Guest User 8/1/18 Guest User 8/1/18

Two Brothers On A Mission To Create Sustainable Livelihoods

Vinod and his brother Sushil Taank decided to take the idea to the next level. They began working full time to get their social enterprise off the ground, researching, pilot testing and developing the business model. In 2016, they incorporated their company, TaankBrothers Ventures Pvt.Ltd

Guest User 7/18/18 Guest User 7/18/18

Turning A Once Discarded Fruit By-Product Into A Lucrative Income Stream

By teaching farmers and rural women to collect the small fruits, and then selling them to international pharmaceutical companies, Aneel’s company YasasreeViroha Impex is able to drastically increase the incomes for these small-holder farmers and women workers

Amit Antony Alex 7/10/18 Amit Antony Alex 7/10/18

How India Overcame Its #1 Extreme Poverty Ranking

It is great news to hear, as an Indian national, that India is no longer the nation with the largest poor population, as per a study published by US-based think tank Brookings

Guest User 6/26/18 Guest User 6/26/18

Bringing Village Fresh Produce to Urban India

The Upaya team sat down with Selvakumar, one of 11 agripreneurs participanting in Upaya’s 2018 Agribusiness Accelerator Program, to learn more about Laymen Agro Ventures and the company he started, VillFresh

Upaya 6/18/18 Upaya 6/18/18

Upaya's Kicks Off Agribusiness Accelerator with Workshop in Bangalore

Upaya's second accelerator program, focused on the agribusiness industry in India, successfully launched with a workshop in Bangalore on May 29-June 1

Guest User 6/13/18 Guest User 6/13/18

Happy Farmers, Happy Consumers

Reema launched Happy Roots in 2016, a snack food company that aims to bring healthy snacks to socially-conscious consumers

Sachi Shenoy 5/15/18 Sachi Shenoy 5/15/18

The Need Of The Hour: Agri-Business Innovation

When I’m visiting a project site or village in India, I am often reminded that the wonderful people we are working with regularly face challenges that I do not have to contend with in my daily routine back home in the US

Kate Cochran 5/4/18 Kate Cochran 5/4/18

How Does Upaya Pick Participants For Its Accelerator Cohort?

The Upaya team heads into the weekend looking forward to a well-deserved break, having just winnowed the 281 applications for our agri-business accelerator to 15 companies that we’ll present to our selection committee

Guest User 4/23/18 Guest User 4/23/18

Upaya Kicks Off Partnership With UpSkill

Upaya is pleased to announce the kick-off of our partnership with UpSkill Management Services, a Mumbai-based business focused on training unskilled workers for employment in sectors such as retail and auto repair

Guest User 4/17/18 Guest User 4/17/18

How to Become A Successful Woman Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship can feel like a daunting journey for anyone, but especially for women. There are objective realities one hears about – such as female founders nabbing only 2% of venture capital funding in 2017

Upaya 3/15/18 Upaya 3/15/18

Sanju, Rickshaw Driver

Sanju's life was transformed when she got her first job as a rickshaw driver through SMV Green

Sachi Shenoy 1/16/18 Sachi Shenoy 1/16/18

2018: The Year of “I Too”?

Looking back on 2017 – dubbed “The Unexpected (and Inspiring) Year of the Woman” by the mainstream media – makes us, as women, hopeful about 2018 and what lies ahead.

Upaya 10/25/17 Upaya 10/25/17

Upaya Social Ventures Selects Next Two Companies For Investment

At the Investor Showcase on September 23rd, marking the conclusion of our first Accelerator Program, Upaya Social Ventures selected two more companies for our investment portfolio of social enterprises creating jobs for the poorest of the poor.