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Impact Investment Enablers In India | Ready Reckoner 2020
IMPACT INVESTMENT ENABLERS IN INDIA | 2020
Aavishkaar Capital’s investment thesis is to leverage the confluence of consumption, financial inclusion and technology across emerging low and middle income populations to build sustainable, impactful and highly scalable businesses, which can create significant value for both the investors and the society.
Acumen Ventures invests in intrepid entrepreneurs and early stage innovators tackling the problems of poverty
Ajooni Impact Investment seeks to deploy innovative financing and commercially viable market based solutions that can align private capital along philanthropic and public capital to catalyse Sustainable Development Goals. Our team brings a unique blend of development, investment and advisory experience to achieve these goals.
Ankur Capital is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in opportunities created by rising aspirations and digital access for the next billion Indians. They invest in technologies and product innovations in agriculture, healthcare, education and other areas with the potential to create large-scale impact.
Ananya Finance has come into existence as a double bottom line venture with a mission to support socially responsible enterprises in India. While Ananya’s origins lie in the wholesale lending Programs of FWWB, India (one of the earliest private sector wholesale lending organizations in India) Ananya’s Board and senior leadership is dedicated to establish this young organization as one of the champions in the realm of financial services for the underprivileged.
Asha Impact was founded in 2014 by Vikram Gandhi and Pramod Bhasin as a network of like-minded business leaders and philanthropists to leverage their collective expertise, networks and capital for social impact.
Caspian is the first Indian Impact Investing firm to be granted a B Corp certification. B Corp certifications are for-profit companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems in an ethical and transparent manner. They are a part of 3,200 Certified B Corps across 70 countries and 150 industries that are building a future where business is a force for good.
They invest in sector agnostic startups in the seed stage, early and expansion stage. Target sectors include: – Consumer Media & Technology – Software/SaaS – Health Tech – Fin Tech
An entrepreneurial team that spends a significant amount of their time talking to underserved customers in low income communities to get ‘ground up’ insights into their priorities, aspirations, cash flows and challenges. When combined with macro market analysis and development research, these insights translate into specific investment themes within which they engage with entrepreneurs.
“An education leading to a more purposeful life for 100 million women by 2036.”
Gray Matters Capital (GMC) is a private operating foundation founded by Bob Pattillo. We actively invest in sustainable, replicable business models that benefit underserved populations in developing countries. GMC also develops innovative ideas into sustainable, impactful enterprises through its “Inklings” Incubator.
Grameen Capital is a financial advisory firm with a mandate to catalyze inclusive growth and facilitate capital market access for impact-focused enterprises across sectors. Their clients are microfinance institutions, affordable healthcare providers, low-cost education firms and sustainable organizations with a social development focus-from early-stage enterprises to established industry leaders. They provide innovative debt and equity solutions and other investment banking services to efficiently and effectively scale a business. They also offer strategic advisory services to both enterprises and investors.
Gray Ghost Ventures (GGV) is a Certified B Corporation impact investing advisory firm dedicated to providing market-based solutions to entrepreneurs who are addressing the needs of low-income communities in emerging markets. GGV focuses on serving these low-income communities in developing nations through for-profit investment in operating companies or investment funds, ecosystem development and capacity building.
KOIS is a firm specialized in impact investing. It places capital in impact ventures and funds that generate a competitive financial return, as well as a positive impact on society and environment. KOIS sectors of focus are health, education and the living environment. KOIS operates from offices in 4 countries: Belgium, India, the UK and France.
KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business.
Omidyar Network India invests in bold entrepreneurs who help create a meaningful life for every Indian, especially the hundreds of millions of Indians in low-income and lower-middle-income populations, ranging from the poorest among us to the existing middle class. To drive empowerment and social impact at scale, we work with entrepreneurs in the private, nonprofit and public sectors, who are tackling India’s hardest and most chronic problems. We make equity investments in early stage enterprises and provide grants to nonprofits in the areas of Digital Identity, Education, Emerging Tech, Financial Inclusion, Governance & Citizen Engagement, and Property Rights. We are part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, supported by philanthropists Pam and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.
Unitus Ventures is the leading venture fund in India that supports early-stage tech startups with India scale and global emerging market potential.
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.msdf.org) is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world. With offices in Austin, TX and New Delhi, India, and Cape Town, South Africa, the Dell family foundation funds programs that foster high-quality public education and childhood health, and improve the economic stability of families living in poverty. Since our start, the foundation has committed more than $1.5 billion to global children’s issues and community initiatives.
Omnivore is a venture capital firm, based in India, which funds entrepreneurs building the future of agriculture and food systems. Omnivore’s agritech investment themes include: – Farmer Platforms – Precision Agriculture – Agri Biotech – Rural Fintech – B2B Agri Marketplaces – Innovative Foods – Agribusiness SaaS – F2C (Farm to Consumer) Brands – Post Harvest Technologies
Patamar Capital invests in scalable businesses that improve the livelihoods of the working poor by: I. Engaging the working poor Inefficient market linkages disempower the working poor resulting in a state of economic uncertainty. II. Addressing market inefficiencies Improve existing supply chains to unlock better economic opportunities for the working poor and create innovative distribution platforms to provide essential goods and services to underserved consumers. III. Maximizing social and financial return Aim for real and measurable impact on the livelihoods of the working poor and generate market rate returns through strategic exits.
Zephyr Peacock India provides growth capital and management support to small and mid-sized enterprises in India. We invest in businesses that have the potential to become market leaders in one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and actively help them implement their growth strategies.
The Ford Foundation is a global, grant-making philanthropy that works to disrupt inequality in all its forms.
Insitor invests venture capital funding into startups throughout emerging and frontier Asian markets. We invest with the rigor and discipline of a for-profit venture capital fund with the expectation of maximizing social impact, while providing patient and responsible financial returns.
Based in Portland, The Lemelson Foundation uses the power of invention to improve lives. Inspired by the belief that invention can solve many of the biggest economic and social challenges of our time, the Foundation helps the next generation of inventors and invention-based businesses to flourish. The Lemelson Foundation was established in the early 1990s by prolific inventor Jerome Lemelson and his wife Dorothy. To date the Foundation has made grants totaling over $200 million in support of its mission.
Northern Arc Capital (Formerly known as IFMR Capital) is a Non-Banking Finance Company that provides access to debt for under-banked individuals and businesses in India. Through a combination of our capital, products and partnerships, we have created a platform that connects millions of borrowers to mainstream debt investors. We follow a focused approach of underwriting the credit we best understand. Backed by Dvara Trust, Eight Roads Ventures, Leapfrog Investments and Standard Chartered PE, we lend, guarantee, co-invest in our structured-debt products, and we engage in placing debt for our clients. Our pan-India debt portfolio is diversified across 29 states and 540 districts of the country.
