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Ten Promising Businesses Selected For Level 2 Of The Circular Innovation Cohort 2025 Under Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator
The Circular Innovation Cohort is designed to strengthen the “first mile” of the waste supply chain by accelerating enterprises working with sanitation workers, rural communities, and underserved populations. The 2025 cohort marks the ninth edition of Upaya’s flagship accelerator program.
Next Cohort Of Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator Focuses On Waste And Circularity
Supported by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) at the Aspen Institute and IKEA Foundation, and in collaboration with Global Business Inroads and rePurpose Global, this ninth edition of the Dignified Jobs Accelerator calls for applications from businesses creating dignified jobs in India’s plastics, and textile & fashion waste management sector.
Seven 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.
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 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.
The Tribal Hermit: Taking Dhokra Craft To The World
Nirmaan Dutta founded The Tribal Hermit with his Uncle Suntu in 2021 as a rural development and livelihood project by the LEAD at Krea University to generate sustainable livelihood opportunities for the Self Help Groups (SHGs), artisans, and farmers in rural India
Karghewale: Transforming Weavers Into Entrepreneurs
In 2020, Nivedita Rai and Sourodip Ghosh founded Karghewale in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh to provide comprehensive support to the weaver-entrepreneur community, with a focus on textiles, apparel, and handicrafts
Gangpur Ventures: Tackling The Fodder Deficit Of Eastern India
In 2021, Bimal Lakra founded Gangpur Ventures in Rourkela, Odisha to create livelihood opportunities for tribal communities by addressing the acute shortage of fodder in the dairy farming industry
MoneyBin: Adding Value To Waste
MoneyBin addresses the issue of improper waste segregation by collecting recyclable waste directly from households, employing unskilled women laborers to collect and segregate it into multiple categories, and selling it to recycling factories
Raheja Solar: A Solar-Powered Solution To Food Waste
In 2018, Varun Raheja founded Raheja Solar Food Processing Pvt. Ltd. in Indore, Madhya Pradesh with the aim of helping Indian farmers increase the shelf life of their produce, thereby allowing them to derive greater value from it
Farmology: Creating Farmers Of The Future
Farmology is an app-based platform which assists farmers by providing integrated crop advisory in real time
KraftInn: Meeting Consumer Demand For Sustainably-Made Products From Assam
KraftInn Home Decor is a D2C home decor brand that addresses the issue of sustainability for conscious customers by selling products made with bamboo, water hyacinth, and other natural fibers sourced locally from Assam
MOWO Fleet: Putting Women On Wheels
With an aim to create livelihood opportunities for women by building a women-serviced mobility fleet, today Jai Bharathi is redefining urban mobility in India through her startup, MOWO Fleet, which she founded in Hyderabad in 2019
Eight Entrepreneurs Selected For Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator 2023
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya), a nonprofit organization supporting and investing in small businesses to create jobs for the extreme poor, today announced the eight early-stage Indian companies selected to participate in the Dignified Jobs Accelerator 2023
Upaya Social Ventures And Yunus Social Business Announce The Launch Of The Dignified Jobs Accelerator Program 2023
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced the launch of the Dignified Jobs Accelerator 2023, a program constructed to help small and growing businesses in India scale and create jobs that lift people out of extreme poverty