IMMPact: Impact Measurement Training Villgro’s experience working with early-stage enterprises, combined with available research findings, shows that one of the largest gaps that remain in support of social enterprises is in developing capacity to consistently and efficiently measure and manage impact (GIIN, 2020). At Villgro we have closely understood the challenges in implementing effective Impact Measurement and Management (IMM)… Continue reading The IMMpact Training Program

Flipkart Leap Ahead is designed to identify promising early stage startups which have the potential to disrupt the digital ecosystem and provide equity based funding and growth acceleration. This program will be the cornerstone of seed-stage investments made by Flipkart Ventures, the $100M venture fund announced earlier this year by Flipkart. The accelerator will invest… Continue reading Flipkart Leap Innovation Network Cohort 2

The fund is expected to be sector-agnostic and intends to invest in start-ups that are working in green energy, retail and pharmaceutical domains THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE officer (CEO) of the Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, has sought regulatory approval to establish his Poonawalla Vision Fund to invest in growth-stage start-ups from his corpus of Rs… Continue reading SERUM CEO ADAR POONAWALLA IS SET TO LAUNCH INVESTMENT FUND TO BACK GROWTH-STAGE START-UPS

  Incorporated this year, New Delhi-based BioAngels, an angel investor group, plans to invest Rs 350 crore over the next three years. Padmaja Ruparel, Founder, BioAngels in interaction with BioSpectrum India reveals more about the investment and the way forward for startups. Edited excerpts; How will your investments help startups in the long run? As… Continue reading New Delhi-based BioAngels: Plan to invest in 100 startups, with ticket sizes ranging from Rs 25 L to Rs 10 Cr

Cutting-edge technology focused on helping people living with dementia live enjoyable and fulfilling lives Recent leaps in artificial intelligence and machine learning offer us the opportunity to strike a balance that complements these existing technologies. The tech that already powers our phones, TVs, social media apps, smart speakers and even our cars, could be applied… Continue reading Longitude Prize on Dementia launches with £4.34m pot for assistive tech

  Venture Center is looking for deserving startups who will be interested in the Startup India Seed Fund which can give financial support upto Rs 50lakhs using different instruments.   Startups can log in and apply through https://seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/about. Startups may also want to visit http://seedfund.venturecenter.co.in/startupindia/ for further details and guidance on the application process.    Kindly note the… Continue reading Startup India Seed Fund Scheme @Venture Center

TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT) in collaboration with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) would like to invite proposals for “Aarohan”– TIH-IoT Seed Support Program 2022 to support new ventures/start-ups working in the area of IoT and IoE.  The advertisement is a rolling one, however, the last date to submit the proposals for this round of… Continue reading Call for proposal: “Aarohan”– TIH-IoT Seed Support Program 2022 at IIT Bombay

Blended Finance for Healthcare enterprises is a special funding line to offer loans to impact-led healthcare enterprises by using an outcome-based payment model called Social Success Note. Eligibility: Legal status : Professionally managed Pvt Ltd companies Annual revenue : Greater than INR 5Cr or recent monthly revenue rate of INR 60L Vintage: 2 years of… Continue reading Caspian Debt’s opportunity on Blended Finance for Healthcare Enterprises.

More info on: https://www.birac.nic.in/webcontent/1667211701_Guidelines_w2e.pdf

Venture Center and Technip Energies India have teamed up to support entrepreneurs / startups for implementing technologies with potential social impact relating to Environment & Sustainability Venture Center announces Call for Applications : CSR grant for Environmental Sustainability solutions to implement / deploy certified product or solution (ready to market) to address social needs in the domain of Environmental Sustainability Call open from : 1 November to 15 November 2022 !!  CSR Grant upto Rs. 12 lakhs !! Check… Continue reading Call open for Technip India CSR Grant | Application deadline – 15 November 2022