Aerem Group recently announced the appointment of Anupam Agrawal as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its RBI-licensed subsidiary, NetZero Finance. As India’s only solar-focused NBFC, NetZero Finance eliminates financial barriers to solar adoption by offering collateral-free loans for rooftop solar, supply chain finance, and a seamless digital journey through the Aerem app which has already empowered over 1.2+GW in solar projects for industrial, commercial, residential customers, and EPC partners.
Anupam Agrawal, a Chartered Accountant and MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), brings nearly two decades of experience in fintech, NBFCs, and regulated financial services. His career includes stints at Edelweiss, Cars24 Financial Services, Drip Capital, and Cashfree Payments, where he partnered with founders and CEOs to build and scale platforms. Anupam excels in strategy, underwriting, risk management, finance, and operations having launched new credit lines, scaled business verticals, managed large portfolios, resolved stressed assets, and strengthened governance in lending and payments ecosystems.
“Anupam’s deep expertise in scaling regulated financial services makes him the ideal leader to drive NetZero Finance’s next phase of growth as we expand solar financing across India,” said Anand Jain, Founder of Aerem. “His track record in building robust operations and partnering with investors will accelerate our mission to make solar accessible for MSMEs, EPCs, and homeowners, fueling Aerem’s ecosystem of loans, procurement, and monitoring tools.”
“I’m thrilled to join Aerem at this pivotal moment for solar financing,” said Anupam Agrawal, incoming COO of NetZero Finance. “My focus will be on enhancing our underwriting, risk frameworks, and operational scalability to deliver even faster, more reliable collateral-free loans and supply chain solutions empowering businesses to adopt solar seamlessly while ensuring sustainable growth in a regulated environment.”
This appointment underscores Aerem Group’s commitment to blending fintech innovation with renewable energy, supporting 3200+ EPC partners and avoiding over 35 million tonnes of CO2 through its platforms like AeROC monitoring and Aerem Asset Assurance.
Aerem’s Integrated Solutions
Aerem addresses the structural challenges in market through a single, technology-led platform that integrates financing, procurement, design, and lifecycle monitoring for distributed solar projects. By aligning incentives across EPCs, financial institutions, and end customers, Aerem materially reduces execution risk while improving speed, transparency, and long-term asset performance at scale. Aerem’s network of trusted installation partners underpins a capital-efficient, scalable model that enables deep local market reach while lowering customer acquisition costs.
Aerem has demonstrated strong market momentum and tangible impact in India’s clean energy transition. To date, the company has enabled over 1.2GW of solar capacity across the country and financed 2,000+ solar projects spanning MSMEs, homeowners, and EPC partners, collectively generating lifetime energy cost savings of USD ~2.5 Bn. Its nationwide ecosystem includes 3,200+ verified installation partners operating across 150+ cities, giving Aerem a truly pan-India footprint. Collectively, these efforts have helped avoid approximately 35 million tonnes of lifetime CO₂ emissions, equivalent to planting ~80 million fully grown trees, underscoring Aerem’s measurable environmental and market impact.