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Leveraging the Rich Textile Heritage In India to Improve Livelihoods
Greenwear aims to benefit the livelihoods of their employees through increased financial security and stability
This Entrepreneur Aims To Bring Dignity And Respect To An Underprivileged Profession
YouCare operates in five cities, providing care services to 1,500 families. To date, the company has trained over 2,500 candidates to become nannies, nursing assistants and baby sitters.
Upaya Fundamentals: How Is Upaya Funded?
To wrap up our Fundamentals blog series, I get the privilege of talking about the unsung heroes of our ecosystem
Upaya Fundamentals: Finding Our Heroes
Around four years ago, when I was looking out for roles in investing and visited Upaya’s website for the first time, what stood out for me was the clarity on what Upaya considered impact
Upaya Fundamentals: Measuring Impact
Greetings from Bangalore! As one of Upaya’s Senior Associates, I have a number of different responsibilities at the organization
Caroline Bressan And Kim Rachmeler Join Upaya’s Board Of Directors
Upaya Social Ventures is pleased to welcome Caroline Bressan and Kim Rachmeler to its board of director
Upaya Fundamentals: What Is A Job?
Jobs are the core of Upaya’s work. We help early-stage enterprises grow with investments and consulting support to create jobs for people in extreme poverty
Upaya Fundamentals: Origins And Inspiration
Many people who hear about Upaya try to compare our work to that of microfinance. It is understandable. After all, the microfinance movement captivated the world and its power and spread convinced many that this was the silver bullet to fight poverty.
Upaya Social Ventures Selects 11 Social Enterprises For Its 2019 Livelihoods Accelerator Cohort
Upaya Social Ventures, a nonprofit organization that invests in social enterprises that create jobs for the extreme poor, today announced the 11 companies that have been selected for its third accelerator program
Pioneering Capital Must Feed The Growth Of The Impact Economy
Impact investing as a practice and priority has evolved rapidly over the past decade but still lacks the supportive infrastructure provided by public policy, reporting standards, and industry associations that disseminate best practices.
Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Three Companies From 2019 Accelerator
This is the first year that we have selected three companies for investment out of the cohort and I’m thrilled that we are also maintaining our commitment to ensuring an equal balance of male and female founders.
Upaya Social Ventures Adds Laymen Agro To Its Growing Investment Portfolio Of Social Startups
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 Invest In ZooFresh Foods To Benefit Smallholder Farmers In India
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
Where Are The Jobs? Findings And Insights From Upaya’s Accelerator Application Process
We at Upaya Social Ventures have been running our accelerator program since 2017. In the previous two years, the accelerator program was focused on specific sectors that we believed have the strongest potential for job creation
Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs: Tim Wade Real Estate
This year, Upaya is celebrating the resilience our partner entrepreneurs exhibit as they build and expand their businesses, and the resilience their jobholders gain as a result of their stable, dignified jobs