buyofuel, Enerjazz), construction tech (BuildNext, Prodo), and digital platforms (Aisensy, Ben&Gaws, Crib, Dukaanse), all reflecting the fund's climate and sustainability thesis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Investment Fund Venture capital investment targeting idea-to-seed stage climate and cleantech startups in India aligned with UN sustainability goals, providing capital alongside business planning, strategic support, and partner-level connections to leading Indian VC funds for follow-on funding.

Quantifiable outcome

• Discussions to decision take less than a week, and funds can follow within a month
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Better Capital: India-focused pre-seed and seed venture capital fund investing across sectors including climate and consumer. Highly comparable to DGC in stage (idea-to-seed), geography (India), and founder-friendly thesis.
• Inflection Point Ventures: India-based early-stage angel and seed investor network that has co-invested directly alongside DGC in Buyofuel and Ben&Gaws. Comparable in stage, geography, and network-driven deal sourcing.
• Avaana Capital: India-focused venture capital fund investing at the intersection of climate, sustainability, and tech. Closest thematic peer — same geography, similar sustainability mandate, slightly later stage.
• Omnivore: India-focused venture fund investing in agritech and climate-smart agriculture startups. Comparable because several DGC portfolio companies (Eeki Foods, Inventohack) operate in the same agritech category.
• LetsVenture: India's largest online venture investing platform for early-stage deals; co-invested with DGC in Prodo. Comparable in early-stage India focus and network-driven deal flow.
• Beenext: Early-stage venture capital fund active across India and Southeast Asia, investing in seed and Series A. Comparable in stage and emerging-market focus, though broader sector mandate than DGC.
• Titan Capital: India-focused seed-stage venture capital fund (founded by Kunal Shah, Ritesh Agarwal); co-invested with DGC in Prodo. Comparable in stage, geography, and early-check size.

Emerging players

• Climate VC: Climate-tech-focused venture platform and fund-of-funds supporting early-stage climate investing. Comparable thematic focus (climate), operates at slightly different layer as a fund-of-funds/multi-manager vehicle.

Broad incumbents

• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Bill Gates-backed multi-billion-dollar climate-tech venture fund investing globally including India. Broad incumbent peer sharing the climate mandate but operating at far larger scale and later stages than DGC.
• Lowercarbon Capital: US-based climate-tech venture fund backing early- to growth-stage companies reducing CO2. Broad incumbent with overlapping climate mandate and significantly larger AUM than DGC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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