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June 18, 2018
With 1.8 Mn Lives Impacted at 111% Growth, Unitus Ventures is Scaling Impact in India at an Unparalleled Scale
Unitus Ventures is one of the early Indian impact investors that has aligned impact with UN SDGs for measuring impact.
May 23, 2018
BetterPlace, A Technology Platform for Blue Collar Ecosystem Raises USD $3 million in Series A Funding
3one4 Capital, Venture Highway and Unitus Ventures participated in the round. BetterPlace aims to add new solutions & expand to new verticals with the new funds
May 9, 2018
Remember the time when drivers just drove? DriveU wants to bring it back
The business of cab-hailing was supposed to liberate drivers. Instead, it left many with shrinking incomes and backbreaking loans. A new startup wants to make amends.
May 9, 2018
i3 Systems, An AI-Powered Insure-tech Platform Raises USD $1 Mn in Investment from Unitus Ventures and Others
Aims to facilitate Mediclaim reimbursements in 1hr
and process underwriting of 1 million insurance policies by March 2019
April 30, 2018
Unitus Ventures Raises INR 100 Crore Towards First Close of Fund II
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Bill Gates, Hemendra Kothari and others invest again in India’s leading early-stage impact fund. Unitus Ventures to invest INR 5-15 crore each in ~30 startups in healthcare, education and inclusive fintech.
April 27, 2018
Utter, a Chatbot-Based Learning Platform Raises INR 5.5 Cr Investment from Unitus Ventures and Angel Investors
Utter aims to provide on-the-job training to over 1 million digital blue collar workers globally by December 2020
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July 7, 2014
Realizing India's Demographic Dividend: Gainfully Employing a Billion Person Workforce
Demographic Dividend: the acceleration of economic growth resulting from change in the age structure of a population We explored the importance of economic security, opportunity and dignity underlying our approach to Livelihoods, and demonstrated how we are working to leverage reports showing up to...
July 1, 2014
Hippocampus Raises USD 2.4 million to Serve Market of 80 Million Rural Children in India
Unitus Ventures re-ups in fast-growing rural kindergarten and tuitions startup as they bring on ADB and Khosla Impact as new investors to expand presence in India 2 July 2014. Bangalore, India: Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact investor, has...
June 29, 2014
Advisory Board 101 for Startups
Written by guest author Ganesh Rengaswamy (investor, entrepreneur & Venture Advisor at Unitus Ventures). What is an Advisory Board? Wikipedia described an Advisory Board as a body that advises the management of an organization. Unlike the Board, the advisory board does not have...
June 18, 2014
Unitus Ventures Invests in Pediatric Healthcare Chain AddressHealth
Making affordable pediatric primary care available to a wide-range of urban Indian children 18 June 2014. Bangalore, India: Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact investor, has invested in AddressHealth, India’s first pediatric primary healthcare network, providing comprehensive care for...
May 22, 2014
Unitus Ventures Invests in M-Commerce Retail Platform Jiffstore
Investment to make m-commerce viable for lakhs (100,000's) of small grocery and kirana stores across India 23 May 2014: Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures announced an investment in Jiffstore, a Bangalore-based startup that is connecting local kirana stores to customers though...
May 20, 2014
Unitus Ventures Newsletter – April 2014
Updates from India's Most Active Seed-Stage Impact Investor We're Doubling Down on Healthcare April 8, 2014 Seattle, USA. In the last 100 days we have rallied to make three new investments in the Healthcare space. In conjunction with these announcements we are...
May 13, 2014
Size Matters – Why Small Farms and Big Waste Are Creating Huge Opportunity in Indian Agriculture
Unitus Ventures is venture capital seeking seed stage investments into disruptive innovations that can scale to impact at least 100,000 families in 5 years. Unitus Ventures is convinced that a significant area of development – with the greatest opportunity to...
May 13, 2014
Farm IT: Mobiles in the Mud
How Farm IT can transform a nation and change the world Want to directly impact the most people on earth? Start with agriculture in India, add the use of innovative mobile technology to current farming praxis, and witness the radical...
May 13, 2014
Financial Services Improving BoP Ag
Providing farmers with the resources necessary to weather the storm Farming in India is all too often a high-risk low-reward proposition. As farmers deal with unpredictable weather, disease that impacts crops and animals, and inconsistent market conditions, very few farmers...
May 13, 2014
50 Venture Backed Companies Transforming Ag
The amount of venture capital invested into agriculture is large and growing. In 2013, VC and PE investment into agriculture ventures tripled to Rs 2,000 crore. To understand the types of investment made into the sector during the past decade,...