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Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In Agritech Startup, Bharat Krushi Seva
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its latest investment in Bharat Krushi Seva, an agritech startup based in Pune, Maharashtra.

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In Coconut Processor Freshnet Farms
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in FreshNet Farms, an agribusiness based in Tamil Nadu whose founder, Senthil Kumar, has a vision to improve what he calls “the village economy” by creating efficiencies in the disorganized coconut value chain

Upaya Social Ventures Funds Its Latest Investments From A Recoverable Grant Pool
Upaya Social Ventures announced the completion of its $2M campaign to double the nonprofit’s investment reach within five years

Upaya Announces Hiring Shruti Goel As New Director Of Impact Measurement And Management
Upaya Social Ventures is delighted to announce a new member of its management team. Shruti Goel joined in late January in the newly-designed role of Director, Impact Measurement & Management

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In An Indian Gig Platform PickMyWork
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in PickMyWork (Reculta Solutions Private Limited), a technology platform that assists digital commerce companies to acquire customers through assisted sales in both urban and rural geographies of India.

Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investment In Indian Agtech Startup BharatRohan
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) today announced its investment in BharatRohan Airborne Innovations (BharatRohan), an agribusiness that offers end-to-end services for small and marginal farmers, such as drone-based farm advisory, agri-inputs, and market linkages

Upaya Social Ventures And S3IDF Invest In India Waste Management Company, Green Worms
Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) and The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF) are pleased to announce their latest investments in Green Worms Eco Solutions (Green Worms), a waste management startup based in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India.

Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Resham Sutra To Create Dignified Jobs In India's Silk Supply Chain
Upaya Social Ventures is pleased to announce its latest investment in Resham Sutra, a New Delhi-based company that manufactures and distributes solar-powered silk spinning machines to rural women in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and other Northeastern states.
Upaya Social Ventures Announces Investments In Four Job-Creating Indian Companies
Upaya’s latest impact investments bring the organization’s total number of investments completed in 2020 to nine, doubling Upaya’s active portfolio in a year when many investors have held back.

Upaya Social Ventures And Beyond Capital Recommit To Investment In FreshR To Further Benefit Smallholder Farmers In India
Follow-on investment to support the extension of FreshR’s microentrepreneur and farmer networks, as well as continue expansion into new region of underserved communities