Revenues have grown 106 per cent YoY and Investees have raised 3.64x additional capital 18 September 2017, Bangalore: Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund), India’s leading impact venture fund investing in early- stage startups innovating for the masses, today released its semi-annual impact report, which is now mapped to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As of 30 June… Read more >
Category: Update
Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund)’s Investments Impact 1.2 Million Lives Across India
September 20, 2017 – Press Release, Unitus Ventures, Update
Curiositi raises Series A, led by Menterra and existing investor Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund)
January 17, 2017 – Media Exposure, Press Release, Unitus Ventures, Update
Investment to be utilized for product development and expansion Bengaluru, January 17, 2017: Education startup Curiositi Learning Solutions has raised Series A funding from Menterra Social Impact Fund. Curiositi develops learning programmes that uniquely integrate the benefits of activity-based learning with personalized software. Existing investor, Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) also participated in the round. Co-founded by… Read more >
Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) Presents StartHealth Investment Program
April 13, 2015 – Media Exposure, Press Release, Unitus Ventures, Update
INR 10 crore funding and expert support to help healthcare technology startups innovating for the masses in India Unitus is partnering with Pfizer, PATH, Manipal Hospitals & Narayana Health. ATTENTION: Early-Stage Healthcare Technology Entrepreneurs! Are you focussed on delivering access to healthcare for the low-income masses in India? Do you have an interesting innovation … for product,… Read more >
Unitus Capital Reports Impact Investing Makes Up 31% of India’s Private Equity Transactions
July 25, 2014 – Unitus Capital, Update
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 investing continued to be a key component of the India private equity landscape making up 31%… Read more >
Unitus 2012 Mid-Year Update
August 18, 2012 – Unitus Capital, Unitus Equity Fund, Unitus Impact, Unitus Labs, Unitus Ventures, Update
The Unitus family is partnering with a growing list of exciting, innovative young companies that share the common goal of creating opportunity for millions of people living at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP). As you will see from this semi-annual update, we’ve got some very compelling work happening across the Unitus family! As… Read more >
Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) is Expanding!
July 8, 2012 – Unitus Labs, Unitus Ventures, Update
We’re expanding our seed investment program Since we launched Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund) in late 2011, we have researched, learned, connected, and completed enough investments to be confident of the potential for delivering opportunity to millions of lower-income people via seed investing in innovative startups that serve them. There is no question as to the need… Read more >
Surprising results with homeless pilot in Chennai
March 26, 2012 – Unitus Labs, Update
Unitus Labs has published the fifth and final case study from the Sorenson-Unitus Ultra Poor Initiative, a report that explores how the Equitas Bird’s Nest pilot was able to successfully stabilize housing for extremely poor homeless families in Chennai, India. Equitas Development Initiatives Trust (EDIT) launched the program in 2009 with a simple premise –… Read more >
Updated India BOP statistics
March 18, 2012 – Unitus Ventures, Update
Last year, Omidyar Network presented a very helpful report called Inclusive Innovation which referenced some recent statistics on the size of the BOP (the base of the economic pyramid) population in India. India’s BOP represents 835 million people and $360 billion in disposable income SOURCE: McKinsey Global Institute; Global Insight; EIU Read More > Tags: base… Read more >
Why social entrepreneurs need to think about exits
March 13, 2012 – Unitus Ventures, Update
As a startup entrepreneur, you are mostly thinking about how to survive and getting to the next milestone next week or next month. And then an investor inevitably asks you, “what are your most likely exit opportunities?” Your first thought is “why the heck is that even close to a relevant question for me to… Read more >
2011 Unitus family update
February 13, 2012 – Unitus Capital, Unitus Equity Fund, Unitus Impact, Unitus Labs, Unitus Ventures, Update
Update from Unitus family on activities and progress in 2011 towards our poverty impact mission 2011 has been an exciting year for the Unitus family. Thanks to your help over the years we have been able to continue our tradition of high impact innovation. A few highlights from 2011: Birthed two new initiatives: Unitus Impact… Read more >
Unitus Labs: Self-reliance realized for isolated tribal villagers in India
January 23, 2012 – Unitus Labs, Update
Unitus Labs publishes new in-depth case study report on SKS NGO ultra poor program in Orissa, India. Report describes new tools developed to overcome physical, cultural obstacles of working with isolated ultra poor communities. Looking beyond progress made during an ultra poor intervention, the success of an ultra poor program must also be judged by… Read more >
Great video intro to Unitus Capital
October 24, 2011 – Unitus Capital, Update
Watch more about what Unitus Capital is focused on, the progress they’ve made in raising more than $600,000,000 of capital for social enterprises in Asia and testimonials from clients on how they have benefited from Unitus Capital’s services. Tags: video