India will have the world’s largest population of youth entering its workforce in the next ten years. The country is currently home to 1.27 billion people and, according to a census survey conducted in 2011, has a youth literacy rate of nearly 75%. In preparation for the sudden influx of…
Everyone in the US seems to be buzzing about the on-demand economy. SherpaVentures just raised $154M to fund the next Uber, and they’ve published an extremely comprehensive market report on the opportunities for disruption in transportation, real estate, labor and retail. Liz Gannes of Re/code published a five-day series on what she calls the instant…
Unitus Ventures looks to take advantage of the demand for quality education delivered at prices affordable to the masses in India and driven by entrepreneur innovators Bangalore, July 31, 2014. Low-cost private education is poised to become a driving force in improving the lives at the base of the economic…
Following in the footsteps of microfinance over the past decade, low-cost private education is poised to become a driving force in improving the lives of crores of Indians living at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP). Venture investments are picking up, and public markets are rewarding the best new companies. Early-stage…
India’s K-12 education system supports over 250M students and is desperately in need of change. While an increasing number of private institutions and startups are stepping in to fill the void, relatively few are focused on the area with greatest potential impact, low-cost private education solutions for the masses. Two…
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. It is vital to keep this short but potent truth in mind when addressing the unique challenges, trends and potential opportunities of India’s 1 billion person base of the economic pyramid (BoP) population and its education sector in particular. While true…
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…
In the first article of this mini-series mCommerce: Transforming Business As Usual For India’s BoP, we set out to explore the, “ideal conditions necessary for mCommerce to transform how an entire country does business” while demonstrating “these conditions now exist in India.” India has a young tech-savvy generation of mobile-first internet…
This article is about the ideal conditions necessary for mCommerce to transform how an entire country does business. These conditions now exist in India. mCommerce in India is primed to explode thanks to the increasing integration of the internet and mobile technology into everyday life. In a country where two-thirds…
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…
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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.
