Equitas specialises in providing loans to small entrepreneurs. Based in Chennai, southern India, it lends money to three million microfinance customers in 616 locations across 12 Indian states.
It also offers lending for affordable housing and financing for commercial vehicles.
Since its creation in 2007, the company has become one of the leading microcredit businesses in India. It is publicly listed, and holds a small finance bank licence from the Reserve Bank of India.
Employees: 10001+
Founded date: 2007
Investors 1
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| - | British In... | bii.co.uk |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 24.04.2024 | Equitas SFB Q4 result: PAT at Rs 207 cr, total income surges... | - | business-s... |
| 06.01.2020 | Equitas Holdings raises Rs 140 crore from IFC | Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd, a leading, Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company, h... | thehindubu... |
| 28.11.2014 | Equitas raises $53M led by DEG and impact investment firm Cr... | Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd (formerly Equi... | vccircle.c... |
| 20.12.2013 | CDC invests $16M in Chennai-based microfinance firm Equitas | UK’s development finance institution CDC Group Plc has invested $16 million in Chennai-based microfi... | vccircle.c... |
| 18.12.2013 | CDC backs Indian microfinance company Equitas with US$16 mil... | CDC backs Indian microfinance company Equitas with US$16 million direct investment | bii.co.uk/... |
| 22.10.2012 | Equitas gets $26M equity infusion from IFC, existing investo... | Equitas Holdings, a Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company, has raised $ 26 mi... | vccircle.c... |
| 08.05.2012 | IFC May Invest Up To $30M In MFIs Ujjivan, Equitas | International Finance Corporation (IFC) is looking to up its bet on the Indian microfinance institut... | vccircle.c... |
| 02.04.2010 | CLSA Capital Partners Invests $24M In Equitas Microfinance | Microfinance is yet to lose its sheen from an investment point of view. Setting the bubble view asid... | vccircle.c... |
| 22.08.2008 | Equitas Gets $12.5M Fund Infusion From Three Funds | Chennai-based micro finance lending institute Equitas has received a fresh fund infusion of $12.5 mi... | vccircle.c... |