Unitus Seed Fund Invests in Jack On Block, Creating Jobs for BoP Workers We’re pleased to announce that we’ve completed our second investment this month, backing Jack On Block, another innovative BoP Startup based in Bangalore. Jack On Block is a new age facilities management company that offers handyman and maintenance services for homes, offices,… Read more >
Category: Investment
Unitus Seed Fund invests in facility management company Jack On Block
April 18, 2013 – BoP Skill Development, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund invests in skills training company iSTAR
April 11, 2013 – BoP Education, BoP Skill Development, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund is excited to announce that we’ve made a seed investment in iSTAR, based in Bangalore. iSTAR is a vocational skills training company that provides unemployed graduates with additional skills training to make them readily employable in the BFSI and ITeS sectors. iStar employs carefully-selected faculty and a unique activity-based learning model to… Read more >
Investing for Impact
March 12, 2013 – Investment
Impact investing has been gaining momentum both in the United States and abroad, promising to be a new model for sustainable development. Melissa L. Bradley CEO of Tides, a non-profit organization that provides financial and management services to non-profits, has through her blog enumerated how she defines this new space and her thoughts on this… Read more >
Hippocampus Learning Centres raises $1.2 million
May 15, 2012 – BoP Education, Investment, Media Coverage
Congratulations to Unitus Seed Fund investee Hippocampus Learning Centres for raising an additional $1.2 million from Lok Capital and Acumen Fund! Earlier in 2012, Unitus Seed Fund made a seed investment in Hippocampus Learning Centres. This enabled HLC to start ramping up their expanded operations for the 2012/2013 school year including recruiting and training more… Read more >
Unitus Seed Fund invests in Villgro Innovation Marketing
April 11, 2012 – BoP Rural Distribution, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund is excited to announce that we’ve made a seed investment in Villgro Innovation Marketing based in Chennai! This is our 4th seed investment in 2012. Villgro Innovation Marketing (VIM) is building an innovative last mile rural distribution business starting in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are focused on distributing… Read more >
Unitus Seed Fund invests in Hippocampus Learning Centres
February 5, 2012 – BoP Education, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund is excited to announce that we’ve made a seed investment in Hippocampus Learning Centres based in Bangalore! HLC is building affordable rural learning centres serving base of economic pyramid (BOP, income less than $2 per day) children for Kindergarten and 1st through 4th level (grade). The kindergarten runs during the day and… Read more >
Unitus Seed Fund invests in Milaap Social Ventures
February 5, 2012 – BoP Financial Services, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund is thrilled to announce that we’ve made a seed investment in Milaap Social Ventures based in Bangalore! Milaap is an online platform to make microloans to India’s working poor. Everyone (in India or other countries) can view personalized microloan requests along with information about how the loan will be used and when… Read more >
Unitus Seed Fund invests in Bodhicrew Services
February 5, 2012 – BoP Skill Development, Investment
Unitus Seed Fund is very pleased to announce that we have made a seed investment in Bodhicrew Services based in New Delhi! Bodhicrew is a skills development and job placement and support company focused on the unorganized sector. Bodhicrew provides livelihoods opportunities to poorly educated young adults by giving them technical training and placement in… Read more >
Unitus Seed Fund launches in India with three seed investments
February 5, 2012 – Investment, Press Release
New Unitus Labs Initiative Seeks to Accelerate Development of Innovative Startups Which Have the Potential to Significantly Benefit Families Living on Less Than $2 Per Day Seattle, WA and Bangalore, India, February 6, 2012 — Unitus Labs, an international non-profit focused on reducing global poverty through economic self-empowerment, is launching today the Unitus Seed Fund,… Read more >