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Impact investments are expected to increase globally this year, with South Asia and Southeast Asia among the top target regions, according to...

Having started as an impetus for microfinance nearly a decade ago, impact investing today influences a wide array of sectors and supports...

It is now recognised that the world must produce more food in the next 40 years than during the entire course of...

Michael Douglas' famous words from the 1987 movie Wall Street were 'Greed is good' and this quote has been the mantra for...

MUMBAI: The Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), a not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University specializing in technology enabled leadership development solutions, has joined hands...

Impact investing generated around $100 mn of capital in India last year, according to Rockefeller Foundation Mumbai: Impact investing, in which money...

Hyderabad-based mobile e-commerce platform MartMobi has been shortlisted to join the new batch of tech startups at one of the world’s most...

SunFunder, the solar crowdfunding platform for impact investing, has announced a new milestone as they now have 1000 investors from 41 countries...

"If we are to believe the Gujarat experience with governance, what I am expecting is a much more business-like approach to governance...

Social venture firm Aavishkaar Venture Management has invested Rs 18.6 crore in luxury lifestyle brand Mela Artisans, a company founded by India-origin...

Impact equity investment continued to be an important component of the India private equity landscape, comprising 23 per cent of the overall...

Adoption of Information Technology is important in improving access to healthcare in India. After pilot projects in a few states, Central Ministry...

Article by Dr. Anuradha Katyal - How can India guarantee universal access to essential health care at the community level—at costs community...

Ennovent Impact Investment Holding and Ankur Capital have invested an undisclosed amount in Assam-based eyecare company ERC Eye Care. Beyond Capital Fund,...

Seeking to provide better price and quality health services to millions of people across all income levels in India 8 January 2014...

Five business leaders set to take the concept forward to give entrepreneurs a better shot at success Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, a famous...

Jack On Block is a new age facilities management company that seeks to solve the chronic urban housekeeping problem while providing respectable...

At just Rs. 100 per subscriber, Sevamob is transforming on the ground primary healthcare service in the far-flung areas of North India...

Aspada Investment Company has made an investment of INR 10 crore ($1.6 million) in Gurgaon based ThinkLink Supply Chain Services, a provider...

Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) is a not-for-profit organization founded by Indian sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone; with a mission to...

New 'Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme' in India is to identify women working in social enterprises and train them to become...

In a bid to provide clean drinking water, a new wave of social enterprises emerged and showed an unleashing potential to tackle...

Of the 116 ambitious early-stage social enterprises that applied for the Artha Venture Challenge (AVC) – a national competition designed to identify,...

New Delhi-based Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance has received a primary infusion of capital led by Aavishkaar Goodwell II in its first investment...

Intellecap initiative Sankalp Forum announced a strategic partnership with Social Capital Markets, convener of the international SOCAP conference series, in San Francisco...

The Barefoot College Family has enormous pleasure to announces that on September 25th in New York City, Bunker Roy will be awarded...

Early-stage start-up incubator GSF Accelerator is investing between $100,000 and $200,000 each in five Indian start-ups, along with other venture capital firms...