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Think Like Sharks to Swim with Sharks

“No offense, but VCs are overrated.” I listened quietly as an entrepreneur who’d recently closed a round of funding voiced his frustration. “One day they’re investing in your business model,...

GE Healthcare partners with UE Lifesciences to scale early detection of breast cancer in 25+ countries

Unitus Ventures invested in UE LifeSciences in May 2015. Partnership targets over 500 million women in developing countries who can benefit from iBreastExam [1] iBreastExam is a low-cost, battery powered,...

BoP Investor Unitus Ventures Mapping Its Impact To The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

In case you haven’t noticed, many players in the impact investing universe, from accelerators to funds, are using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for their efforts. That...

Tiered Carry Creates Alignment Where Hurdle Rates Fail

Current models employing customary hurdle rates for sub-$100 million emerging market PE/VC funds create perverse incentives that misalign GP/LP interests. A senior leader at an emerging market institutional investor told...

Impact investment rising in new avatars

“Impact investing can be a vehicle to fund, catalyse and scale approaches that improve millions of lives. India is an opportunity-rich environment and is emerging one of the most attractive...

Can Next-Generation Startups Unite Agritech and Fintech for Farmers in Emerging Markets?

India’s largest employer is, and has always been, agriculture. The sector contributes to 17 percent of India’s GDP and employs over 56 percent of its workforce. Yet, it remains largely...

Scaling An EdTech Startup? Here’s What You Need To Know – Part 2

This Is Part Two On How To Build An EdTech Startup In India Series. See part 1 here. The journey of an education entrepreneur is challenging. Entrepreneurs tend to get...

Launching An EdTech Startup? Here’s Everything You Need To Know – Part 1

A Two Part Series On How To Navigate Running An Edtech Startup In India Having seen more than 800+ education startups since we started investing at Unitus Ventures, we wondered...