Unitus Seed Fund is a new investment fund based in Bangalore and Seattle that provides opportunities for economic self-reliance, education, and obtaining basic necessities to millions of people living at the base of the economic pyramid. We create opportunities by accelerating the growth of early-stage “BoP startups” that serve low-income populations. Acceleration is achieved via seed funding, support and connections which help investees refine their plans, scale up their business, and secure additional growth capital.
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About Unitus Group
The Unitus Group, founded in 2000, has extensive experience in pioneering early-stage equity and debt investing in more than 50 early-stage businesses serving low-income (base of the economic pyramid or “BoP”) populations in India, Southeast Asia, China, Africa and Latin America markets. Unitus Labs, a public nonprofit, has incubated and spun-out four for-profit ventures to scale-up promising models. The Unitus Group is organized as a federation with each entity managed by an independent leadership team.
Affiliates of Unitus Group include:
- Unitus Equity Fund is the first commercially-funded venture fund focused on early-stage microfinance institutions. Now managed by Elevar Equity.
- Unitus Impact is actively investing in early-stage businesses which create BoP livelihoods opportunities.
- Unitus Capital is the leading financial advisory firm in India focused raising capital for businesses serving BOP populations.
- Unitus Seed Fund invests in startups which create opportunities for large low-income populations in developing countries.
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