{"id":2523,"date":"2013-10-03T09:52:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/?page_id=2523"},"modified":"2013-11-15T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:56:07","slug":"accelerating-bop-startups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/other\/usf-ads\/accelerating-bop-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Unitus Seed Fund invests in BoP Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/usf.vc\">Learn more about Unitus Seed Fund &gt;<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>We make venture equity investments in businesses serving\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/usf.vc\/bop\" target=\"_blank\">low-income populations in India<\/a>\u00a0with potential for high-growth and strong profitability.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-213\" title=\"seed-stage-investing\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/seedling-iStock_000016764141XSmall-300x251.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Our key investment criteria:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Potential for serving at least 100,000 low-income families<\/li>\n<li>Strong, experienced management team<\/li>\n<li>Business developed beyond the concept stage<\/li>\n<li>Clearly differentiated value proposition<\/li>\n<li>Strategies to build effective distribution and marketing programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Sectors we invest in include:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Livelihoods<\/strong>. Businesses which increase the incomes of low-income populations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education<\/strong>. Businesses which improve the learning outcomes of low-income populations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Necessities<\/strong>. Businesses which deliver affordable, quality life necessities (such as drinking water, healthcare, energy, food, housing, sanitation, etc.) to low-income populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How much do we invest?<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Our initial investments are typically INR 25-50 lakhs.<\/li>\n<li>Companies requiring INR 2 crores (USD$400,000) or more should make contact with later stage venture firms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/usf.vc\/get-funded\">Get Seed Funding &gt;<\/a><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Some of our current portfolio of investments<\/h4>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"width: 170px;\"><!-- *** Logo image must be 160px wide *** --><a href=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/portfolio\/hippocampus\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"Hippocampus Learning Centres\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hippocampus-logo-160x160.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 170px;\"><!-- *** Logo image must be 160px wide *** --><a href=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/portfolio\/milaap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"Milaap Social Ventures\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/milaap-logo-160x160.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 170px;\"><!-- *** Logo image must be 160px wide *** --><a href=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/portfolio\/villgro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"Villgro Innovation Marketing\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/unitusseedfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/villgro-logo-160x160.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/usf.vc\">Learn more about Unitus Seed Fund &gt;<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about Unitus Seed Fund &gt; We make venture equity investments in businesses serving\u00a0low-income populations in India\u00a0with potential for high-growth and strong profitability. Our key investment criteria: Potential for serving at least 100,000 low-income families Strong, experienced management team Business developed beyond the concept stage Clearly differentiated value proposition Strategies to build effective distribution&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/other\/usf-ads\/accelerating-bop-startups\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":2531,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_unitus-seed.php","meta":{"_aioseop_title":"","_aioseop_description":"Unitus Seed Fund makes seed-stage venture equity investments in promising businesses in India serving low-income populations","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}