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

In an important step towards expanding their role to cover impact investments, Indian Angel Network today announced the setting up of IAN...

The government last week announced a Rs 5,500-crore 'India Inclusive Innovation Fund' will focus on generating employment and supporting livelihoods across the...

On January 16th and 17th 2013, Dasra will host the Impact Investing India Regional Forum in Bengaluru in partnership with the Rockefeller...

Innovate UK is investing up to £1.6 million for projects that use cutting-edge solutions to enhance healthcare, clean technology and infrastructure in India. The aim of this competition is to encourage...

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

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

Merck for Mothers just launched a three-year, $10 million initiative to tackle maternal mortality in India, where the need is as great...

Down To Earth, the television mini series created but the partnership between Dasra and Bloomberg India are now coming online. Dasra is...

As Capital Float's first investor, Aspada congratulates the team for leading the way in unlocking much-needed capital for small businesses in India....

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

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...

The Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition run by the Artha Platform to find the most ambitious, early stage social entrepreneurs in...

Vodafone India has launched its ‘World of Difference’ (WOD) programme, under which 25 of its employees will work with 25 NGOs for...

At least a half-dozen companies to receive matched equity funding of up to USD $100,000 May 15, 2015: Villgro, India’s oldest and foremost...

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

Milaap Social Ventures, South Asia’s leading, impact-focused fundraising platform, announced on Friday that it has raised an additional INR 6.6 crore (USD$1.1...

If you are a social entrepreneur and want to attend the Sankalp Unconvention in Mumbai in April then you have until tomorrow...

The website for the TATA Social Enterprise Challenge, a joint initiative by the TATA Group and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta...

Read why access to investment is still perceived as one of the major challenges for social entrepreneurs according to a poll conducted by...

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

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

Villgro has made an equity investment in Windmill Health Technologies and will provide intense mentoring, talent and access to relevant networks, to...

The Villgro Awards is back, recognizing outstanding individuals and organizations in the Social Entrepreneurship ecosystem for their contribution to effecting change by...

CTI PFAN is now accepting proposals from Asian Region for participating in the seventh Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-7) Business...

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

The final cohort for the Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition for early-stage social ventures in India has been announced. 15 social...