Funding Support
The Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) – a strategic partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and the MacArthur Foundation - is a collaborative effort launched in 2019 to increase the knowledge, awareness, and use of catalytic capital. Through its grantmaking, C3 aims to foster solutions and infrastructure that will enable and accelerate the deployment of catalytic capital around the world, across diverse sectors and markets
Service Providers
India Migration Now (IMN) is a migration data, research, and advocacy organisation. Chalo Network is IMN’s social enterprise arm which provides documentation services like Aadhar and PAN, facilitates access to government entitlements, along with banking services like cash in, cash out, bank account opening, remittance, bill payments etc. to migrant workers. IMN has served over 17K beneficiaries to date.
Pratham is an innovative learning organisation created to improve the quality of education in India. As one of the largest non-governmental organisations in the country, Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system. Working directly with children and youth as well as through large-scale collaborations with government systems, Pratham programs reach millions of lives every year. Pratham has reached over 25K people.
SMV Green Solutions works to provide safe, clean and affordable sustainable mobility solutions in last mile transportation. The organisation has been working to build an ecosystem by facilitating access, promoting inclusive mobility, and offering technology solutions in sustainable transportation. SMV services over 1K drivers annually.
Shoegaro is a social business headquartered in Agra, India. It provides a reliable Platform to connect artisans making handmade shoes with demand centres across India in low & middle-income segments. Shoegaro was conceptualised to preserve the dying art of handmade shoemaking, with the aim to engage artisans' families who have carried forward the traditional art of handmade shoes. Shoegaro has created 150+ jobs to date.
200 Million Artisans aims to catalyse self-reliance and responsible innovation within India’s artisan economy by providing access to knowledge, resources, and networks that empower artisan-producers and entrepreneurs focused on sustainable production and consumption. 200 Million Artisans aims to bridge the gap and help them connect with the growing global demand for handmade, sustainable, and unique products and experiences. The initiative started with a voluntary collective of entrepreneurs, strategists, designers, and researchers and has expanded through collaboration and an open platform approach.
PARFI is a not-for-profit social enterprise that is building India’s first best- in-class, public-vocational-education system that is economically viable. PARFI has been successful in co-creating a skill eco-system in partnership with different types of organisations, including state governments for providing local infrastructure for operating rural skill gurukuls. PARFI has trained over 18K youth so far.
Social Security Enablement Partner
Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions, an organisation that works to ensure citizens at the last mile get access to government financial schemes and services for a small fee. This is done through a mobile and web SAAS platform for corporate partners complemented by a training platform used by community women entrepreneurs.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Partners
LEAD is a part of IFMR Society, a not-for-profit society registered under the Societies Act. From September 2019, LEAD has strategic oversight and brand support from Krea University (a State Private University sponsored by IFMR Society) to enable synergies between academia and the research centre.
Kadence International is a worldwide market research agency with a distinctly local feel
Platform Design and Financial Structuring
KOIS is an impact finance firm that aims to scale financing solutions to create a better world for underserved communities. KOIS turns projects with high societal and environmental impact into tangible investment propositions for public and private sector clients. It does so by managing funds and creating innovative financing mechanisms.