The Force of Force Majeure in a Pandemic World

Face masks and frequent hand-washing are the new routine. But how can a company be safer in the new normal? “Good contractual hygiene,” says Joe Wallin, principal at Seattle-based Carney Badley Spellman. In particular, companies should be sure to understand – and where possible, standardise – force majeure language across…

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India VC – Exits heating up? Or is it just an illusion?

The wheels are turning, albeit slowly! 2017 was a great year of VC-backed exits in India: 82 exits with total value at $2.7B. It is common knowledge that most of this value came from three big transactions – $800M part exit from Flipkart, $500M exit from Ola and $250M from…

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Saved by a ‘SAFE’: Three Lessons from a Broken Impact Investing Deal

We don’t like SAFEs, but this one saved us. Many in the tech investment sector are familiar with the acronym SAFE. It refers to the “Simple Agreement for Future Equity,” and was first coined by the seed-stage accelerator, YCombinator (YC). SAFE instruments have become popular with early-stage founders in Silicon…

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Quarterly Updates from Unitus Ventures

3 portfolio companies raised series A/B. 1 was acquired. 95% YoY impact growth for Unitus Ventures.  More than half of Unitus Ventures’s portfolio companies have raised Series A and B in funding – Here’s how “The opportunity at the base of the pyramid (BoP) is all about small margins and high volumes. It’s…

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Unitus Ventures is now Capria India

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.