Elevar Equity has been at the forefront of impact investing since 2006. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team, Elevar seeks to connect the economic resilience and vibrancy of low income communities with capital markets. To address issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests early growth capital in entrepreneurs and businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. The Elevar Method of investing has democratized essential products and services for over 40 million low income households in India and Latin America, and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital into 40+ companies.
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2008
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 2
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 11.11.2022 | CureBay | curebay.co... | $6.19M | India, Odi... |
| 30.05.2022 | StrideOne | strideone.... | $32.24M | India, Har... |
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| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 02.10.2017 | Horticulture Will Dominate Agtech Innovation in India in Nex... | Editor’s Note: Hemendra Mathur is agribusiness investment lead and venture partner at Bharat Innovat... | agfunderne... |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding ... | techcrunch... |
| 09.09.2016 | Impact Unicorns: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too? | The term “unicorn” was coined by Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures to describe private companies t... | dbl.vc/201... |
| 04.05.2016 | Fintech, The Challenge of Financial Inclusion | The challenge of financial inclusion is far from being won. According to the Global Findex, over 2 b... | finsmes.co... |
| 17.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 17, 2016 | 10x Genomics closed Series C funding; Momo obtained $28; Handshake secured $14M Afluenta, a peer-to... | vator.tv/n... |
| 17.03.2016 | Afluenta raises $8 million for P2P lending | Buenos Aires-based peer-to-peer lending platform secures funds from the IFC and Elevar Equity Aflue... | vator.tv/n... |
| 11.11.2015 | Elevar Equity Holds Final Close of Third Fund, at $74M | Elevar Equity, an early stage venture capital firm investing in highly scalable businesses focused o... | finsmes.co... |
| - | Logistics Startup VDeliver Raises Pre-Series A Funding From ... | Image Credits Hyderabad-based logistics company VDeliver has raised an undisclosed amount in a Pre-... | inc42.com/... |
| - | Alok Mittal-Led Indifi Raises Funding From Accel, Elevar, Ra... | Alok Mittal – former India head of Canaan Partners – led Indifi Technologies, which was officially l... | inc42.com/... |
| - | Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Funding Galore 10-15 Jul... | We bring you the latest edition Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding of the week. This week, 14 In... | inc42.com/... |