About Radicate

Responsible finance for those most often left out.

Our Story

Born in rural Uttar Pradesh, built for rural India

Radicate Microfinance Foundation was incorporated in 2017 (CIN U65999UP2017NPL092954) as a Section 8 not-for-profit company, with a singular conviction — that the absence of formal credit, not the absence of ability, is what holds rural households back. We started in Sant Kabir Nagar district of eastern Uttar Pradesh, with a small team of field officers and a deeply local approach.

We remain focused on what brought us here: face-to-face relationships, fair pricing, and financial education that turns first-time borrowers into long-term savers.

Our Mission

To deliver dignified financial services to underserved rural households — credit, savings, insurance and education — through trained, accountable, community-rooted field teams.

Our Values

  • Transparency. Every fee, every rate, every charge — disclosed in writing, in the local language, before the loan is signed.
  • Respect. Our customers are entrepreneurs, not beneficiaries. We listen, we explain, we never coerce.
  • Responsibility. We lend within a household's true repayment capacity, even when that means lending less.
  • Patience. Building trust takes years. We are not in a hurry.
At a glance

Company at a glance

  • Incorporated2017
  • StructureSection 8 non-profit
  • CINU65999UP2017NPL092954
  • RegistrarRoC Kanpur
  • StateUttar Pradesh
  • DistrictSant Kabir Nagar
  • StatusActive
Impact

What our work changes

Numbers are necessary, but they only matter when they connect to lives.

Women-led livelihoods

We prioritise lending to women borrowers, who in turn drive decision-making and asset ownership within the household.

Income generation

Our loans finance productive activities — small enterprise, dairy, tailoring, farming — that lift household earning capacity over time.

Asset creation

Sewing machines, dairy animals, shop inventory, productive equipment — credit aimed at the assets that pay back the loan and keep paying after.

Governance

Built on accountability

Regulatory standing

Registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act and aligned with the Reserve Bank of India's Fair Practices Code for NBFC-MFI. Annual audits by an independent statutory auditor.

Customer protection

We are signatories to the MFIN Code of Conduct. Every customer receives a key fact statement, a copy of the loan agreement, and a clear grievance redressal escalation matrix.