India’s logistics sector is vast and fragmented, yet much of it still runs on manual processes. Even billion-dollar enterprises rely on Excel, email, or WhatsApp to track shipments — supported by large operations teams that drive up costs, increase errors, and create supply chain inefficiencies. These inefficiencies have kept logistics…
The online weaver co-operative has big plans for its fashion label The Good Loom. The Good Loom will provide solid work and yield higher income for weavers.
When I first read this article on GoCoop, an online social marketplace for India’s cooperatives and community-based enterprises, a line stayed with me. Siva said, “We are aiming to be the Amazon or Flipkart for handloom and handicrafts.” Much to my delight, last year in August, Siva sent an e-mail…
When Prema’s young daughter, Nisha, was diagnosed of a rare heart condition that required Rs 8 lakh for her to be operated upon, it signalled a crisis in the family. Prema worked as a receptionist for a small family enterprise and her husband did odd plumbing jobs. His income was…
E-commerce enabler for rural producers and co-operatives aims to enhance its technology platform and expand its customer base.
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…
Disruptive solutions have become the mantra for 21st century impact entrepreneurs When it comes to providing simple answers to complicated situations, disruption has become the mantra of the 21st century impact entrepreneur. This mantra, however, is not of the cut-and-paste variety: an entrepreneur that hopes to serve customers at the…
Millap Social Venture’s co-founders have broken the stereotype of young entrepreneurs, starting India’s largest micro-lending website at the age of 22. How much does age matter when starting a business? Anoj Viswanathan, co-founder of Milaap Social Ventures, began working with his startup when he was 22—a year after he graduated from the…
Venture advisor Karan Wallia shares the challenges and rewards of advising impact entrepreneurs some 8,000 miles away Having been trained in business management, the most effective way I can make a difference is by offering my knowledge, skills and expertise to impact entrepreneurs. In my first job after business school, I quickly…
New report covers the livelihoods challenges, opportunities, policies and players facing India as 1 billion poor people seek a better future ahead We are pleased to release our newest market report No Handouts Required: The big opportunity to improve the livelihoods of 1 billion poor in India. We believe that improving livelihoods…
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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.
