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Impact Guru is a donation based crowdfunding platform for NGOs, social enterprises, startups and individuals.[1][2][3][4][5]

Impact Guru has mobilized Шаблон:INR Convert for various NGOs and social enterprises in more than 15 countries.[6]

History

Impact Guru was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Initiation Program in 2014[7][8] and PACT at Impact Hub in Singapore in the year 2015.[9][10] Impact Guru was founded by Piyush Jain,[11] a graduate of the Wharton Business School and Khushboo Jain, an alumnus of Welingkar Institute of Management.[12][13] It was launched by Maneka Gandhi, Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development, Government of India in September 2015.[14]

Funding

In April 2015, Impact Guru raised Шаблон:INR Convert [15] seed round from a Singapore-based venture capital firm RB Investments, and Fundnel, a private investment platform based in Southeast Asia.[12][8][16] Since its inception, Impact Guru has raised Шаблон:INR Convert to support various causes and organizations.[17]

Partnerships

In April 2016, Impact Guru partnered with Singapore's investment platform Fundnel to tap into philanthropic and investment capital from the Indian diaspora based in Southeast Asia.[16] In September 2016, Impact Guru partnered with United Nations entity named UN Women to run the Project Inspire, an initiative by Singapore Committee for UN Women in partnership with Bain & Company and MasterCard[18] to support social entrepreneurs working towards Women's empowerment.[8] In October 2016, It partnered with US and UK based crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving.[19][20][21]

Media

Impact Guru was featured in CNBC TV18's longest running show -Young Turks.[22]

See also

References

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