India’s K-12 education system supports over 250M students and is desperately in need of change. While an increasing number of private institutions and startups are stepping in to fill the void, relatively few are focused on the area with greatest potential impact, low-cost private education solutions for the masses. Two…
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. It is vital to keep this short but potent truth in mind when addressing the unique challenges, trends and potential opportunities of India’s 1 billion person base of the economic pyramid (BoP) population and its education sector in particular. While true…
India’s Approach to Training Hundreds of Millions of Workers Quickly This is the second of a two-part mini-series exploring how ventures in the vocational skills and training space are working to address India’s critical shortage of skilled labor. Click on Who’s Picking Up The Check? Financing the Training of 500M by…
As India continues the transition to an advanced service economy, it is facing a critical shortage of skilled labor. Although universities are producing upwards of 70 lakh (7 million) graduates per year, only 15% have the skills necessary to get a good job upon graduation. To bridge the gap, there…
In the midst of rapid economic and population growth, four subsectors of India’s economy deserve extra attention because of their potential impact on India’s BoP population of one billion. In the previous article, we explored how in the next decade, more than 13M Indian’s per year will enter the workforce…
In the midst of economic transformation, how will India absorb a growing workforce on track to number 1 billion by 2030 while in the midst of economic transformation? With the Indian government a few years into the ambitious goal of training and skilling 500M by 2022, or 50M a year, it…
Demographic Dividend: the acceleration of economic growth resulting from change in the age structure of a population We explored the importance of economic security, opportunity and dignity underlying our approach to Livelihoods, and demonstrated how we are working to leverage reports showing up to three-quarters of the impact to raise 680M Indians to decent…
Unitus Ventures re-ups in fast-growing rural kindergarten and tuitions startup as they bring on ADB and Khosla Impact as new investors to expand presence in India 2 July 2014. Bangalore, India: Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact investor, has invested in a new financing round for Hippocampus Learning Centres,…
The Momentum of Aadhaar, India’s Universal ID System, is Increasing India has a population of approximately 1.3 billion people today; however, the country does not have a formal system of universal identification for each of its citizens, analogous to a Social Security Number in the United States. As result,…
Experiencing phenomenal growth driven in large part by the rapid and large-scale deployment of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics market may reach $2 billion by 2018. Aadhaar has now existed for more than five years and in that period, the Planning Commission of India and its Unique Identification Authority of India have…
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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.
