It seems like every week that there is another venture fund which is announcing that they are now also making seed investments. The question for you as an entrepreneur is whether it makes sense for you to take a seed investment from these larger venture firms? The positives Deep Pockets….
There are a lot of different definitions of who qualifies as living at the base of the economic pyramid (or “BoP”) in India. We reviewed a number of studies with varying conclusions and have created our own working definition for rural and urban BoP. As context, Unitus Ventures invests with…
India is at a unique position of being able to meet both its internal skills demand while at the same time fulfilling requirements of other countries and growing its economy. How? Much of the developed world has an aging population, while India has one of the youngest populations with about…
We have the opportunity to hear a LOT of pitches from seed-stage entrepreneurs in India. As expected, the pitch quality is highly variable. First impressions do matter, so it is worth the effort to prepare to deliver the right content in your initial investor meetup. Also see 10 things we…
Billboards could possibly become more than an eye sore in Lima, the capital of Peru. The University of Engineering and Technology of Peru partnered with the ad agency Mayo DraftFCB, to engineer and build the first ever billboard that extracts drinking water from the air. Using an inverse osmosis filtration…
Vivek Kumar talks about Bodhicrew’s new venture “Bodhijobs”, a job portal aimed at the informal sector workers. USF: What are your plans with Bodhicrew in the near future? We’ve recently launched our new and exciting online jobs portal, www.bodhijobs.com, dedicated to informal sector workers in India. Bodhijobs.com connects the right…
Vivek Kumar Kaushik is the CEO of Bodhicrew, an exciting startup in New Delhi. Bodhicrew is an employment and skill services company for those working in unorganized/informal sector. They aim to provide complete domestic work solution to the rapidly growing middle and higher classes of Delhi/NCR. Vivek spoke with USF…
Village Capital and IIM-Ahmedabad’s CIIE have announced a The Technology for Impact Accelerator to help promising seed stage companies to make sufficient business progress in order to raise their first venture capital round (aka Series A). The program is focused on Indian ventures that are making innovative use of technology to provide…
High-growth startups are having to use expensive equity for their working capital because of the lack of venture debt availability There has been some recent good news about the emergence of a more predictable regulatory environment for the microfinance sector in India. Banks are starting to lend again to cash-starved…
Like any venture firm, we get pitched continuously. Listening carefully is our job. We love hearing from inspired entrepreneurs, especially those that have developed a business that has the potential to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of families living at the base…
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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.
