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    Masterclass · WRI India

    Developing Robust Financial Systems

    Land Accelerator India works with startups that restore land and build livelihoods with farmers. Sriram took the second session of its advanced capacity-building track. It was about financial systems that keep up as a business grows across farmers, seasons and channel partners.

    Each startup brought its own numbers. In the room they mapped them on a shared template, found where cash was getting stuck, and built a tracker to keep.

    Host
    WRI India
    Programme
    Land Accelerator India, Advanced Capacity Building, session 2
    Programme partners
    Villgro
    When
    3 September 2026
    Taught by
    Sriram Chidambaram

    What did we cover for WRI India?

    1. 01Unit economics per product and per farmer
    2. 02Fixed and variable costs, and which ones drive the business
    3. 03The cash cycle: where money is blocked or delayed
    4. 04The economics of selling through distributors, farmer producer organisations and aggregators
    5. 05Seasons: how demand and cash swing across the farming and restoration year
    6. 06Working capital across receivables, payables and inventory
    7. 07A simple forward-looking model, tested against what changes at scale

    What did the founders leave with?

    • A snapshot of their unit economics and cost drivers
    • A cash-flow tracker, built during the session
    • A shortlist of four or five financial numbers to track

    Where else have we taught?

    Every engagement, and the decks to download