
Unconvention At Technopark
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherInnovation Experience along with IEEE-Kerala will hold an ‘Unconvention’ on August 23 at C-DAC, Technopark campus. This is part of a national...

Head Held High Raises 2.5 Crore Rupees...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesBangalore-based startup Head Held High Services Pvt Ltd, a skills development and employment creation enterprise focused on rural India, has raised Rs...

Aavishkaar II Raises US$ 94 Million
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesAavishkaar India II (Aavishkaar II), a venture fund focussed towards investing in underserved India achieved its final close at US $ 94...

The India Social Entrepreneur Of The Year...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTeams from the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Start Up! have shortlisted 26 exciting and high-impact social ventures...

IIM Calcutta Launches Incubation Unit With A...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBusiness Incubation Centres have been receiving increasing attention as a tool to promote entrepreneurship, both in the developed and developing countries. They...

Marico Innovation Foundation Adds Eight More Social...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherMarico Innovation Foundation has announced eight new Finalists for its Social Innovation Acceleration Programme 2013. These finalists, chosen at the kick-off session...

Indian Angel Network Launches IAN Impact For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIndian Angel Network (IAN), a national network of angel investors investing in startups and early-stage ventures, has formed a sub-group called IAN...

Indian Angel Network Makes First Ever Social...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIn an important step towards expanding their role to cover impact investments, Indian Angel Network today announced the setting up of IAN...

Milaap Completes $1.1 Million USD Series-A Funding...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesMilaap 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...

LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP) Is Pleased...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherVarthana has the potential to create a significant positive impact on the education of India’s poor. Over 100 million Indian children depend...

Announcing The IMC Inclusive Innovation Awards (2013),...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherAbout The Award: The Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) Inclusive Innovation Award, 2013 will recognize product or service innovations which are inclusive, capable...

Gray Matters Capital Invests In Unitus Capital
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesImpact investor Unitus Capital has raised an undisclosed sum from a consortium of investors, led by social venture capital firm Gray Matters...

Literacy, Not Income, Key To Improving Public...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: EducationNew research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income. Pro-market policies...

Artha Venture Challenge Closes With 114 Applications
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherApplications for The Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition run by the Artha Platform to find the most ambitious, early stage social...

Four Days To Go In Artha Venture...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherWith only four days to go until The Artha Venture Challenge NOW is the time to submit your application! To visit the...

HP Deploys Virtual Health Platform To Help...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesAs part of HP's continued commitment to making healthcare accessible to people living in remote parts of India, HP today announced the...

Dasra Grants $800,000 To Six Organisations
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesStrategic philanthropy foundation, Dasra, has announced the $800,000 Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) grant award to six organisations building the ecosystem for...

Sahyog – A Unique Village For Over...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesThere are several people our society does not accept willingly. The leprosy-affected and the mentally handicapped are some of them. Imagine an...

Investing In The Local Private Sector To...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesMerck for Mothers just launched a three-year, $10 million initiative to tackle maternal mortality in India, where the need is as great...

Windmill Health Joins Villgro Incubation Portfolio
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesVillgro has made an equity investment in Windmill Health Technologies and will provide intense mentoring, talent and access to relevant networks, to...

Anti-Diarrhoea Vaccine: Why Social Innovation Is The...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesAfter nearly 25 years of work involving multi-institution, multi-country collaboration, India last week announced its first locally developed anti-diarrhoea vaccine. Effective against...

‘Slum Tourism’ For Impact?: Reality Tours Couples...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBesides the goal of providing visitors with a deeper understanding of Dharavi, Reality Tours has also dedicated 80 percent of its profits...

Godrej Appliances To Enter New Categories For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherGrowing rural demand is making Godrej Appliances target consumers at the bottom of the pyramid with new products pegged below Rs 3,000....

Caspian Advisors To Set Up $40-Mn Debt...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesHyderabad-based Caspian Advisors has said it would set up a $40-million fund to provide debt capital to a wide range of institutions...

Regulatory Body To Set Norms For Impact...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesIn order to avoid excesses of the kind that derailed the Indian microfinance industry three years ago, nine entities doing 'impact investing'...

Indian Manufacturer Cuts Price Of Childhood Vaccine...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Health Services and SuppliesThe cost of immunising millions of the world’s most vulnerable children against five deadly and debilitating diseases is set to fall, thanks...

20 Social Enterprises Get World Bank Grant
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesTwenty social enterprises have been awarded grants of $100,000 each by the India Development Marketplace funded by the World Bank Group. The...