Intellecap, the advisory arm of the Aavishkaar group, is a pioneer in providing innovative business solutions that help build and scale sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change.
We take an ecosystem-approach to provide social innovations with a continuum of support throughout their life cycle and to address systemic barriers.
We have worked in 70+ countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America with varied ecosystem players.
Sankalp Forum, an Intellecap initiative, has been building the Global South impact ecosystem since 2009. It is the leading Global South platform on entrepreneurship and the SDGs, and its Sankalp Africa Summit is Africa’s largest convening on entrepreneurship and sustainable development, with 13 editions and 14,500+ attendees.
A group of companies taking an entrepreneurship-based approach to development across Asia and Africa. Intellecap is one of four.
Impact fund manager focused on the Global South.
Works in AfricaOne of India’s largest and most digitally advanced microfinance institutions (MFI), serving low-income households.
Phygital NBFC offering cash-flow-based business loans to micro, small and medium enterprises.
Global impact advisory firm providing consulting, investment banking and an inclusive networking platform.
Works in Africa
Through its advisory work, Intellecap saw that the people backing entrepreneurs were doing remarkable work but rarely talking to each other. Sankalp brings stakeholders from across an entrepreneur’s life cycle together to share knowledge, networks and capital.
The Intellecap Leadership Exchange (ILX) brings together a peer group of seventy — senior leaders of development finance institutions, foundations, and select corporations — for an evening of candid conversation, held under Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use what is said, but may not reveal who said it, so the room can speak openly and off the record.
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“In 2007, we were in the room at Bellagio Centre where the phrase ‘impact investing’ was coined. We seem to be at a crossroads once again in 2026–27. Our objective is to collectively mould solutions and set direction for the next decade of action.”
Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap
Nairobi is where much of Africa’s development and impact capital is decided, with DFIs, foundations and investors running their regional work from here. As aid budgets shrink and blended finance carries more of the load, the next two years will shape how capital reaches the continent.
Senior leaders from DFIs, foundations, impact investors, commercial banks, multinational corporates and government agencies who deploy capital or set strategy across Africa. Attendance is by invitation, and each room is curated for a balance of perspectives.
An evening of candid, off-the-record conversation under the Chatham House Rule with peers facing the same decisions. You leave with new relationships and a clearer view of where capital and partnerships are heading.
Venkat Kotamaraju, Global Director & Partner – Climate and Circular Solutions, Intellecap, opened the evening ahead of a fireside conversation with changemakers shaping economic transitions across industries, markets, capital, and workforce.
On the eve of the World Circular Economy Forum 2026, Intellecap hosted an invite-only dinner in Gandhinagar, bringing together global changemakers from the private sector, philanthropy, and government for an evening of unhurried conversation. The gathering was built around what Intellecap calls “The Impact Loop” — the case for a shift from linear economic growth toward a system where resource preservation and financial returns reinforce each other, and a call for global leaders and financiers to rethink how capital is allocated.
Syna Dehnugara, Director – Sankalp Forum, Intellecap, opened the evening and joined Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap, in conversation on collective action and systemic partnership.
Intellecap hosted the inaugural Leadership Exchange in New Delhi — an evening bringing together leaders from philanthropy, finance, business, government, and the development ecosystem for candid conversations on what it takes to scale impact together.
Leaders from across our network who have shared the stage with us.
