{"id":3305,"date":"2017-09-20T06:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2017-09-20T06:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:49:34","slug":"unitus-seed-funds-investments-impact-1-2-million-lives-across-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unituslabs.org\/updates\/unitus-seed-funds-investments-impact-1-2-million-lives-across-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Unitus Seed Fund\u2019s Investments Impact 1.2 Million Lives Across India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revenues have grown 106 per cent YoY and Investees have raised 3.64x additional capital<\/em><\/p>\n

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18 September 2017, Bangalore:<\/strong> Unitus Seed Fund, India\u2019s leading impact venture fund investing in early- stage startups innovating for the masses, today released its semi-annual impact report, which is now mapped to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As of 30 June 2017, Unitus Seed Fund\u2019s active portfolio of 14 companies have directly impacted over 1.2 million BoP (Base of the Economic Pyramid) lives across 29 states in India and created over 6, 200 sustainable, quality jobs. The fund\u2019s portfolio companies have registered a 106 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in revenues and have raised 3.6x additional capital since Unitus\u2019 initial investment.<\/p>\n

Will Poole, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Unitus Seed Fund said, \u201cWe are incredibly excited that we\u2019ve crossed this important milestone of directly impacting over 1 million lives as a result of the work of our fast-growing portfolio companies. Unitus Seed Fund\u2019s one million landmark is significant for the entire investing ecosystem: we\u2019ve now shown the scale of impact a seed-level fund can achieve in a short span of four-and-a-half years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since founding in 2013, Unitus Seed Fund has adopted a holistic, well-defined methodology of tracking and advancing portfolio companies\u2019 progress and impact using industry standard IRIS metrics, now mapped to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To read more on the social and financial scale of the impact, click here ><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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 Tags: H1 2017<\/a>, impact report<\/a>, unitus seed fund<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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