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Annapurna Finance nets $35 mn from Accion, Encourage Capital, Oikocredit

Finance

28 December, 2021

Annapurna Finance nets $35 mn from Accion, Encourage Capital, Oikocredit

Microfinance institution Annapurna Finance, backed by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), has secured $35 million ......

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See big opportunity in India to drive impact and returns: Accion Venture's Vikas Raj

Finance

20 September, 2019

See big opportunity in India to drive impact and returns: Accion Venture's Vikas Raj

Earlier this month, US-based impact investor Accion Venture Lab raised a $33-million (Rs 238 crore) fund where it is mobilising ......

GSK Velu-backed Stakeboat leads Series E funding round in Dvara KGFS

Finance

06 May, 2019

GSK Velu-backed Stakeboat leads Series E funding round in Dvara KGFS

Financial inclusion services provider Dvara Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services Pvt. Ltd (Dvara KGFS) has raised Rs 97 crore ($14 million) ......

Quona Capital raising $150-200 mn emerging market fund

Finance

26 March, 2018

Quona Capital raising $150-200 mn emerging market fund

Venture capital firm Quona Capital, which is investing out of its second fund for emerging markets, including India, has hit ......

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Impact investor Upaya Social Ventures hires new India head

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16 February, 2018

Impact investor Upaya Social Ventures hires new India head

Early-stage impact investor Upaya Social Ventures has roped in a former United Nations Foundation official to head its India operations, ......

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Aavishkaar nears first close of third India fund

Finance

31 October, 2017

Aavishkaar nears first close of third India fund

Impact investment firm Aavishkaar Venture Management is about to mark the first close of its third India-focussed fund, at least ......

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LGT Venture to launch India-focussed fund

Finance

26 October, 2017

LGT Venture to launch India-focussed fund

LGT Venture Philanthropy, an impact investing firm founded by LGT Group and the Princely House of Liechtenstein, plans to launch ......

Impact funds invest $1 bn in India second year in a row: McKinsey report

Finance

12 September, 2017

Impact funds invest $1 bn in India second year in a row: McKinsey report

Impact funds invested over $1 billion (Rs 6,400 crore) in India for the second consecutive year in 2016, helped by ......

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IFMR raises fresh funding; Proparco exits

Finance

28 August, 2017

IFMR raises fresh funding; Proparco exits

Chennai-based financial services provider IFMR Holdings Pvt. Ltd has raised fresh funding from a couple of existing investors, a person ......