Seeking to provide better price and quality health services to millions of people across all income levels in India 8 January 2014 – Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact venture investor, has invested in Commerzpoint Networks, creators of Medypal.com, a new online India healthcare marketplace. Medypal provides…
Opportunity to prevent blindness for 10 million people in India 18 December 2013: Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active impact investor, has made an investment in Welcare Health Systems Private Ltd, an affordable eye screening services company. Welcare sets up low-cost eye screening services within existing health centers making…
Online Marketplace and Ecommerce Solution for Indian Cooperatives to reach more domestic and global customers 17 December 2013. Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active impact investor, has partnered with Indian Angel Network, India’s first and Asia’s largest network of angel investors, to make an investment in GoCoop Solutions and…
Caravan has launched their first store, at G 69 Phoenix Mall City, Whitefield, Bangalore! Caravan is a store that’s been to the interiors of India, unearthing forgotten crafts and craftsmen, and found in them new inspirations, expressed by eclectic and experienced designers, in a range of Apparel Home Decor Jewelry Gifts Toys…
There’s no shortage of gloomy prognostication about the impact on Indian society as the rupee falls into global disfavor, with a value (in U.S. dollars) barely half its high point in 2008. I have a different perspective: There is a silver lining in this dismal cloud. The situation could even…
Investment to support artisanal product development and retail operations 13 August 2013: Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, a leading India-focused seed venture capital fund, has invested in Caravan Craft Retail Private Limited, a Bangalore-based venture that is set to launch a new single-brand retail concept in India. The company will soon…
Milaap Social Ventures, South Asia’s leading impact-focused fundraising platform, today announced it has raised an additional 6.6 core INR ($1.1 million USD) in venture funding. Investors included Jungle Ventures, Toivo Annus, Lionrock, Jayesh Parekh & Unitus Ventures. Milaap enables any one in the world to engage in microfinance by lending…
Unitus Ventures Invests in Jack On Block, Creating Jobs for BoP Workers We’re pleased to announce that we’ve completed our second investment this month, backing Jack On Block, another innovative BoP Startup based in Bangalore. Jack On Block is a new age facilities management company that offers handyman and maintenance…
Unitus Ventures is excited to announce that we’ve made a seed investment in iSTAR, based in Bangalore. iSTAR is a vocational skills training company that provides unemployed graduates with additional skills training to make them readily employable in the BFSI and ITeS sectors. iStar employs carefully-selected faculty and a unique…
Impact investing has been gaining momentum both in the United States and abroad, promising to be a new model for sustainable development. Melissa L. Bradley CEO of Tides, a non-profit organization that provides financial and management services to non-profits, has through her blog enumerated how she defines this new space…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
