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Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Amounee, Empowering Rural Weavers And Artisans To Engage In Commerce Worldwide
Upaya has announced its latest investment in Amounee, a digital marketplace that connects rural weavers and artisans to the global marketplace. Through its innovative mobile application, Amounee facilitates a direct connection between artisans and consumers and provides analytics and support to micro-entrepreneurs.
Eight Social Businesses Selected For The Dignified Jobs Accelerator Cohort 2024
The eighth edition of the Dignified Jobs Accelerator brings together a dynamic cohort of impact entrepreneurs creating jobs across the allied sectors of agriculture namely aquaculture, animal husbandry and livestock, apiculture, fungiculture, horticulture, and agri waste-to-value.
Data Dashboards: Visualizing Impact Data For Improved Learning
We’re starting this year by launching Upaya’s revamped dashboards in line with its refreshed branding. Data visualization improves data comprehension, insights generation and helps in communicating complex patterns and concepts. Our aim is to advance the way we comprehend the impact data that is collected continuously from job holders and our enterprise partners to make it more helpful for usage in decision making and communicating our impact.
Upaya Social Ventures Invests in Eco Bamboo Product Manufacturer Amwoodo
Upaya announced its investment in Amwoodo, a company that manufactures cost-effective, eco-conscious self-care products out of bamboo and wood materials, working with grassroots artisans.
New Data Shows That Dignified Job Opportunities Have Significant Social Impact For Jobholders
Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Collaborative has released data collected from their first jobholder survey of 989 jobholders working for one of seven Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in India.
Miller Center For Social Entrepreneurship Partners With Upaya Social Ventures To Support Social Entrepreneurs In India
The partnership aims to grow India’s ecosystem of entrepreneurs addressing poverty through mentorship and access to capital.
Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Food Processing Startup Raheja Solar To Improve Incomes For Farmers In India
Upaya Social Ventures, which provides investment and support to early-stage enterprises creating dignified jobs for people in extreme poverty, announced its investment in Raheja Solar, an agri-based company that has developed a DIY, affordable solar food dryer that improves farmer incomes by reducing food loss.
Upaya Announces The Launch Of The Dignified Jobs Accelerator 2024
The Dignified Jobs Accelerator 2024 is designed for job-creating, impact-driven, early-stage social entrepreneurs working across the Allied Sectors of Agriculture in India to create dignified jobs for people in extreme poverty.
A Dignified Job is at the Heart of Climate Justice
The impact of climate disasters and environmental degradation mainly affecting vulnerable communities infers that climate change and poverty are interlinked. It removes them from their home, forces them to migrate to cities, and even pick up low quality jobs to sustain themselves and their families.
Why You Shouldn't Look For An Annual Impact Report From Upaya
You might wonder where Upaya’s impact report is. The truth is, we don't do “an impact report.” That might be surprising given that roughly 10% of our operating budget goes to tracking and analyzing the impact that our portfolio is having in job creation. We don't do an annual report, because we collect and publish data and analysis on a rolling basis all year long.