- Business
- Vaarad Ventures Limited (VAARAD.BO), a non-banking financial company registered with the Reserve Bank of India, engages in investment activities and related businesses spanning technology, mineral water, weighing scales, supply chain management, and database management in India. The company offers investment services through its portfolio; provides packaged drinking water solutions via subsidiaries; develops software and database management tools; supplies industrial weighing scales and related equipment; and delivers supply chain and consultancy services, primarily targeting industrial and consumer markets across India. It operates through three subsidiaries including Varuna Drinking Water Solutions Limited, Atco Limited, and Edesk Services Limited; three step-down subsidiaries namely Geo Thermal Water Limited, Innovamedia Publications Limited, and Atcomaart Services Limited; and one associate, Kimaya Shoppe Limited. Vaarad Ventures Limited, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, changed its name from Atco Corporation Limited in February 2011. Recent developments include the announcement of a change in registered office address, routine quarterly unaudited financial results disclosures for periods ending June 2025 and beyond with ongoing net losses, and the resignation of company secretary Narendra Kumar Joshi in March 2025, alongside standard board meetings for compliance and secretarial reporting with no reported material acquisitions, funding rounds, or strategic partnerships in the last one to two years.