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Change A Life
Upaya Social Ventures creates dignified jobs for the poorest of the poor.
Upaya is breaking the vicious cycle of extreme poverty through job creation.
We have invested in 16 businesses that have created 12,289 jobs for the extreme poor and improved over 200,000 lives.
We start by selecting early-stage entrepreneurs to join our accelerator program.
We select up to three businesses from each accelerator for investments and ongoing consulting support.
The businesses we partner with have created thousands of dignified jobs for the poor in their communities.
Read the stories of the jobholders whose lives are being transformed through your contribution to Upaya.
Plate Maker & Trainer, Barpeta, Assam
Craftsman & Designer, Mirze Town, Assam
Paper Maker, Mirze Town, Assam
In our collective quest to grow the impact economy, we should not lose sight of the full set of actors, tools, and methods that are needed in concert to effect disruptive change. Namely, we must not overlook the earliest stages of social enterprise innovation, the so-called “Pioneer Gap” that still remains stubbornly under-funded.
Upaya Social Ventures announced its latest investment in Laymen Agro, an early-stage social enterprise based in Tamil Nadu that procures and delivers farm-fresh milk and vegetables to families in Coimbatore.
Upaya Social Ventures and Beyond Capital are pleased to announce recent investments in ZooFresh Foods, a social enterprise based in Odisha, India that connects smallholder farmers with underserved markets to eliminate waste, increase farmer incomes, and enhance consumer access to local meats.
What can the applications for Upaya’s accelerator program tell us about the early-stage companies that are creating jobs for people in extreme poverty? Upaya’s India Country Director, Amit Alex, takes a closer look at the pool of applicants to answer a pressing question in India today: Where are the jobs?
The fact that different kinds of companies require different kinds of investment is one that we see on the ground all the time.
It’s the season of giving, and we’ve put together some creative ways for you to have a huge impact with your gifts this year!
Thanksgiving is the perfect time share our gratitude and recognize the generosity of those who have made our work possible this year.
A report commissioned by the Collaborative for Frontier Finance dissects the “missing middle” of the impact investing space with much greater granularity than ever before. This report gives us at Upaya renewed energy and underscores that what we do really matters.
Creating opportunities for rural women with exotic flavors of pickles
Upaya Social Ventures is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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I’ve often heard mission-driven organizations talk about the importance of scale. While reporting large and wide outreach is a commendable goal, it should not preclude measuring the depth of impact.