SocialStory Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing Weekly Roundup
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YourStory.in acquires Social Enterprise platform ThinkChange India
SocialStory Meetups and Events:
SocialStory and Thomson Reuters Foundation TrustLaw Connect Meetup
Social enterprises and non-profits:
Working towards a prosperous, harmonious and peaceful Society is Vidyaranya, an NGO
Embracing new born lives in a warm cuddle, Embrace Innovations
Creating blood relations, literally, through their ventures
Armed with the arts : Spreading a little peace through the power of art
Aiming to provide quality education to less privileged girls – Unnayan Learning Hub
Funding and Investment related news:
Creation Investments Social Ventures Fund II Announces An Oversubscribed Final Fund Closing of $75 Million
National Housing Bank Invests in Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd.
Varhad Capital Group to float two $100 million funds for Affordable Housing and Women Entrepreneurs
Awards and Recognition:
Meet the winners of The Social Enterprise Awards, Australia
People’s Choice winner the Rockefeller Foundation Next Century Innovators Awards : Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Reports and Research:
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) Releases its fourth annual Impact Report
Other publications:
Times of India: India takes centre stage in impact investing
Bloomberg Businessweek : Impact Investing - Lots of Interest, but Where's the Big Money?
Forbes: What's Distinctive About Middle Eastern Philanthropists?
