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This Entrepreneur Duo Shares Their Skilled Craftsmanship With The Rural Artisans They Employ

Liv Greene Handicrafts makes handmade ceramic dining and decor products for the hospitality and retail market.

Guest User 7/31/19 Guest User 7/31/19

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

Guest User 7/17/19 Guest User 7/17/19

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.

Kate Cochran 7/10/19 Kate Cochran 7/10/19

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

Anuradha Jayaraman 6/28/19 Anuradha Jayaraman 6/28/19

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 6/19/19 Upaya 6/19/19

Upaya Fundamentals: Measuring Impact

Greetings from Bangalore! As one of Upaya’s Senior Associates, I have a number of different responsibilities at the organization

Upaya 6/13/19 Upaya 6/13/19

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 6/12/19 Upaya 6/12/19

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

Sachi Shenoy 6/5/19 Sachi Shenoy 6/5/19

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 5/22/19 Upaya 5/22/19

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

Sachi Shenoy 5/2/19 Sachi Shenoy 5/2/19

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 4/22/19 Upaya 4/22/19

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 4/22/19 Upaya 4/22/19

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 4/5/19 Upaya 4/5/19

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

Amit Antony Alex 4/2/19 Amit Antony Alex 4/2/19

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

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