A Groundbreaking Report Exploring Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in India’s Aadhaar ecosystem A few years after the concept of Aadhaar, India’s unique identification (UID) program, was first discussed, the government appointed Nandan Nilekani as Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in 2009. Utilizing biometric data, the Aadhaar program…
Guide describing Unitus Ventures’s approach to impact measurement with actionable templates for different types of businesses across multiple sectors We are pleased to release our first guide to measure impact aimed at seed-stage entrepreneurs and investors: Download Impact Measurement: The Unitus Ventures Way > Addressing the Measurement Challenge We began exploring…
Umesh Malhotra is the CEO and founder of Hippocampus Learning Centers. Hippocampus learning Centers provides low-cost preschool and after-school learning services to students in rural areas. It currently serves over 6000 children across Karnataka and is the largest early education provider in the state. Hippocampus hires rural women to deliver…
5 Tips on Building an Impact Team – from iSTAR and Smile Merchants Scaling a business is tough. While plans for expansion can seem foolproof on paper, it is necessary to find a mission-driven team that can translate them into reality. Many impact businesses have found this to be a…
Five Tips from Two Startup CEOs Who Selected the Right Mentors Tapping into new markets is a difficult and daunting task. Many of the entrepreneurs that Unitus Ventures has invested in have explained to us that they have managed to offset some of their challenges by carefully choosing their mentors…
Starting with Khosla Labs’ Aadhaar Hackathon, Unitus seeks to invest in 3-4 Indian startups in 2015 that are leveraging the Aadhaar platform Calling India’s software professionals and technology savants: With over 70 crore individuals’ identities registered in India, Aadhaar’s national identity system is quickly becoming a uniquely powerful platform enabling…
Exploring creative business solutions to India’s drinking water problem India has two big problems with drinking water – lack of access and poor quality. Women in low-income families spend hours each day fetching water for their families. Those that have access to water often receive poor quality water. Consumption of…
Unitus Ventures and Sylvant Launch “StartEdu” Startup Competition Rs. 10 lakhs cash, expert mentoring, and up to 3 crore in investments to be distributed to winners of two startup competitions in 2015, starting on March 27th 16 December, 2014 – Bangalore. Today Unitus Ventures and Sylvant announced the StartEdu Competition, a…
Curiositi brings Affordable & Exciting Activity-Based Learning to Schools December 16, 2014. Bangalore: Unitus Ventures, India’s leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses, announced that it has led the seed round investment in Curiositi, a Bangalore-based education startup. Curiositi partners with schools to affordably transform their science…
Are you an entrepreneur working to master the tango with impact investors? It is almost like going on a first date with a lot more preparation and charm! It is all about how much you share, where you hold on, and the back and forth. Here’s 5 tips on how…
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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.
