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Kinara Capital: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Kinara Capital is a financing company that provides flexible collateral-free loans to small business entrepreneurs. The company is focused on lending to growing businesses that require funding for working capital, capital assets, and start-up needs. It focuses on industries such as agri-products, handicraft production, water, food, and energy. Kinara Capital provides personalized customer service with a fast turnaround time by blending data-driven insights. Kinara Capital has been named by IFC/World Bank as ‘Bank of the Year-Asia’ in 2019 and Financial Times ranked it among the Top 100 High-Growth Companies in Asia-Pacific. It was founded in 2011 by Hardika Shah and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

kinaracapital.com LinkedIn Bengaluru, India 251-500 employees
Finance Financial Services FinTech Lending Micro Lending Social Entrepreneurship
Total raised
$66.1M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series E
Apr 2022

Kinara Capital has raised $66.1M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series E of $49.7M announced in Apr 2022.

That round is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Kinara Capital Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$66.1M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Series E
$49.7M in Apr 2022
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2022.

Kinara Capital Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series E
$49.7M
Debt Financing
$9.3M
Undisclosed round
$7.1M

Kinara Capital raised $7.1M in an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2021.

7 months later, a Debt Financing of $9.3M was announced in Oct 2021.

6 months later, a Series E of $49.7M was announced in Apr 2022.

Kinara Capital Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Hardika Shah
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Kinara Capital team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Median round
3,233
$3.0M
263
$100M

Kinara Capital's latest round of $49.7M is above the median round in Community and Lifestyle. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Kinara Capital Funding FAQs

What does Kinara Capital do?

Kinara Capital is a financing company that provides flexible collateral-free loans to small business entrepreneurs. The company is focused on lending to growing businesses that require funding for working capital, capital assets, and start-up needs. It focuses on industries such as agri-products, handicraft production, water, food, and energy. Kinara Capital provides personalized customer service with a fast turnaround time by blending data-driven insights. Kinara Capital has been named by IFC/World Bank as ‘Bank of the Year-Asia’ in 2019 and Financial Times ranked it among the Top 100 High-Growth Companies in Asia-Pacific. It was founded in 2011 by Hardika Shah and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

How much funding has Kinara Capital raised?

Kinara Capital has raised $66.1M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series E of $49.7M announced in Apr 2022.

When did Kinara Capital last raise funding?

Kinara Capital's most recent funding round on record is a Series E of $49.7M, announced in Apr 2022.

Who is the CEO of Kinara Capital?

Hardika Shah is listed as CEO at Kinara Capital.

Where is Kinara Capital headquartered?

Kinara Capital is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

How many employees does Kinara Capital have?

Kinara Capital is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Kinara Capital's funding compare to other Community and Lifestyle startups?

Kinara Capital's latest round of $49.7M is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies on FundedIQ across 1,484 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Kinara Capital Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Kinara Capital is left off this page rather than filled in.

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