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.
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
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | British In... | bii.co.uk |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.11.2025 | Just a month in, Equitas’ Finance Head Manish Agrawal quits | - |
| 24.04.2024 | Equitas SFB Q4 result: PAT at Rs 207 cr, total income surges to Rs 1,685 cr | - |
| 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, has equity capital of Rs 140 crore. IFC, Washington, the arm of the World Bank that gives equity and debt funds to private sector companies, ... |
| 28.11.2014 | Equitas raises $53M led by DEG and impact investment firm Creations | Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd (formerly Equitas Micro Finance India Pvt Ltd) has raised Rs 325 crore ($52.5 million) from a consortium of six investors, as per a disclosure. The fundin... |
| 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 microfinance and micro-housing finance company Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd (formerly Equitas Micro Finance India Pvt Ltd). CDC’s investment in Equitas... |
| 18.12.2013 | CDC backs Indian microfinance company Equitas with US$16 million direct investment | CDC backs Indian microfinance company Equitas with US$16 million direct investment |
| 22.10.2012 | Equitas gets $26M equity infusion from IFC, existing investors | Equitas Holdings, a Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company, has raised $ 26 million (Rs 140 crore) equity capital. It raised Rs 90 Crore from World Bank arm IFC and another Rs 50 Crore from its existing investors, Micr... |
| 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 institutions by considering a total of Rs 150 crore investments in Equitas Holdings Pvt Ltd and Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd. The World Bank a... |
| 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 aside and reaffirming the investor faith in the space, CLSA Capital Partners has invested $24 million for a minority stake in the form of fresh ... |
| 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 million (Rs 50 crore) which would help it enhance its borrowing capacity for micro finance lending. The capital has been raised through compul... |