Sustainability Startup sentra.world Secures $2M in Seed Funding

sentra.world, a SaaS climate tech startup, has successfully raised USD 2 million in a seed funding round led by Avaana Capital. RPG Ventures and Golden Sparrow Ventures also participated in the funding round. The company plans to utilize the raised funds to drive global expansion, enhance its platform development, and boost sectoral intelligence. By doing so, sentra.world aims to serve industrial businesses not only in India but also in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and beyond.

Avaana Capital: Pioneering Climate-Tech Venture Capital Firm

Avaana Capital, renowned as India's foremost early-stage climate-tech venture capital firm, played a significant role in the funding round. The participation of RPG Ventures and Golden Sparrow Ventures further underscores the importance of this investment. The primary objective of sentra.world, in collaboration with these partners, is to assist industrial companies in effectively managing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 

This includes emissions from their own operations, those generated by their suppliers (known as Scope 3 emissions), and emissions at the holding company level. To accomplish this, sentra.world provides a suite of products tailored to each specific area of emissions management: sentra.calculus, sentra.network, and sentra.portfolio.

Ambitious Goals for a Sustainable Future

Harsh Choudhry, co-founder and CEO of sentra.world, shared the company's vision for empowering global industrial businesses on their net-zero journeys. By prioritizing Scope 3 emissions, sentra.world aims to drive sustainability across the value chain for industrial businesses in India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, with future expansion into Europe. Choudhry expressed his goal of having 500 industrial companies and 500,000 suppliers as valued customers within the next five years, effectively managing 1% of global emissions.

sentra.world aims to stand behind its commitment to sustainability and net-zero goals. The company's innovative Scope 3 solutions are designed to empower businesses and enable them to achieve Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) excellence. Through accurate, comprehensive, efficient, and traceable methods for measuring emissions performance, sentra.world offers industrial companies the tools they need to navigate the challenges associated with emissions management.

Leading the Way in Scope 3 Emissions Management

Avaana Capital, as the lead investor in the seed funding round, expressed excitement about supporting sentra.world's groundbreaking efforts in Scope 3 emissions management. Anjali Bansal, founding partner at Avaana Capital, praised the innovative platform and comprehensive suite of solutions offered by sentra.world. Bansal stated that these solutions address critical challenges faced by industrial businesses while driving sustainability and contributing to a greener future. She expressed confidence in sentra.world's pivotal role in shaping the industrial sector's transition to net-zero emissions.

sentra.world was founded by Harsh Choudhry, CEO, and Vikas Upadhyay, COO. With their technology platform, sentra.world empowers industrial businesses on their net-zero journeys by providing them with accurate, comprehensive, efficient, and traceable methods to measure their emissions performance. The company's founders are dedicated to making a substantial and positive impact on the environment and the industrial sector as they continue to develop and refine their SaaS products.

A Greener Future with sentra.world

With the recent seed funding, sentra.world is poised to expand its operations and cement its position as a leader in emissions management solutions. The company's ambitious goals of managing 1% of global emissions within five years reflect its determination to drive sustainable practices worldwide.