Our goal is to empower small businesses with access to financial services: Chqbook CEOIn an email interview Vipul Sharma, founder & CEO of Chqbook discusses the problems faced by small businesses, meeting requirements of curr...
22 Apr, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
Govt's SRI Fund commits Rs 5,000 cr to help MSMEsIt has a 'Mother Fund-Daughter Fund' structure wherein SRIF, the mother fund, invests up to 20 per cent of the corpus of the Daughter Fund,...
04 Nov, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Agritech startup AgroStar bags $70 million in new fundsThe agritech startup plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate growth through omnichannel expansion and market linkages.
07 Dec, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
Logistics startup GoBolt raises $20 million from Paragon Partners, othersGoBolt, an end-to-end logistics solutions provider, is looking to raise another $10 million as part of its extended Series B funding round ...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
IPO-bound Utkarsh SFB raises Rs 240 crore from six investorsThe bank pursuant to the investment agreement dated February 10 has concluded a private placement of 89,061,647 shares at Rs 27 per equity ...
22 Mar, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
We are trying to bridge the financial gap for small businesses: Vipul Sharma, ChqbookChqbook customers also get a free digital bookkeeping service - Chqbook Khata, which enables small businesses to record debits and credits ...
25 Sep, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
Microfinance to mega dreams: Aspiration should be to financially include over 400 million lives in IndiaIn terms of reach, microfinance sector has created an astonishing last-mile connectivity infrastructure where over 60,000 lending officers ...
04 Apr, 2019, 11.40 AM IST
While deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselvesWhile deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselves.
03 Feb, 2019, 10.37 AM IST
Aavishkaar and Asha Impact invest Rs. 44 crore in NepraThe company has leveraged advanced technology for processing of waste and has developed a model that is modular, scalable and replicable.
25 Jun, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Aavishkaar to invest Rs 35 crore in packaged foods brand ‘Soulfull’The investment will be made through its $200 million Aavishkaar Bharat Fund with the fund having completed its first close at $95 mn late l...
22 Mar, 2018, 02.44 PM IST
VC investors head to Bharat for real impactThere is growing realisation across the board on the need to look at businesses that address problems in tier II towns.
15 Dec, 2017, 09.06 AM IST
Despite 50 exits in the last 7 years, how India’s impact investors are scaling up the fund poolImpact investments in India crossed $1 billion for the first time in 2015 and have the potential to reach $6-8 billion a year by 2025, McKi...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.12 AM IST
To create an impact, Aavishkaar's next milestone is Rs 5200 croreThis would mean a growth of 53% in the next six months alone for one of the world's biggest and India's largest impact investment firm.
03 Oct, 2017, 03.19 PM IST
We do not expect any returns from impact investing: Sunil Kant MunjalSunil Kant Munjal, the Hero Enterprises, has invested Rs 100 crore in impact investment in firm Aavishkaar's new fund, Aavishkaar Bharat Fu...
21 Apr, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
Hero Enterprise Chairman Sunil Munjal invests Rs 100 crore in new Aavishkaar fundThe investment, which has been made in Munjal's personal capacity, is part of the Rs 2,000 crore corpus that the social venture capital fir...
20 Apr, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
Intellecap Impact Investment Network, Rianta Capital and ah! Ventures invest in Sampurn(e)arth Environmental SolutionsElaborating on the investment, Ajay Dalmia said: "The current method of dumping waste into landfills leads to several environmental and soc...
25 Aug, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
Global social funds visit’s Ahmedabad based Dry Waste Management Company's Let’s Recycle unitsGlobal Social funds and investment agencies visited at Ahmedabad-based dry waste recycling company, NEPRA Resource Management that runs und...
10 Oct, 2014, 10.42 PM IST