Mission

A tremendous opportunity exists today to transform the face of investor/donor engagement with the vast, untapped markets at the base of the pyramid (BOP). The Artha Platform mission is to help unlock this opportunity.

Nearly every player active in the venture philanthropy and impact investing space will have understood, once active, that relationships drive investment in this sector - perhaps even more so than in traditional spheres. Most investors are looking at the same deal flow in any given developing country, and it becomes quickly apparent that the costs of due diligence are disproportionately high relative to the investment requirements sought by entrepreneurs.

The Artha Platform offers a window into a virtualized space for better information exchange and collaboration between investors, entrepreneurs & their support organizations, and the intermediaries & agents of change on the ground.

The Artha team will develop mini case studies on best-in-class social enterprises that will also be mirrored on the generic Impact Investing Global Platform (launch forthcoming), upon which the Artha Platform will eventually sit.

Use the Artha Platform to:

• Solidify and formalize your contact base; expand your network!
• Identify new partners and co-investors;
• Learn who knows who, how the deals being closed in India have been achieved, and what their current operating 'story' is;
• Coordinate with others looking at the same opportunities you are, and minimize the redundancy, effort and cost of conducting due diligence on BOP companies;
• Support the businesses of in-country capacity builders, as the fundamental drivers of the sustainability of an emerging asset class.