Impact Guru

ImpactGuru.com
Company typePrivate
IndustryCrowdfunding, Charity
Founded2014
Founders
  • Piyush Jain (CEO)
  • Khushboo Jain (COO)
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.impactguru.com

Impact Guru is a donation based crowdfunding platform for NGOs, social enterprises, startups and individuals.[1][2][3][4][5] It has raised ₹150 crore (US$18 million) for various NGOs and social enterprises in more than 15 countries.[6]

Impact Guru was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Initiation Program in 2014[7][8] and PACT at Impact Hub in Singapore in 2015.[9][10] Impact Guru was founded by Piyush Jain[11] and Khushboo Jain.[12][13] It was launched by Maneka Gandhi in September 2015.[14]

Funding

In April 2015, Impact Guru raised ₹3.3 crore (US$390,000)[15] seed money from RB Investments, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, and Fundnel, a private investment platform based in Southeast Asia.[12][8][16]

Partnerships

In April 2016, Impact Guru partnered with Singaporean investment platform Fundnel to gather investment capital from the Indian diaspora in Southeast Asia.[16]

In September 2016, Impact Guru partnered with United Nations entity named UN Women to run Project Inspire, an initiative by Singapore Committee for UN Women, in partnership with Bain & Company and MasterCard,[17] to support social entrepreneurs working towards women's empowerment.[8]

In October 2016, Impact Guru partnered with US and UK based crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving.[18][19][20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shankar, Shashwati (September 20, 2016). "Crowdfunding cos Impact Guru, Ketto see increased sponsors for women safety ideas". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ Velayanikal, Malavika; Chakraberty, Sumit; Tegos, Michael (May 4, 2017). "These 8 hardware startups are tackling some of society's biggest problems". Techinasia.com.
  3. ^ स्टार्टअप इंडिया स्टैंडअप इंडिया: इम्पैक्ट गुरु की संभावनाभरी दस्तक (in Hindi). Sanjeevni Today. May 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Rai, Saritha (August 18, 2016). "Crowdfunding catches on in India - not just for tech projects". The Australian Financial Review.
  5. ^ "Through Impactguru, they're crowdfunding for a better future". EDEX. Edex Live. March 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "Impact Guru and Fundnel Helped Mobilize Over Rs 150 Cr For Various Social Projects Across 15 Countries". BW Businessworld. May 2, 2017.
  7. ^ Joshi, Mitra; Vishwanathan, Vivina (May 12, 2015). "Get the crowd, and its money, behind you". Mint.
  8. ^ a b c Singh, Arti (September 19, 2016). "Impact Guru selected to run a global crowdfunding challenge". VCCircle.
  9. ^ "Impact Guru, Company Description" (PDF). harvard.edu. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  10. ^ Ongchoco, David (August 25, 2015). "Startup Insider: How 'The HUB SG' Is Growing the Social Impact Startup Community in Singapore". HuffPost.
  11. ^ Chawla, Shray (September 28, 2015). "10 Indians Who Approached A Problem Differently And Solved It". ScoopWhoop.
  12. ^ a b Sharma, Disha (April 28, 2016). "Crowdfunding platform Impact Guru gets seed funding". VCCircle.
  13. ^ Khosla, Varuni (May 31, 2016). "Great leaders are not afraid of criticism: Piyush Jain, Founder & CEO, Impact Guru". The Economic Times.
  14. ^ Saxena, Arpita (July 29, 2016). "Piyush Jain, Founder and CEO, Impact Guru". India Infoline. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017.
  15. ^ Agarwal, Meha (April 29, 2016). "Crowdfunding Startup Impact Guru Raises $500K From RB Investments And Fundnel". Inc42.com.
  16. ^ a b "The Wedding Brigade raises Rs 4 crore, Impact Guru gets Rs 3.3 crore". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. April 28, 2016.
  17. ^ Ji, Anand (September 16, 2016). "UN Women picks Impact Guru for crowdfunding campaign". The Times of India.
  18. ^ Hurst, Samantha (May 2, 2017). "India's Impact Guru & GlobalGiving Announces Partnership: Offers Tax Benefits to International Donors in the U.S. & UK". Crowdfundinsider. Business Insider.
  19. ^ Gupta, Soumya (May 1, 2017). "Crowd-funding platform GlobalGiving enters India via Impact Guru tie-up". Businessworld.
  20. ^ "Impact Guru, GlobalGiving tie-up to scale crowd funding in India". New Delhi: Business Standard. May 2, 2017.