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Aavishkaar Goodwell

Aavishkaar Goodwell is a for-profit business development company that provides equity finance and hands-on support to entrepreneurial microfinance organizations in India on a socially and commercially sustainable basis.

Aavishkaar Goodwell aims to improve access to affordable financial services for millions of families in order to contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The organization does this by developing and scaling up entrepreneurial microfinance organizations in India and integrating them into the mainstream financial sector. Aavishkaar Goodwell aims to realize "benefits of scale": a substantial social impact and an attractive financial return.

Aavishkaar Goodwell is backed by private sector and public sector investors. The organization is building a portfolio of USD 25 million of smart capital investments in 30-40 start ups and 8-10 fast growing MFIs. Aavishkaar Goodwell India Microfinance Development Company is a business development company, which invests in microfinance institutions in India. Aavishkaar Goodwell was initiated by an Indian-Dutch joint venture and founded in 2006.

Microventures

MicroVentures are a private equity initiative specialized in the development of financial partnerships with Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). MicroVentures provide financial resources to partner institutions through the direct participation into their equity, disbursing loans or through hybrid instruments (subordinated and convertible debts, equity and quasi-equity. MicroVentures’ investments are primarily targeted towards promising, well-managed and well-performing MFIs who are seeking to establish long term financial partnerships.

After each investment, MicroVentures backs the entrepreneurial development of partner MFIs during their growth and consolidation phases. In some cases, where appropriate and agreed, MicroVentures plays also an active role as key shareholder in the underlying businesses, contributing to the strategic development of the MFIs.

The MicroVentures Network is spread over three continents and is active in providing financial products, as well as technical assistance and support to institutions focusing on market-based solutions for social development.

Incofin

A specialized microfinance fund management company, Incofin Investment Management (IIM) invests in microfinance institutions that help enterprising people to set up their own business and thus get a chance to improve their living conditions.

Incofin Investment Management highly values, a perfect balance between customer-oriented and profit-oriented thinking:

a clear view of clients
a sound knowledge of the market and market niches
a varied offer
an outspoken social focus
transparent communication

Incofin Investment Management attaches great importance to the social dimension of its investments. In Incofin IM’s view, simply investing in MFIs is not enough to qualify as a “social investor”. It actually takes more than that. Thus, Incofin Investment Management aims to invest in those MFIs that perform best in social terms. To do so, Incofin Investment Management must be able to identify who those best social performers are. For more information, kindly visit: http://www.incofin.be/

Shriram Life Insurance is a joint venture of the Shriram Group of India and SANLAM of South Africa. The Group has a customer base of 30 lakhs chit subscribers and investors and operates through a network of 630 offices all over the country. The Group has the largest agency force in the private sector consisting of more than 75,000 loyal and dedicated agents.

Oriental Insurance Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Company Ltd. and was formed to carry out General Insurance business. The company with its head Office at New Delhi has 26 Regional Offices and nearly 900+ operating Offices in various cities of the country. The Company has overseas operations in Nepal, Kuwait and Dubai.

United India Insurance Company Limited (UIIC) is a leading General Insurance Company of India. The company has more than three decades of experience in Non-life Insurance business. It was formed by the merger of 22 companies, consequent to the nationalisation of General Insurance companies in India. Its Head Quarters is at Chennai, India.

Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIG General) is a joint venture company, formed by the Tata Group and American International Group, Inc. (AIG). It offers a complete range of general insurance products including insurance for automobile, home, personal accident, travel, energy, marine, property and casualty as well as several specialized financial lines.

Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd. is a joint venture between Max India Ltd., one of India's leading multi-business corporations and New York Life International, the international arm of New York Life, a Fortune 100 company. Max New York Life Insurance now has 25 individual life and health insurance products and 8 riders enabling customers to choose the policy that best fits their need.

