Varthana is on a mission to help affordable education by providing loans to expand and improve schools

India’s large student population, unaffordable private schools, poor quality of public education, limited access to capital to improve infrastructure and the quality of education in the small private schools- all these point towards a need of ventures like Varthana.

The Bangalore based venture recently raised a funding round from Accion.

Varthana is a finance lending organization founded by Steve Hardgrave and Brajesh Mishra. It provides access to loans for entrepreneurs working towards improving the quality of education for low-income groups. They have already helped entrepreneurs improve facilities at existing schools and the funding infusion will help scale the effort rapidly.

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