Villgro announces upto Rs 10 crore funding through iPitchThis year, iPitch is keen to fund women entrepreneurs. The selected enterprises will receive seed funding of upto Rs 2 crore, in the form o...
14 Sep, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
Villgro to host 10th edition of UnconventionThemed ‘Innovation for All’, this year’s event will highlight the power of low cost innovations and making them accessible to the next bill...
22 Nov, 2019, 12.43 PM IST
Villgro invests in Bookmybai.comDomestic helper provider aggregator Bookmybai.com, has raised another Pre-series A round of undisclosed amount from the social enterprise i...
31 Jan, 2019, 05.18 PM IST
Villgro invests in educational startupAdhyayan also works alongside the school to aid its improvement and build its capacity as a robust professional learning community.
16 Mar, 2017, 04.02 PM IST
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...
19 Jan, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
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...
19 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Mahindra Finance and Marico dip into CSR budget to finance startupsMahindra Finance and Marico have partnered with social venture fund Villgro to finance startups by using their corporate social responsibil...
12 Dec, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Villgro and Rianta's Artha Initiative to fund and provide incubation support to early-stage social enterprises in IndiaArtha and Villgro will work towards building a network of investors – corporate partners, downstream investors, other likeminded family off...
25 May, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
Villgro invests Rs 64 lakh in biomedical startup Nayam InnovationsSocial venture fund Villgro has invested around Rs 64 lakh ($100,000) in Pune-based biomedical device startup Nayam Innovations.
14 May, 2015, 06.21 AM IST
Companies Act amendment allows use of CSR funds in startupsAn amendment made in the Companies Act allowing CSR contributions to incubators, is providing legs to for-profit ventures working with soci...
05 May, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Mahindra Finance using CSR money to fund social startups SustainEarth and Sickle InnovationsSustainEarth supplies biogas systems and Sickle works on improving conventional farming through innovative appliances.
28 Apr, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Villgro launches Rs 20-crore incubation fundMSDF has given part of the Rs 20 crore as donor grants to Villgro and will be investing the rest of the money in the social impact fund.
20 Jan, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Social business incubator Villgro makes 7 new investments; portfolio to rise upto 10 firmsVillgro will provide mentoring, access to relevant networks & talent to help these cos, working in healthcare, agriculture & education, exe...
17 Nov, 2014, 06.59 AM IST
Social enterprise Incubator Villgro invests in three start-upsUjjeewan Healthcare, Aindra Systems and Scholowiz Educational Solutions, all early-stage companies, have secured funding from Villgro.
08 Sep, 2014, 08.29 AM IST
Villgro to invest in 60 social venture firms this yearSocial investment firm Villgro has increased its spending this year and is targeting 60 social ventures across the country.
17 Mar, 2014, 01.18 AM IST
- Three Gujarat institutes in fray for Social Entrepreneurship awards
Three institutes based out of Gujarat are in fray for social entrepreneurship to be held in Mumbai. They are among fifteen finalists across...
01 Apr, 2013, 04.21 PM IST
- Villgro to launch training programme to bring unsuccessful social entrepreneurs back
Villgro is all set to launch a one-year training programme in a unique attempt to bring unsuccessful social entrepreneurs back to the drawi...
15 Jun, 2012, 05.04 AM IST