The bell curve of altruism
We need to look beyond our existing definitions and approaches to funding, talent, and partnerships, if we are to address social problems at scale. By P R Ganapathy One…
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Your Customers Aren’t Data Points: How Social Enterprises Can Avoid Three Impact Investor Red Flags
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…
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What Skilling for the Future Should Look Like
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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Technology and the Teacher
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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Finding the Value Convergence in Agri-Start-ups (Moving from Whammy to Value)
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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A Week in the Field with our Entrepreneurs
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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Menterra — Our genesis, Our vision, Our focus
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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