Aspada Investment Company has made an investment of INR 10 crore ($1.6 million) in Gurgaon based ThinkLink Supply Chain Services, a provider of turnkey project management, design, skill development, and staffing services in India’s logistics and supply chain sector. Aspada’s investment will be used to strengthen ThinkLink Learning, the company’s professional development, vocational skills, and staffing division, which works in India’s Supply Chain sector to enhance and create career paths for managerial, entry level, and blue collar professionals. Aspada Investment Company provides growth capital to early stage businesses in India operating in healthcare delivery, agricultural supply chains, education, logistics, and financial services. Read more »

Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) is a not-for-profit organization founded by Indian sporting legends Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone; with a mission to help Indian athletes win more Olympic Gold Medals. At the London 2012 Olympics 4 out of the 6 Indian medal winners viz Gagan Narang, Vijay Kumar, Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom were supported by OGQ. OGQ currently supports 53 athletes across 7 sports. Read more »

New 'Young Women Social Entrepreneurship Development Programme' in India is to identify women working in social enterprises and train them to become 'Master Trainers' Read more »

In a bid to provide clean drinking water, a new wave of social enterprises emerged and showed an unleashing potential to tackle social-economic hardships. Such change makers are inspiring the coming generation to tackle the world's one of the toughest social and environmental challenges. Read more »

Of the 116 ambitious early-stage social enterprises that applied for the Artha Venture Challenge (AVC) – a national competition designed to identify, select and provide the best socially focused ventures access to mentoring, connections and funding – the final cohort of 15 enterprises has now been announced. Read more »

New Delhi-based Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance has received a primary infusion of capital led by Aavishkaar Goodwell II in its first investment in the segment. Existing investor NBFC Asia Pragati, owned by one of Asia's largest Asia investments group PAG (Pacific Alliance Group), has also participated in this round. Read more »

Intellecap initiative Sankalp Forum announced a strategic partnership with Social Capital Markets, convener of the international SOCAP conference series, in San Francisco during SOCAP ‘13. Read more »

The Barefoot College Family has enormous pleasure to announces that on September 25th in New York City, Bunker Roy will be awarded a Clinton Global Award. Read more »

Early-stage start-up incubator GSF Accelerator is investing between $100,000 and $200,000 each in five Indian start-ups, along with other venture capital firms such as Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups. Read more »

The final cohort for the Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition for early-stage social ventures in India has been announced. 15 social ventures in India get opportunity to access Rs 25 lakh matched equity funding. Read more »