The Indian traditional artisan community is adapting to offer products that India and global consumers want to buy The problem is simple: For centuries, Indian artisans have built and sustained a rich tradition of cultural and religious crafts. As consumer demands shift, however, many workers find that they are left…
Giving India’s Poor Control Over Choice and Dignity There are 1.2 billion citizens of the world trapped in cycles of extreme poverty and surviving on less than $1.25 a day; a third of whom live in India. For most of these individuals, their standing as poor is not a reflection…
Comparing Two Approaches to Disrupting Supply Chains and Enabling India’s Producers In India, there are over 600,000 cooperatives (co-ops) with 240 million members. In these mostly rural co-ops, producers are trapped in exploitive cycles of poverty without the skillsets, capital, or opportunities necessary to succeed. Using the crafts and handloom…
Our Livelihood 75 India’s future will be defined by its ability to enable a generation for gainful employment and the extent to which it can meaningfully absorb its growing working population. In this series focused on the Livelihoods sector we’ve shown India must increase annual training capacity 8-10X from 4.4M…
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…
Seeking to provide better price and quality health services to millions of people across all income levels in India 8 January 2014 – Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact venture investor, has invested in Commerzpoint Networks, creators of Medypal.com, a new online India healthcare marketplace. Medypal provides…
Online Marketplace and Ecommerce Solution for Indian Cooperatives to reach more domestic and global customers 17 December 2013. Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active impact investor, has partnered with Indian Angel Network, India’s first and Asia’s largest network of angel investors, to make an investment in GoCoop Solutions and…
Caravan has launched their first store, at G 69 Phoenix Mall City, Whitefield, Bangalore! Caravan is a store that’s been to the interiors of India, unearthing forgotten crafts and craftsmen, and found in them new inspirations, expressed by eclectic and experienced designers, in a range of Apparel Home Decor Jewelry Gifts Toys…
Why so many startups are following FabIndia’s lead and more should be Last week the Economic Times put out an article titled: “How FabIndia’s business model has become a source of inspiration for startups”. The piece features several different startups working with artisans, including Unitus Ventures’s recent investee, Caravan Craft…
Investment to support artisanal product development and retail operations 13 August 2013: Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, a leading India-focused seed venture capital fund, has invested in Caravan Craft Retail Private Limited, a Bangalore-based venture that is set to launch a new single-brand retail concept in India. The company will soon…
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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.
