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11 October, 2024

Acumen gets LP cheque for Africa-focussed renewable energy fund

US-based impact investor Acumen, which backs social enterprises serving low-income individuals in developing and underserved areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and ......

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TMT

08 December, 2023

Acumen-backed agritech firm S4S Technologies secures fresh capital

Science for Society Techno Services Pvt. Ltd, which operates agri-tech and food processing platform S4S Technologies, is raising fresh capital ......

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21 October, 2022

Hyderabad VC firm Silverneedle floats Rs 100 cr maiden fund

Hyderabad-based venture capital firm Silverneedle Ventures, floated by former executives of investment platform Xseed Partners, has launched its first category-I ......

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Finance

03 July, 2020

Former Khazanah, Acumen execs roll out healthcare VC fund, make first bet

Two women who previously worked with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad and impact investor Acumen have come together ......

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Infrastructure

26 June, 2020

Impact investor Acumen fully exits nine-year-old investment

Social venture capital investor Acumen has marked a full exit from a portfolio company in the solar energy sector that ......

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04 October, 2019

Impact investor Acumen bets on refrigerated solutions firm Promethean Power

Social venture capital investor Acumen has invested an undisclosed amount in a Pune-Boston-based Promethean Power Systems Inc., a refrigerated solutions ......

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People

16 February, 2018

Impact investor Upaya Social Ventures hires new India head

Early-stage impact investor Upaya Social Ventures has roped in a former United Nations Foundation official to head its India operations, ......

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Finance

31 October, 2017

Aavishkaar nears first close of third India fund

Impact investment firm Aavishkaar Venture Management is about to mark the first close of its third India-focussed fund, at least ......

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Finance

26 October, 2017

LGT Venture to launch India-focussed fund

LGT Venture Philanthropy, an impact investing firm founded by LGT Group and the Princely House of Liechtenstein, plans to launch ......

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12 September, 2017

Impact funds invest $1 bn in India second year in a row: McKinsey report

Impact funds invested over $1 billion (Rs 6,400 crore) in India for the second consecutive year in 2016, helped by ......