India is in the midst of a Sustainable Energy and Sustainable Mobility Transition

Policies driving ‘rapid’ adoption of renewables, electric vehicles and infrastructure to support a sustainable ecosystem

Multiple growing segments with evolving business models. These businesses are seeking appropriately priced financing

cKers provides segment specific innovative debt instruments

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Ability to partner as a co-developer

cKers Finance is uniquely positioned to tap opportunities in the rapidly growing Sustainability Financing market in India. Our cross-functional team has extensive experience in financing DRE (Decentralized Renewable Energy), E-mobility and Resource Efficiency projects. We have customized frameworks to underwrite loans in these segments and innovative asset-backed financing approaches.

About Us

cKers (pronounced ‘seekers’) Finance is a specialized Sustainability finance company that operates in the rapidly growing segments around the sustainable energy transition as well as the clean mobility transition. Launched in 2017, it is developing new instruments for providing finance in the Sustainability space, and building data around risk metrics .

Management Team

Jayant Prasad

Jayant Prasad

Executive Director

Banker with over 20 years of experience in Corporate Banking, Rural and Agri-lending with ICICI Bank; having led several new initiatives (in India and internationally) during his tenure.

Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta

Chief Business Officer

25+ years in opening new markets for credit products in India and Canada with several large financial institutions. Drives strategic partnerships and leads new market engagement.

Pawan Mehra

Pawan Mehra

Director

20 years of experience working at the intersection of capital and new ventures – first as a venture capitalist in India and Silicon Valley and then an entrepreneur who has founded & built successful organizations

Board and Advisors


Upendra Bhatt

Managing Director, cKinetics and a specialist in go-to-market strategies for firms in the clean energy segment. Active participant driving the Sustainability Finance dialog in India.

Dr. Rakesh Basant

Economist specializing in policy and technology linkage. Chair Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the India Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and former Chairperson CIIE

Christina Borsum

CFO of New Energy Nexus. Experienced global risk management and finance professional who is driving financial innovation for scaling clean energy.

Chandrika Bahadur

Formerly President, Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Working with organizations globally to promoted the Sustainable Development Goals

cKinetics is a mission driven Sustainability Insight, Innovation & Capital Advisory firm with strong operational relationships with Energy Services Companies. It has experience both in project development and in channeling capital in the DRE sector in India

Infuse is a venture catalyst investing in creating, building and scaling new cleantech businesses. It’s a first-of-its-kind partnership between the government, academia and private sector

Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) is a leading clean-tech incubator in India housed at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. It has strong operational relationships with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), international and domestic Financial Institutions

The California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) is optimizing the clean energy transition by connecting ideas, capital and solutions. Driven by the opportunity to accelerate climate protection, CalCEF is committed to creating 100%+ clean energy to benefit all

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development bank (erstwhile OPIC). DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the world today

cKers Finance is a recepient of the PACEsetter Funds Award. cKers was selected for the award for its differentiated approach to providing competitive project finance and long-term venture debt financing to technology-backed interventions in the sustainability space.

Jointly capitalized by the Indian and US Governments, the PACEsetter Fund is a USD 7.9 million initiative to accelerate the commercialization of innovative off-grid clean energy access solutions. The initiative is administered by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi.

cKers Finance has also been selected by Impact Assets 50 as an Emerging Impact Manager for 2022 and 2023.

cKers Finance adheres to the Fair Practice guidelines set by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Click here to read the guidelines.