Aditi Das 3/10/22 Aditi Das 3/10/22

Anuprerna: Supporting Handmade Textiles And The Artisans Who Make Them

West Bengal is historically famous for its textile industry, but who are the artisans behind these beautiful fabrics?

Rachna Chandrashekhar 3/8/22 Rachna Chandrashekhar 3/8/22

Breaking The Bias For Women Entrepreneurs

“There hasn’t been a better time to be a woman entrepreneur”, said Ekta Jaju, Founder of ONganic in one of the conversations we had with her last year. This stuck with me. And it’s absolutely true, but I only partly agree.

Aditi Das 2/21/22 Aditi Das 2/21/22

Amalfarm: Tracing Crops Back To Farmers To Improve Farmer Incomes

Entrepreneur, Rahul Prakash, is on a mission to connect consumers around the world with farmers in India through his company, Amalfarm.

Kate Cochran 2/17/22 Kate Cochran 2/17/22

Economic Justice Requires More Than Money Alone

The world has made great strides in cutting extreme poverty in half in the past 20 years, notwithstanding the devastating effects of COVID. But it is also a basic fact that we live on a planet that could easily provide adequate food, shelter and healthcare for our entire population. And yet over 700 million people continue to live in unjust poverty.

Upaya 2/15/22 Upaya 2/15/22

Upaya Announces Hiring Shruti Goel As New Director Of Impact Measurement And Management

Upaya Social Ventures is delighted to announce a new member of its management team. Shruti Goel joined in late January in the newly-designed role of Director, Impact Measurement & Management

Upaya 1/27/22 Upaya 1/27/22

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In An Indian Gig Platform PickMyWork

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in PickMyWork (Reculta Solutions Private Limited), a technology platform that assists digital commerce companies to acquire customers through assisted sales in both urban and rural geographies of India.

Upaya 1/26/22 Upaya 1/26/22

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In Indian Agtech Startup BharatRohan

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in BharatRohan Airborne Innovations (BharatRohan), an agribusiness that offers end-to-end services for small and marginal farmers, such as drone-based farm advisory, agri-inputs, and market linkages

Kate Cochran 1/21/22 Kate Cochran 1/21/22

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.

Upaya 1/18/22 Upaya 1/18/22

Ten Social Businesses Selected For The Upaya And YSB 2022 Accelerator

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya), a nonprofit organization growing small businesses to create jobs for the extreme poor, today announced the nine early-stage Indian companies selected to participate in the Upaya and YSB 2022 Accelerator

Kate Cochran 9/30/21 Kate Cochran 9/30/21

Covid Reminded Us Not To Become Complacent In Our Mission Against Poverty

For most of Upaya’s existence, our momentum has mirrored a consistent trend of reducing extreme poverty in the world

Upaya 9/29/21 Upaya 9/29/21

Upaya Social Ventures And S3IDF Invest In India Waste Management Company, Green Worms

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) and The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF) are pleased to announce their latest investments in Green Worms Eco Solutions (Green Worms), a waste management startup based in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India.

Upaya 9/28/21 Upaya 9/28/21

Assessing The Damage Of India’s Second COVID Surge

There are slow and steady signs of life returning to normal in this country of 1.4 billion, but talk to any Indian, and the trauma from the second Covid surge is still fresh

Sachi Shenoy 9/21/21 Sachi Shenoy 9/21/21

A New Chapter At Upaya

After 10 soul-fulfilling years, I have decided to transition out of a full-time role at Upaya. My decision is a moment of triumph-

Upaya 9/8/21 Upaya 9/8/21

Upaya Social Ventures And Yunus Social Business Join Forces For The 2022 Accelerator Program To Support Early-Stage Businesses In India

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) and Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru (YSB) today announced the launch of their 2022 Accelerator Program to help small and growing businesses (SGBs) in India scale and create jobs to lift people out of extreme poverty

Guest User 8/20/21 Guest User 8/20/21

GramHeet: Empowering Farmers To Feed The World With Pride

The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra is infamous for the poor living and working conditions of its farmers.

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