New investors in India’s most active Micro VC impact fund demonstrate that commercial and philanthropic investors are drawn to impact investing 2 September 2014. San Francisco: Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund), India’s most active seed-stage impact investor, has secured an additional USD $7 million in commitments for a total of USD $20 million for its India-focused Micro… Read more >
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Unitus Ventures (formerly Unitus Seed Fund)’s new investors propel fund over USD $20 million
September 2, 2014 – Update
Announcing MSDF Partnership on Social Performance Management
September 4, 2009 – Press Release
Unitus and Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Collaborate to Increase Use Of Social Performance Management Among Microfinance Institutions SEATTLE, 4 September 2009 – In an ongoing effort to increase the availability and effectiveness of life-changing microfinance services, international nonprofit Unitus and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation will launch the Social Performance Management Implementation Project… Read more >
Unitus and MSDF in Puget Sound Business Journal
September 4, 2009 – Media Exposure
Unitus gets Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grant to Study Results of Microfinance From Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) by Clay Holtzman. September 4, 2009. A Seattle microfinance organization is launching a project to measure how microloans and other services improve the lives of borrowers under a grant provided by the founder of Dell computers. Unitus,… Read more >
ACCION, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Unitus Equity Fund Invest in Swadhaar FinServe
October 14, 2008 – Media Exposure
MUMBAI, India, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — ACCION International (through its Gateway Fund), the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and the Unitus Equity Fund (UEF) announced investments in Swadhaar FinServe Private Limited, a microfinance institution (MFI) operating in the slums of Mumbai. The promoters of Swadhaar FinServe, Veena Mankar and Haseena Vahanvaty, bring together a unique… Read more >
Unitus & MSDF Invest in Microfinance
May 18, 2006 – Press Release
Unitus and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Invest in Microfinance in India Ujjivan partnership to provide microfinance to 600,000 clients by 2011 Redmond, Wash. (PRWEB) May 18, 2006 — Unitus Equity Fund, L.P. (UEF), a private equity fund formed by Unitus, a nonprofit organization which creates innovative solutions to global poverty, and… Read more >