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Villgro Leads the Path for Public and Private Partners to Come Together and Support Social Enterprises

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Press Trust of India BENGALURU
Last Updated : Apr 04 2019 | 11:51 AM IST

/ -- After creating ripples in the impact ecosystem last year, Villgro, India's oldest and one of the world's largest social enterprise incubators, is set to kickstart the upcoming financial year by announcing several new partnerships. The incubator invested in 21 agribusiness, education and healthcare companies last year, many of which were sourced through iPitch, its annual national sourcing program. Deepening the focus on the 8 low income states of India, 127 investments were made through one of the world's largest social innovation programmes, INVENT, that Villgro runs with support from the Technology Development Board, Govt. of India and the DFID, UK Government.

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While Villgro has always been supported by key names in the funding community, FY 2018-19 saw a paradigm shift with many corporates engaging in CSR partnerships with Villgro for BoP social impact. Some critical partnerships of the year:
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First Published: Apr 04 2019 | 11:51 AM IST

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