impact investment
TMT
Impact investor Ankur Capital bets on virtual assistance firm
Impact investment firm Ankur Capital has backed a business-to-business (B2B) startup that offers technology to power virtual assistants, a person ......
TMT
Will Aavishkaar make any money from exiting e-commerce firm Jaypore?
Impact investment firm Aavishkaar Venture Management Services Ltd is set to strike an exit from its extensive portfolio after inking ......
Finance
IFC proposes to invest $30 mn in Indian School Finance Company
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, has proposed to invest up to $30 million ......
Finance
Temasek floats PE fund for impact investments
Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Singaporean state investor Temasek Holdings, has set up an Asia-focussed private equity fund called ......
Finance
Acumen, Patni scions-backed Grameen Impact offer credit to skill development firms
Grameen Impact Investments India and Acumen India have launched a Rs 10 crore ($1.4 million) bond which will provide credit ......
Finance
Blackstone sets up impact investment platform, hires Goldman banker
Blackstone Group LP has formed an impact investing platform and recruited Goldman Sachs banker Tanya Barnes to head the new ......
Finance
How Unitus Ventures' portfolio firms fared in 2018
Impact investment firm Unitus Ventures' portfolio firms continued to register healthy growth last year with contribution from across the sectors ......
People
TPG Growth, Rise Fund chief resigns but also gets fired – and why it matters
A day after asking Bill McGlashan, founder and managing partner of TPG Growth and the co-founder and chief executive of ......
Finance
Former Abraaj exec Vettivetpillai quitting LGT's impact fund after short stint
Liechtenstein’s LGT Group, owned by the country’s ruling family, said its senior impact investment team were leaving the business unit ......
Finance
Lok Capital tweaks timeline for new fund's first close
Impact venture capital firm Lok Capital is looking to make the first close for its fourth fund by September and ......
