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New Delhi, 2 June 2015 The Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) and the HealthPhone project of The Mother and Child Health and...

by Kartik Srivatsa Aspada Investment Company, has made a commitment of INR 20 Crores ($3.3 Million) to Delhi-based EM3 AgriServices Pvt Ltd. EM3...

by Sujatha Change in NRI Investment Policy Last week, on Thursday, 21 May 2015, the government of India, in what has been...

Article from Hina Nainani CIIE @ IIM Ahmedabad Ask any startup founder to rank their biggest challenges…inevitably human resources will make it to the...

Villgro’s Investment Manager Kavita Rajagopalan explains that the education sector in India is an ocean of opportunities The education sector in India...

Creative, responsive, exploratory conversations have always been at the heart of the SOCAP experience. The SOCAP Open platform empowers you to shape...

Article by Vaidyanathan Krishnamurthy - Head of Innovation and Implementation, Samhita Social Ventures The Prime Minister’s call for a Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in...

Indian social enterprise incubator Villgro is planning to enter the Vietnamese startup ecosystem, its first country in Southeast Asia, by seeking for...

The project is launched in 282 branches in 16 states. Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, one of the top-tier microfinance institutions...

UnLtd India – Call for applications! Calling all aspiring social change-makers to attend an event on “Social Entrepreneurship Insights" and to apply...

Impact Investors Council (IIC), in its representation for Budget 2015, is requesting the Government to help galvanise the impact investment eco-system Impact...

Fidelity Growth Partners India has invested $10 Mn in clean tech product company, Greenlight Planet. The Series B round also saw the...

The private sector of the economy is an important component in helping individuals climb out of poverty. In the last 40 years,...

Investment Will Allow Northeast India’s Leading Producer of Premium All Natural Tableware to Expand Production Capacity, Sales Network Barpeta, Assam 16 FEBRUARY...

BANGALORE: Social investor Unitus Seed Fund has launched Speed2Seed, a nationwide program to help early-stage startups raise angel and seed capital in...

PUNE: Impact investment firm Villgro has announced a Rs 20-crore fund targeted at incubating education startups. In the initial phase, Villgro will...

BENGALURU: ZipDial has become the first Indian technology product startup to be bought by Twitter in what is the third such deal...

MUMBAI: Lok Capital, the Rockefeller Foundation-backed impact investor, aims to raise $45 million (about Rs 270 crore) by June as part of...

MUMBAI: The positive outlook among investors seems to have rubbed off on social sector-focused investments, with venture capital funds focused on the...

Zurich, Switzerland & Seattle, Washington, 19 NOVEMBER 2014 -- Upaya Social Ventures and the Artha Initiative are proud to announce that they...

By Bhawna Gupta Last year, his firm Inflexionpoint acquired majority stake in Delhi-based Iris Computers John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, is...

A majority of the investments in social ventures come from regular VC funds by Malvika Joshi Mumbai: Radha Bai, an artisan in...

Article by P Rajasekharan in Chennai In India, disabled people are excluded from microfinance due to ill thought out systems. How can...

The Tata Group has announced the commencement of the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2014-15, a joint initiative with the Indian Institute...

Unitus Seed Fund is a new $20 million seed-stage investment fund based in Bangalore and Seattle that invests in startups serving large,...

DHARNAI, India – Suresh Manjhi, 30, no longer has to walk five kilometres to and from Makhdumpur, the nearest town, to charge...

For a growing number of companies, cleantech promises innovations and opportunities at the base of the pyramid After driving taxis in New...