September through November has always been productive and busy travel times for Capria partners, and this year was no exception, with all of us on the road literally for weeks at a time, working with our local teams in LatAm, Africa, India, and SE Asia, sourcing new founders, supporting our…
A labyrinth of logistical, cultural, competition, and business modelling challenges is curbing private equity appetite for India’s quickly modernising proletariat When Amazon entered India in the early 2010s, there was much talk about accessing a 1bn-plus population of consumers. Read the entire article on AVCJ >
Pros and cons of the many options available for entrepreneurs raising seed capital in IndiaWe get the opportunity to talk to 100’s of entrepreneurs in India every year who are just getting their business off the ground and are looking to raise seed capital. One of first question we ask…
Indian returns-focused impact investor Unitus Ventures is sharpening its thesis around jobs as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Surya Mantha, a managing partner at the firm, traces the evolution
Like a ritual, we conduct Capria network meetups every now and then. Leaders from across some of the fastest growing/emerging economies of the world spanning from Seattle to Sao Paulo to Nairobi to Bangalore to Jakarta take part in these sessions and we end up getting powerful insights with each…
Bengaluru-based HRMS (Human Resource Management Software) platform for workforce management Betterplace has launched its platform for upskilling gig workers or part-time workers, Rocket, across six cities. The platform was piloted in Bengaluru and Mumbai in March 2022 and has close to 50,000 users as of date. The platform offers over 50…
Awign, a tech-enabled work fulfilment platform has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the K-DISC, Government of Kerala’s Development and Innovation Strategic Council to provide employment opportunities on its platform for the youth of Kerala. Transforming the Future of Work, the gig economy has the potential to impact 23.5 million workers…
Zomato Instant will continue to remain in the pilot phase, 18% GST on sale of ad space, Twitter sues Musk & Anukul opens India’s first private rocket engine factory Zomato’s 10-minute food delivery service ‘Instant’ will continue to remain in the pilot phase until it makes business sense, founder Deepinder…
As per reports, there are about 637 million smartphone users in India who spend an average of 4.6 hours per day consuming content. The country also has the highest data consumption per smartphone with 448 million active social media users. These numbers have led to the establishment of the ‘creator…
Un reporte de*Movile* (el holding detrás de *iFood*) dirigido por la plataforma brasileña de innovación *Distrito* identificó que se pactaron 4.200 transacciones en Brasil, México, Colombia y Argentina en los últimos cinco años y el 51% de estas se hicieron el año pasado. La mayoría ocurrió en Brasil (61%), seguido…
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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.
