Published by the Aavishkaar Group’s Intellecap, April 2020, 57 pages, available at https://www.intellecap.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Intellecap_Lighthouse_2_booklet.pdf
This document offers perspectives relating to the agriculture, “circular apparel,” energy, financial services, gender-lens investing and healthcare sectors. For example, a section on
“Invest. Catalyze. Mainstream. The Indian Impact Investing Story;” by Nisha Dutt, Usha Ganesh, Prashant Chandrasekaran, Payal Agarwal, Samved Patil and Ankit Gupta; published by Intellecap, April 2014, 70 pages, available at http://intellecap.com/publications/invest-catalyze-mainstream-india-impact-investing-story
India is a major hub for impact investing – an investment approach that pursues financial returns while seeking social and environmental improvements in low-income communities.
IntelleCash Microfinance Network, a subsidiary of the India-based social-sector advisory firm Intellectual Capital Advisory Services (Intellecap), reportedly has purchased a 56-percent stake in Arohan Financial Services, an Indian microfinance institution (MFI), for INR 520 million (USD 10 million).
Indian microfinance institution (MFI) Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited recently raised INR 135 crore (the equivalent of USD 29 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group [1].
Event Name: Sankalp 2011: Social Enterprise & Investment Forum
Event Date: May 5 – May 6, 2011
Event Location: Mumbai, India
Intellecap, a social-sector advisory firm with offices in India and the US, has released a white paper analyzing the events leading up to the ongoing microfinance lending crisis in Andhra Pradesh, a state on the southeastern coast of India.
Event Name: 2010 Srijan Financial Inclusion Forum
Event Date: October 7, 2010 – October 8, 2010
Event Locations: Taj Land’s End, Mumbai, India
Intellecap, a social-sector advisory firm with offices in India and the US, has released the third edition “Inverting the Pyramid,” its annual publication about the Indian microfinance sector. The third edition, titled “Indian Microfinance – Coming of Age,” explores the reasons for the “buzz surrounding the sector” and a variety of other questions including: “is there a bubble growing in Indian microfinance?; are the social aims of microfinance losing out to commercial interests?; are Indian MFI valuations too high?” [1]
Intellecap, an Indian consulting firm, recently gave its Srijan 2009 Microfinance Awards to the following institutions:
Event Name: Srijan Microfinance Forum & Awards 2009
Event Description: This event functions primarily as a forum to discuss social versus commercial aspects of microfinance and highlight innovative technologies utilized in providing financial services for the poor. It also includes awards which recognize successful financial models and practitioners in the sector that have been able to make a social impact on rural communities.
Source: Intellecap.
Produced by Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX) and Intellecap, March 2009, 20 pages, available at: http://www.themix.org/sites/default/files/2008%20Asia%20Microfinance%20Analysis%20and%20Benchmarking%20Report.pdf
The “Asia Microfinance Analysis and Benchmarking Report 2008” analyzes the evolution of the microfinance industry in South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), with a focus on outreach and scale, funding sources, and financial performance in fiscal year (FY) 2007.
Sankalp 2009: Social Enterprise and Investment Forum
April 28, 2009, Mumbai, India
Srijan recently announced the winners of its 2008 Business Plan Competition, reported by MicroCapital here. Cash prizes were given to the top three contestants, with the first prize sponsored specifically by Standard Chartered Bank. The winners will also have the opportunity to meet investors, though Srijan has not yet specified which investors. All finalists will be able to create accounts on the India Development Gateway Portal, as reported here by MicroCapital.
Intellecap recently partnered its incubation, the India Development Gateway (IDG) with its annual Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition, a competition aimed at developing solutions to microfinance institution’s (MFI’s) resource and infrastructure problems. Srijan 2008 winners were announced last week. While Srijan awarded top competitors with the cash equivalent of USD 30,335, intermixing IDG into the competition aims to provide extended support by linking the entrepreneurs with the IDG portal to hopefully further the process of making their plans into small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally, the in-house partnership is hoped to encourage new sources of capital.
Source: Intellecap.
Source: Microfinance Insights.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has granted a sponsorship of INR 4,100,000 (USD 103,000) to Microfinance Insights, a quarterly microfinance magazine published by Intellecap, an Indian investment and consulting firm. The sponsorship will enable Microfinance Insights to increase its international reach and content, host events in conjunction with each issue, build a website, and continue to disseminate domain knowledge. According to SDC India’s Deputy Country Director Adrian Marti, SDC’s grant to Microfinance Insights stems from its belief that the knowledge sharing is a key factor in promoting the sustainable growth of the microfinance sector.