Upaya 5/5/21 Upaya 5/5/21

Upaya A Finalist For Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving economic equality, health and climate crises, or social justice

Upaya 1/27/21 Upaya 1/27/21

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Women-Led Startups Selected For Scale-Ups Accelerator Offered By Upaya And MIT D-Lab

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 a pilot accelerator offered by Upaya and MIT D-Lab, a program developing and advancing collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges

Upaya 1/20/21 Upaya 1/20/21

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investments In Four Job-Creating Indian Companies

Upaya’s latest impact investments bring the organization’s total number of investments completed in 2020 to nine, doubling Upaya’s active portfolio in a year when many investors have held back.

Upaya 10/12/20 Upaya 10/12/20

Upaya Social Ventures And MIT D-Lab Announce Collaboration To Support Women-Led Startups In India

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya), a nonprofit growing small businesses to create jobs for the extreme poor, and MIT D-Lab, a program developing and advancing collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges, today announced a pilot integration of their accelerator programs to help women-led small and growing businesses in India access critical finance to scale their enterprises and create jobs to lift people out of extreme poverty

Upaya 9/30/20 Upaya 9/30/20

Brian Boland And Caroline Vance Join Upaya’s Board Of Directors

Upaya Social Ventures welcomed two new members to its board of directors: Brian Boland, Co-Founder of the Delta Fund and former Vice President at Facebook, and Caroline Vance, former Director, Sustainable Investments at DWS

Upaya 9/2/20 Upaya 9/2/20

Upaya Social Ventures And Beyond Capital Recommit To Investment In FreshR To Further Benefit Smallholder Farmers In India

Follow-on investment to support the extension of FreshR’s microentrepreneur and farmer networks, as well as continue expansion into new region of underserved communities

Upaya 8/19/20 Upaya 8/19/20

Upaya and Acumen Invest In Haqdarshak To Reach Families In Extreme Poverty

We are pleased to announce Upaya’s latest investment in Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions to connect Indian citizens with government schemes and services through its mobile and web platforms.

Upaya 3/31/20 Upaya 3/31/20

Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Indian Confectionery Startup, GO DESi

Upaya Social Ventures is pleased to announce its latest investment in GO DESi, an Indian confectionery brand specializing in traditional handmade snacks sourced from rural micro-entrepreneurs.