Take your innovation to the next level

Apply now →

Villgro is certified as an equivalent to a U.S public charity

Learn more →

Take your innovation to the next level

Apply now →

Villgro is certified as an equivalent to a U.S public charity

Learn more →

Expertise

We have deep technical expertise and experience across these four sectors

We have deep technical expertise and experience in working with social enterprises

Get Incubated at Villgro

Does your innovation have the potential to create impact at scale?

Impact by our portfolio

0
Enterprises incubated
0
Women-led enterprises Incubated
0 M
Lives impacted
0
Direct jobs Created
0 Bn
Seed funding raised (INR)
0
Enterprises incubated
0 M
Lives impacted
0 M
Seed funding raised
0
Direct jobs Created
0
Women-led enterprises Incubated

Our guiding values

Bold

We embrace uncertainty, ambition, and limitless possibilities 

Demonstrating
integrity

We are transparent, candid and honest in our dealings

Emphathetic

We walk in the shoes of our partners

Entrepreneurial

We take initiative and capitalize on opportunities

Our guiding values

Our journey over the years

Villgro was founded in 2001 by Paul Basil, with a mission to create impactful, innovative and successful social enterprises.

Rural Innovations Network was founded in 2001 by Paul Basil, with a mission to create impactful, innovative, and successful social enterprises.

Core to our work is the belief that market-based models are a powerful way to solve social problems and create impact at scale. By capacitating these models with the right resources and knowledge, they are a sustainable way of creating lasting social impact.

Incubated
300+
startups

Provided Rs 671 Mn seed funding

Rs 4 Bn follow on funding by the portfolio

20 Mn lives impacted

Unconventions in 20 cities, connected 17,000+ entrepreneurs and hosted 800+ speakers

3,000+ iPitch applications, funded 23 startups and rs 74.4 Mn deployed

Rs 720 Mn deployed in 137 startups in low income states of India

#

Rural Innovations
Network (RIN) was set up

2001
#

First Impact Investment
in India by RIN

2002
#

Launched health
and energy practices

2006
#

RIN renamed as Villgro
Innovations Foundation

2009
#

Launched Unconvention
by Villgro

2010
#

Launched Villgro
education practise

2013
#

Incubated 100
startups

2014
#

•Set up Menterra - a social impact fund
•Launched Invent along
with GoI and DFID, UK

2016
#

Launched iPitch, a
deal discovery platform

2017
#

Released a playbook to
replicate the Villgro model
across the world

2018
#

INR 720 M deployed across 137 startups in low income states

2020
#

Launched Powering Livelihoods and
the Market Partnerships sector

2021
#

Launched Gender Inclusion and
Innovative Financing sectors

2023

Hear from the community

Partner with us

If you would like to share your experience and network to help social enterprises scale, we want to hear from you.
Partner with us →
Partner
with Us
Do you have an innovative solution that has the potential to create impact at scale?
Partner with us →
Mentor
with Us
Share your expertise and network to help social enterprises scale
Mentor with us →

Blogs

Women Entrepreneurs
Meet the Woman Who is Transforming Early Breast Cancer Detection in India
Climate Action
Ground’s Up Approach To Transforming India’s Rural Market
Women Entrepreneurs
Rural Women Entrepreneurs: The Key to Inclusive Growth in India

Contact us

Head Office

Bangalore

Follows us on

Scroll to Top