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Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In Coconut Processor Freshnet Farms
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in FreshNet Farms, an agribusiness based in Tamil Nadu whose founder, Senthil Kumar, has a vision to improve what he calls “the village economy” by creating efficiencies in the disorganized coconut value chain
Upaya Social Ventures Funds Its Latest Investments From A Recoverable Grant Pool
Upaya Social Ventures announced the completion of its $2M campaign to double the nonprofit’s investment reach within five years
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 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 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
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 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
Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Resham Sutra To Create Dignified Jobs In India's Silk Supply Chain
Upaya Social Ventures is pleased to announce its latest investment in Resham Sutra, a New Delhi-based company that manufactures and distributes solar-powered silk spinning machines to rural women in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and other Northeastern states.
Adventure Finance: Impacting Investing For Philanthropists
Upaya CEO, Kate Cochran, hosted a webinar yesterday, Impact Investing for Philanthropists, with Aunnie Patton Power, author of Adventure Finance, Caroline Bressan of Open Road Alliance, and University Impact’s Joellen Nicholson
Upaya Social Ventures Launches Second Pool Of Recoverable Grants
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) announced the launch of its second pool of recoverable grants, in partnership with University Impact (UI), an impact investment firm directing capital through the UI donor-advised fund to organizations and companies solving social and environmental problems