Business Line, Aavishkaar India keen on funding rural entrepreneurs
A VENTURE capital fund with a difference. Quite removed from the world of IT start-ups, Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund or Aavishkaar India concerns itself with rural enterprises and...
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Very soon many villages without electricity in the western ghat section of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra will have the opportunity to light up. Bangalore based Tide Technocrats plans to hit the...
View ArticleWorld Changing, Business Micro VC
MicroVC By and large, people working to improve conditions in the poorer parts of the world consider microcredit the practice of offering very small loans to individuals starting small businesses to be...
View ArticleIndia Today, Rural Venture
SPIRIT OF INDIA — SOCIETY In 2002, P. Mukundan, a Chennai based sexagenarian, developed an ingeniously simple stove burner that cuts kerosene costs by 27 per cent. Mukundan had the product but lacked...
View ArticleBusiness standard, Microfinance finds favour with PE players
Private equity players have made investments of $230 million in the microfinance sector in the last two years and the outlook for this segment looks upbeat as it provides a refuge from the global...
View ArticleThe Week, Making ideas work
Making ideas work Vineet Rai, CEO, Aavishkaar Social Venture Fund Vineet Rai, CEO of Aavishkaar, a social venture fund, is one of the pioneers in social venture funding in the world. At the age of 26,...
View ArticleVC Circle, Five Most Active Venture Capital Firms In 2009
Chartbusters: Five Most Active Venture Capital Firms In 2009 Here is a listing of top five VC firms in India according to number of deals and capital committed. Venture capital was completely out of...
View ArticleMint, Investors happy as microfinance lenders discipline growth
Investors happy as microfinance lenders discipline growth Mumbai / Bangalore: Microfinance institutions (MFIs)—firms that offer tiny loans to low-income groups—are moderating their pace of growth, but...
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