Menterra
At Villgro, a social enterprise funder and incubator, and our sister fund, the Menterra Social Impact Fund, we meet hundreds of entrepreneurs each year. While there’s a lot of material on the…
read moreThe thing about healthcare is that it’s personal. We are all part of this giant, complex, healthcare machinery of our country and we need it to work for our families…
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Skills training has had significant investment — CSR, government and investor — over the last few years. What’s still unestablished though, is how much of an impact this training has had on actual learning…
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The education deficit in India is undebated. The ASER report put out by Pratham, while highlighting improvements in enrollment, also consistently highlights the poor learning levels of these students. While…
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We’re hearing and reading constantly these days about farmer suicides, distress and decreasing farm incomes (when the Indian Government seeks to double farmers’ income). At the same time, we hear about…
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Earlier this year the Artha and Menterra teams took a step back to visit a number of our portfolio companies across India and below are some highlights from that informative,…
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More than 10 years ago, I was asked which sectors I would want to invest in, and I responded saying education and healthcare. This conviction came through personal and direct…
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