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April 27, 2018

Utter, a Chatbot-Based Learning Platform Raises INR 5.5 Cr Investment from Unitus Ventures and Angel Investors

Utter aims to provide on-the-job training to over 1 million digital blue collar workers globally by December 2020
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April 10, 2018

How Blowhorn impressed the man who funded Skype, Tesla and SpaceX to make his first India invest

VC investor Tim Draper, after investing in Skype, Tesla and SpaceX, found his India fit in full stack logistics company Blowhorn.
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March 28, 2018

From social lending to medical donations, Milaap is simplifying crowdfunding

Akash Nambiar, an analyst with a multinational company in Bangalore, angrily hangs up on call centre executives employed purportedly by charity organisations. He gets half-a-dozen calls every week from unknown groups seeking help, primarily for poverty-stricken children battling serious illnesses

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March 28, 2018

How Precision Agriculture Can Transform The Indian AgriTech Scenario

Precision Agriculture Is Everything That Makes The Practice Of Farming More Accurate And Controlled When It Comes To The Growing Of Crops And Raising Livestock
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March 27, 2018

DriveU closes investment led by Dr. Amit Singhal and other Silicon Valley angels

The company has more than 6,000 drivers on its platform and plans to increase the number to more than 10,000 drivers by the end of 2018.
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March 21, 2018

AgriTech And Impact Investing – Where Are The Opportunities?

The number of agritech startups in India rise from 50 in 2012 to 300 currently
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March 21, 2013

9 tips on preparing to pitch to Unitus Ventures

Entrepreneurs warming up for an investor pitch We have the opportunity to hear a LOT of pitches from seed-stage entrepreneurs in India. As expected, the pitch quality is highly variable.  First impressions do matter, so it...
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March 14, 2013

Just another billboard?.. Maybe not

Billboards could possibly become more than an eye sore in Lima, the capital of Peru. The University of Engineering and Technology of Peru partnered with the ad agency Mayo DraftFCB, to engineer and build the first ever billboard that extracts...
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March 12, 2013

Investing for Impact

Impact investing has been gaining momentum both in the United States and abroad, promising to be a new model for sustainable development. Melissa L. Bradley CEO of Tides, a non-profit organization that provides financial and management services to non-profits, has...
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March 8, 2013

"Bodhijobs" – Poor man's job portal

Vivek Kumar talks about Bodhicrew's new venture “Bodhijobs”, a job portal aimed at the informal sector workers. USF: What are your plans with Bodhicrew in the near future? We’ve recently launched our new and exciting online jobs portal, www.bodhijobs.com, dedicated...
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March 6, 2013

Domestic work gets a facelift

Vivek Kumar Kaushik is the CEO of Bodhicrew, an exciting startup in New Delhi. Bodhicrew is an employment and skill services company for those working in unorganized/informal sector. They aim to provide complete domestic work solution to the rapidly growing...
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March 4, 2013

Looking to bloom beyond seed stage?

Village Capital and IIM-Ahmedabad's CIIE have announced a The Technology for Impact Accelerator to help promising seed stage companies to make sufficient business progress in order to raise their first venture capital round (aka Series A).  The program is focused on Indian...
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February 25, 2013

India's Rural Education – An opportunity for BoP Startups

Huge demand for affordable, quality education options in rural India are creating opportunities for capable entrepreneurs Education in rural India is plagued by many problems. Poor infrastructure, access difficulties, lack of financial support and poor quality of educators are a...
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February 17, 2013

Where is the venture debt in India?

High-growth startups are having to use expensive equity for their working capital because of the lack of venture debt availability The wasteland of venture debt in India There has been some recent good news about the...
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February 13, 2013

10 things we really want to know about a Startup

Like any venture firm, we get pitched continuously. Listening carefully is our job. We love hearing from inspired entrepreneurs, especially those that have developed a business that has the potential to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands –...
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February 8, 2013

Living at the Edge of Poverty (and the Ayeyarwady)

Along with seven others on a photographic trip through Myanmar, I recently received a first-hand lesson in “bottom of the economic pyramid” (or “BoP”) family finances and life. The experience was informative to my continued efforts in thinking through what...
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