Financial Services

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday set a minimum allotment size of Rs 50 million ($1 million)...

By Logan Yonavjak, for NextBillion.net Ross Baird, executive director of Village Capital (VilCap), identified one of the main problems: even though there are over...

In promoting financial inclusion, Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve financial inclusion when measured by the presence of a...

A recent New York Times article discusses the business correspondent model in India through which large numbers of unbanked populations can access...

In his address at the 106th Foundation Day Celebrations of the Bank of India, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that it is...

Sep 25th 2009, New York. You might suppose that financial innovation had done enough damage. But bankers, investors and philanthropists believe it...

By Ashish Karamchandani, Michael Kubzansky, Paul Frandano. March 2009. File Name: emerging-markets-emerging-models-market-based

International and Indian Trends and Challenges in Responsible Finance Executive Summary Global sustainable development challenges such as climate change or poverty cannot...

Kabeela.life is pleased to share their latest edition of #PitchShare Ecosystem Report - #FinTech in India. In this edition, they cover: FinTech Themes...

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

The project is launched in 282 branches in 16 states. Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, one of the top-tier microfinance institutions...

By Bhawna Gupta Last year, his firm Inflexionpoint acquired majority stake in Delhi-based Iris Computers John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, is...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Khosla Impact, an independent $30-million ‘frontier markets fund’ providing investments for technology oriented social ventures across India and Africa, has quietly invested...

Bangalore-based startup Head Held High Services Pvt Ltd, a skills development and employment creation enterprise focused on rural India, has raised Rs...

Aavishkaar India II (Aavishkaar II), a venture fund focussed towards investing in underserved India achieved its final close at US $ 94...

Indian Angel Network (IAN), a national network of angel investors investing in startups and early-stage ventures, has formed a sub-group called IAN...