While deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselvesWhile deal-making has exploded, impact investors are struggling to differentiate themselves.
Commit Rs 1600 crore more from Fund of Funds: DIPP to SidbiEarlier, Sidbi had backed funds such as Pi Ventures, Unicorn India Ventures Fund I, Menterra Social Impact Fund I and Endiya Seed Co-Creati...
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...
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation backed IEIF's investments cross Rs 13 croreWith these two investments, IEIF's investments in India have crossed $2 million (approx Rs 13 crores) across five companies.
Menterra invests Rs 3.5 crore in education startup CuriositiThe company claims to have already reached out to 25,000 students and is targeting the 1-lakh mark in the next two years.
Menterra Social Impact Fund makes its first Tier-2 investment, invested Rs 3 crore in Math BuddyMath Buddy, develops hands-on and interactive math learning products that help children explore, experience and enjoy math learning.
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation earmarks $50 million for Indian startupsThe amount, which will be primarily used towards making direct investments in early-stage ventures, will be in addition to the impact inves...
Menterra takes the first leap with this skill development academyLeap Skills Academy, founded by Megha Aggarwal and Ankit Durga in 2013, is attempting to solve the problem of demand and supply of skilled ...
Social business incubator Villgro completes first round of fundraisingThe fund will have a final corpus of Rs 40-50 crore by the time it makes its final close in March 2017, said PR Ganapathy, co-founder and a...
Social business incubator Villgro launches Menterra social impact fundThe list of backers also includes a few Indian high-net-worth individuals including Chandu Nair, cofounder of KPO firm Scope e-Knowledge Ce...
FIPB clears seven FDI proposals worth Rs 5,240 croreFIPB has approved seven Foreign Direct Investment proposals worth Rs 5,240 cr including that of India Advantage S4 I, L&T Finance Holdings ...
New India Educational Investment Fund makes first two investments in Report Bee and Guru-GGuru-G works with over 350 schools and plans to use the funds to expand its business in the school market as well as in the publishers mark...