Aspada Invests USD $3.3 Million In EM3...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Agriculture Productsby Kartik Srivatsa Aspada Investment Company, has made a commitment of INR 20 Crores ($3.3 Million) to Delhi-based EM3 AgriServices Pvt Ltd. EM3...
SunFunder Hits 1000 Investor Milestone
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesSunFunder, the solar crowdfunding platform for impact investing, has announced a new milestone as they now have 1000 investors from 41 countries...
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...
Impact Investing In India Likely To Grow...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesImpact investing, in which money is used to deliver social benefits alongside financial returns, generated around $100 million (around Rs.547 crore today)...
India To Replace Sector Subsidies With Direct...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesThe government of India will start giving cash directly to its poorest citizens in early 2013. The programme will reach up to...
Solving For India: Five Startups Tackling Social...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBy Harichandan Arakali, Forbes India Staff In the recent years, a new clutch of companies have come up that aim to make money...
Assam-Based Tamul Plates Receives Follow-On Investment From...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherInvestment Will Allow Northeast India’s Leading Producer of Premium All Natural Tableware to Expand Production Capacity, Sales Network Barpeta, Assam 16 FEBRUARY...
Aspada – Investment Annoucement
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesAspada Investment Company has made an investment of INR 10 crore ($1.6 million) in Gurgaon based ThinkLink Supply Chain Services, a provider...
‘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...
Applications To World Bank’s India Development Marketplace...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe 2013 Development Marketplace (DM) competition in India is now open and is accepting project proposals for competitive grant funding until 20th...
Investment Opportunity In Organic Foods In India
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Aquaculture and FisheriesEditor’s Note: Hemendra Mathur is managing director for SEAF India Investment Advisors, the SME-focused venture capital investment firm, and has been actively...
Launch Of New India Impact Acceleration Program
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherUnitus Seed Fund is a new $20 million seed-stage investment fund based in Bangalore and Seattle that invests in startups serving large,...
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...
Schwab Foundation Invites Applications For Indian ‘Social...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum and the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, not-for-profit organisation of...
The Vilgro Awards: Now Open For Nominations
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Villgro Awards recognises and felicitates outstanding individuals, enterprises, and other stakeholders in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem for their contribution to effecting...
UnLtd India – Call For Applications
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherUnLtd India has announced the launch of its Jan 2019 Cohort application process and is seeking applications from early-stage social entrepreneurs who are passionate about social change....
FDI Norms for NRIs Relaxed – Foreign...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Otherby Sujatha Change in NRI Investment Policy Last week, on Thursday, 21 May 2015, the government of India, in what has been...
Sanjay Sinha Looks To Narendra Modi With...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Other"If we are to believe the Gujarat experience with governance, what I am expecting is a much more business-like approach to governance...
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...
Impact Forum In Singapore Last Call For...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Financial ServicesScholarship application to The Impact Forum in Singapore, run by Shujog and the Asia Impact Investment Exchange, close on 8th March. Impact...
TED Revokes TEDx Chennai License
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherTED, the global conference not-for-profit organisation, has announced that it has revoked the license given to run the TEDx event in Chennai....
How India’s ‘Smart Villages’ Are Centralising Solar...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: Energy and PowerPlease note: This is a repost from BBC News By Edd Gent The Indian government has committed 980bn rupees ($14.5bn; £10.9bn) to...
Unitus Seed Fund Announces Speed2Seed, A Programme...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherBANGALORE: Social investor Unitus Seed Fund has launched Speed2Seed, a nationwide program to help early-stage startups raise angel and seed capital in...
Send Shiva Keshavan To Sochi!
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherOlympic Gold Quest (OGQ) is a not-for-profit organization founded by Indian sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone; with a mission to...
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....
India’s New Child Survival Plan
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherThe Indian government plans to engage the private sector and aid community more as part of a strategic approach to reduce child...
India Announces Measures To Stimulate Foreign Investment...
Category: News, Stories | Sector: OtherIndia has recently announced laudable measures geared towards broadening opportunities for foreign investment in several sectors of its economy while, at the...