SBI Life Insurance is a joint venture between the BNP Paribas Assurance and State Bank of India where 26% is owned by PNB Paribas Assurance and SBI owns 74% of the entire capital. SBI has over 14,500 branches across the nation along with its associate banks.

Grameen Global Network (GGN)

The Grameen Trust (GT) was set up in 1989 with a commitment to work for poverty alleviation towards eventual poverty eradication in all areas of the world. The Grameen Global Network (GGN), coordinated by the Grameen Trust in Bangladesh, seeks mainly to develop a common approach and conceptual framework, through mutual sharing of experiences and dissemination of information, for the implementation of effective and sustainable credit and savings programs for the poorest of the poor, especially women, following the Grameen approach.

Microfinance Institutions Network

Micro Finance Institutions Network (MFIN) is the premier Industry Association for the microfinance sector in India and its member organizations constitute the leading NBFC-Microfinance institutions in the country. MFIN was created to promote the key objectives of microfinance, which is to help economically underserved communities achieve greater financial independence and build sustainable livelihoods.

AKMi

Association of Karnataka Microfinance Institutions (AKMI) started in 2006 to build the field of community development finance in Karnataka, to help its members and associate institutions to better serve low-income households, particularly women, in both rural and urban areas of Karnataka, in their quest for establishing stable livelihoods and improving their quality of life.

Sa-Dhan

Sa-Dhan is a Microfinance Network in India. Sa-Dhan's mission is to "build the field of community development finance in India, to help its member and associate institutions to better serve low income households, particularly women, in both rural and urban India, in their quest for establishing stable livelihoods and improving their quality of life.

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Union Bank
Corporation Bank
Indian Bank
Syndicate Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce

Private Sector & Foreign Banks

ICICI Bank Limited
AXIS Bank Limited
ING VYSYA Bank Limited
HDFC Bank Limited
Karur Vysya Bank Limited
South Indian Bank Limited
Citibank
Induslnd Bank Limited
Royal Bank of Scotland
YES Bank Limited
Development Credit Bank Limited

Financial Institutions

HDFC LTD
FWWB (Ananya Finance)
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Reliance Capital
Aditya Birla Finance
IFMR Capital
Manaveeya Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd

T. Muniswamappa Trust

T. Muniswamappa Trust is a not-for-profit trust with a clear mission of delivering need-based financing and capacity building services to the poor in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.

ISMW

The Indian School of Microfinance for Women (ISMW), started in June 2003, is an initiative in microfinance which is promoted to address the capacity building requirements in the sector. The School particularly focuses upon the lives of women who are the primary participants in microfinance interventions. Microfinance is perceived by the School not only as a means of poverty alleviation but also as a means for women’s leadership and the building of women’s assets.

ENVIROFIT

Envirofit International is a nonprofit project that develops technology that reduces pollution and enhances energy efficiency in developing countries, particularly in Asia.

SELCO

The Solar Electric Light Company or SELCO India is a social venture based in Bangalore, India. The main goal of this venture is to provide reliable, affordable, and environmentally sustainable energy services to homes and businesses, especially in the rural areas.

Water.Org

Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation. Water.org traces its roots back to the founding of WaterPartners in 1990.

mCheck

A company that functions to augment everyone’s financial universe by creating a mobile payment platform that could make and receive payments securely and instantly over any distance.

V.Nagarajan & Co

M/s V Nagarajan & Co., a leading firm of Chartered Accountants was established in 1984 in India. The institution offers expert service in Indian Sub-continent and south east Asia.

Mitra Consulting

Based in Jefferson City, MO, Mitra Consulting is an IT Solutions and Services Company which provides a high quality solution for application development, design, consulting, and hosting solutions at an affordable rate.

MicroSave

MicroSave was established in Africa in 1998, and quickly emerged as one of the world’s leading technical assistance, training and technical resource centre.

CoCoon Consulting

CoCoon Consulting builds Business-enabling people solutions designed to leverage, optimize, augment and transform organizational, people and process capability to deliver business results.

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