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Investor Sequoia Capital has recently invested in Indian microfinance institution, Ujjivan Finance Company, making it the largest investor with a 15.7% stake...

A South Indian entrepreneur, Arunachalam Muruganatham, has created the world’s first low-cost machine to produce sanitary towels for low-income women. Having won...

L&T Insurance company has recently partnered with SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association, to make VimoSEWA, a national insurance cooperative, its first microinsurance...

Coca-Cola and NDTV are partners in a campaign called Support My School in which they are promoting a three year plan to...

An article published by India Knowledge @ Wharton discusses the need for education reform across primary and secondary education in India and...

A recent Business Line article profiles Vortex, a low-cost ATM developer in India. Having been started by IIT Madras alumni and researchers,...

Social venture capital investor, Acumen Fund, recently provided a $1 million loan to Indian MFI Gramalaya Urban and Rural Development Initiatives and...

A recent article discusses how the Government of India’s Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for micro, small, and medium sized enterprises has helped...

Turmeric farmers in India recently leveraged Facebook as a means of sharing information and eliminating middle men when oversupply and crashing prices...

The International Finance Corporation has partnered with India’s National Institute for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development (NIESBUD) to pilot a Training of...

Bangalore-based Ujjivan Microfinance, one of India’s largest microfinance institutions (MFI), has raised $25.5 million from Lok Capital, Sequoia Capital, Mauritius Unitus Corporation,...

A recent Economic Times article discusses how Indian microfinance institutions are starting to provide a range of lending products beyond traditional microcredit...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has extended advisory services to Indian-based technology company, Financial Information Networks and Operation (FINO). Support will go...

Italian insurance company Generali has recently announced plans to add 2 million new policy holders in India with one of its biggest...

Google India has recently launched the Women Entrepreneurs on the Web (WEOW) program to create an online presence and community for women...

India plans to launch the India Inclusive Innovation Fund, a $1 billion fund that has been set up with initial capital of...

A new report by PwC discusses then ‘next four billion’ and ways to create profitable growth strategies for the global emerging middle...

A recent Forbes India article discusses PepsiCo India’s new chairman, Manu Anand’s, strategy for developing a business model that better reaches BOP...

A new seed fund for social investment, Unitus Seed Fund, has recently been launched by Unitus Labs, a non-profit focused on global...

A Guardian article discusses the work of LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in India. LVPEI is a network of more than 80...

Business Development Manager at Acument Fund, Blair Miller, recently wrote about a trip to Husk Power Systems (HPS) in India, an investee...

A recent article by Alina Paul, a communications specialist, at ICRISAT in India, discusses how simple innovations in marketing and distribution could...

A NextBillion guest post by Akshay Mani discusses a range of issues that auto rickshaw drivers in India face including lack of...

Featured on StartupCentral.in Are there any kind of benchmarks around angel investment valuations in India, especially with respect to business plans that...

Unitus Seed Fund launches in India with three seed investments New Unitus Labs Initiative Seeks to Accelerate Development of Innovative Startups Which...

Jordan Kassalow, the founder and CEO of VisionSpring, was recently named as one of the top 30 social entrepreneurs worldwide. VisionSpring was...

In a recent interview, Unilever CEO Paul Polman, discusses its ambitious targets of doubling its business by 2020 and reducing its environmental...