Upaya Social Ventures
upayasv.org Direct investor
Upaya Social Ventures is a nonprofit impact-first organisation founded in 2011 that invests in and supports early-stage companies in India creating dignified jobs for people in extreme poverty. It funds businesses through a recycled philanthropy model of recoverable grants and loans.
Upaya Social Ventures is an investor headquartered in Seattle, United States, founded in 2011. It invests directly in companies, at seed, in circular economy, waste management and textiles. 64 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Upaya Social Ventures provides investment and support to early-stage companies creating dignified jobs for people in extreme poverty”
— Upaya Social Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Seed
- Headquarters
- Seattle, United States
- Invests in
- India
- Sectors
- circular economy, waste management, textiles
- Founded
- 2011
- Portfolio
- 64 companies
Team, as Upaya Social Ventures publishes it
- Shruti Goel Chief Executive Officer
- Erin Purcell Director of Finance
- Vishal Kumar Singh Associate - Investments & Portfolio
- Shubhrajyoti Ghosh Associate - Investments & Portfolio
- Anshini Lakhiani Manager - Investments & Portfolio
- Amit Choudhary Associate Director - Finance & Investments
- Rachna Chandrashekhar Associate Director & Head of Accelerator
- Naveen Raj Associate Director - Operations
- Sachi Shenoy Co-founder & Board Member
- Mukund Ghangurde Board Chair
- Robin Wolaner Investment Committee Member
- Zeena Freeman Board Member & Investment Committee Member
Names and roles exactly as listed on upayasv.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Upaya Social Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
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- https://www.upayasv.org/our-approachlayer
- https://www.upayasv.org/our-storytype, invests_in_geographies, description, founded
- https://www.upayasv.org/our-teampeople
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