What's New

• Intellecap co-founder Manju George has been invited to speak at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos. She will speak at the closing plenary - 'Leadership across generations'  - along with Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Prof. Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum among others.
• Intellecap raises INR 22 crore for Waterlife from Matrix Partners India. Waterlife is a pioneer in providing high quality potable water solutions to the underserved in an affordable and sustainable manner. 
• Intellecap closes private equity transactions in Microfinance, raises INR 25 crore from Norwegian Microfinance Initiative for Utkarsh Microfinance Pvt Ltd; and raises INR 135 crore from IFC for MFI Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Intellecap releases a note authored by CEO, K.Sree Kumar, sharing the company perspective on the draft Microfinance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill 2011.
• Intellecap, Rockefeller Foundation and Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network co-host a forum on "The Business of Climate Change: Opportunities in Adaptation and Resilience Building" in New York. 
• Intellecap advises Jeevanti Healthcare in Series A funding of USD 2 Million. Click here to read more.
• Intellecap releases a White Paper responding to the Malegam Committee's recommendations on issues and concerns about Indian Microfinance Institutions.

Reading Room - Our Thoughts on Market Led Development

• In Search of a New Model for Government - Social Enterprise Collaboration
  Conflict between social enterprises and government comes down to a simple matter of market overlap. Read

• The World's Poor: An Economic Opportunity
  The world’s poor do not want to remain poor. It’s an important lesson for anybody working in global development. Many a development project, corporate philanthropy and NGO are designed with the view of the poor as a ‘beneficiary’ and often fail to scale and create sustainable impact. Read