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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

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

This calendar quarter brings 19 investors, 11 investments in 8 funds, and 11 mainstream investors jumping into investing in impact businesses. Unitus Capital has issued their 2014 second calendar quarter (Q2) impact equity research report. They noted that impact equity

This calendar quarter brings 19 investors, 11 investments in 8 funds, and 11 mainstream investors jumping into investing in impact businesses. Unitus Capital has issued their 2014 second calendar quarter (Q2) impact equity research report. They noted that impact equity

Due to popular demand, we are expanding our roadshow to include more cities in India Upcoming Unitus Ventures Roadshow Cities: Kochi: October 8 – 10 Register for an event > We have had so much interest from our startup events

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

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

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

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,

India’s Approach to Training Hundreds of Millions of Workers Quickly This is the second of a two-part mini-series exploring how ventures in the vocational skills and training space are working to address India’s critical shortage of skilled labor. Click on

As India continues the transition to an advanced service economy, it is facing a critical shortage of skilled labor. Although universities are producing upwards of 70 lakh (7 million) graduates per year, only 15% have the skills necessary to get

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

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,

In the midst of economic transformation, how will India absorb a growing workforce on track to number 1 billion by 2030 while in the midst of economic transformation? With the Indian government a few years into the ambitious goal of

Demographic Dividend: the acceleration of economic growth resulting from change in the age structure of a population We explored the importance of economic security, opportunity and dignity underlying our approach to Livelihoods, and demonstrated how we are working to leverage

Unitus Ventures re-ups in fast-growing rural kindergarten and tuitions startup as they bring on ADB and Khosla Impact as new investors to expand presence in India 2 July 2014. Bangalore, India: Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact investor, has

Written by guest author Ganesh Rengaswamy (investor, entrepreneur & Venture Advisor at Unitus Ventures). What is an Advisory Board? Wikipedia described an Advisory Board as a body that advises the management of an organization. Unlike the Board, the advisory board

Unitus Ventures is venture capital seeking seed stage investments into disruptive innovations that can scale to impact at least 100,000 families in 5 years. Unitus Ventures is convinced that a significant area of development – with the greatest opportunity to

How Farm IT can transform a nation and change the world Want to directly impact the most people on earth? Start with agriculture in India, add the use of innovative mobile technology to current farming praxis, and witness the radical

Providing farmers with the resources necessary to weather the storm Farming in India is all too often a high-risk low-reward proposition. As farmers deal with unpredictable weather, disease that impacts crops and animals, and inconsistent market conditions, very few farmers