New Delhi, April 8 -- As the Tata Group ramps up its new energy bets, its battery arm Agratas Energy Storage Solutions Pvt Ltd. raised over $730 million from a clutch of banks in 2025, taking the total funding from lenders and parent Tata Sons' equity infusion to nearly $900 million. The funding push highlights the capital intensity and execution phase ahead of commercial operations.

Tatas' lithium ion cell arm secured the loans between January and December 2025 from banks including Axis Bank, DBS Bank, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp and Standard Chartered Bank, with an average interest rate of 5.25% and a payback period of nearly three years, Mint's review of the company's filings with the corporate affairs ministry revealed.

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