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...

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Twenty social enterprises have been awarded grants of $100,000 each by the India Development Marketplace funded by the World Bank Group. The...

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

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You can now lend from FACEBOOK! Beginning this week, lending on Milaap is getting a lot more personal, engaging and fun. Make...

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

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Investors have committed at least Rs 400 crore to a government-backed fund that will provide capital to new ventures serving the needs...

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

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Global impact investors Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network have joined hands with Dasra, a strategic philanthropy foundation, to launch the Impact Investing...

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

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

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

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Unitus Seed Fund (USF) has secured over $8 million in investment commitments for its seed-stage venture capital fund focused on accelerating “BoP...

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

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Giving a commitment to help India meet its significant needs by providing finance and knowledge services in response to India’s request to...

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

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

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

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Impact investing, in which money is used to deliver social benefits alongside financial returns, generated around $100 million (around Rs.547 crore today)...

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Social venture firm Aavishkaar Venture Management has invested Rs 18.6 crore in luxury lifestyle brand Mela Artisans, a company founded by India-origin...

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The government of India will start giving cash directly to its poorest citizens in early 2013. The programme will reach up to...

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

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

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Emory Goizuetta Business School; ANDE, The Aspen Institute, USAID, The Lemelson Foundation, Omidyat Network, Argidius, Kauffman Foundation, DOEN, and Citibanamex; Peter Roberts,...

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The challenges facing the planet today are unprecedented and extraordinary; climate change, water scarcity, poverty, disease, growing inequality of income and wealth,...

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The aim of the research is to understand the “buy” side of the market for impact investing in Asia and the Pacific....

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a major source of investment for a developing country like India where it expects investments from multinational...

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Despite expectations to the contrary, UBS found that many of India’s largest industrialists were extremely open to discussing their activities. For most,...

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