YOGa Clean Air Raises ₹20 Cr in Funding Round

In a notable move within India's environmental technology sector, YOGa Clean Air has successfully closed a ₹20 crore funding round. The investment was spearheaded by Info Edge Ventures, with significant participation from prominent figures including Deepinder Goyal, the founder of Zomato's parent Eternal, and Three Words Capital. This marks the company's inaugural institutional capital infusion, signaling a new phase of growth for the established business.

Remarkably, YOGa Clean Air, operating as YOGAN Solutions Private Limited, achieved this funding milestone while already operating profitably. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, the company reported revenues of approximately ₹13 crore and a net profit of around ₹67 lakh. This represents a substantial 64% year-over-year revenue increase, demonstrating robust market traction and a sustainable business model. The company's ability to secure external funding after 16 years of operation, primarily driven by customer referrals and a lack of conventional marketing expenditure, underscores its unique market position.

The core innovation of YOGa Clean Air lies in its proprietary "Clean Air Bubble" technology. Unlike conventional air purifiers, which merely filter existing indoor air, YOGa's system creates a pressurized, sealed environment. By filtering incoming air and maintaining a slightly elevated internal pressure, the system effectively prevents polluted external air from infiltrating living or working spaces. Crucially, it also manages carbon dioxide levels, ensuring the air is not only clean but also fresh, a distinction supported by two company patents and independently validated by IIT Delhi, where Professor Mukesh Khare serves as non-executive chairman.

This funding injection is earmarked for strategic expansion. Plans include deepening penetration in existing urban markets, venturing into new Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities, and critically, extending its engineered air solutions to public transportation and other high-traffic public environments. This latter initiative represents a significant undertaking, involving longer sales cycles and the complexities of adapting technology for mobile and public-use applications, a departure from its established residential and commercial installations.

The company's success is particularly salient given the severe air quality challenges faced by many Indian cities, where particulate matter levels frequently exceed WHO safety guidelines by a wide margin. YOGa Clean Air claims its systems consistently maintain indoor air quality within single digits of particulate matter, even on days when outdoor levels surpass 900 micrograms per cubic meter. With a reported 100% renewal rate on maintenance contracts and systems safeguarding over 5,000 families and numerous institutions across 11 cities, the company has built a strong foundation of trust and efficacy.

Info Edge Ventures Partner, Chinmaya Sharma, highlighted the company's differentiated technology, strong product-market fit, and impressive customer retention as key factors in their investment decision. The capital will enable YOGa Clean Air to test the scalability of its referral-driven growth model in new territories and explore the challenging but potentially impactful application of its technology in public infrastructure, a move that could redefine clean air accessibility in India.