The success of Grama Vidiyal has created interest from Social Investors and has received equity investment from renowned investors Mr. Vinod Khosla and Unitus Equity Fund for the first equity round followed by Micro vest, Amar foundation and Unitus Equity fund for the second round of equity.The presence of such strategic investors helps the company to have good corporate governance and set the platform for taking the organization to great heights.

			Mr. Vinod Khosla & Amar Foundation
			Unitus Equity Fund
			Micro Vest Capital Fund

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About Mr. Vinod Khosla
Mr.Vinod Khosla  will be representing for Amar Foundation

Mr Vinod Khosla went on to receive degrees from the IIT Delhi, India (Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering ), Carnegie Mellon University (Masters in Biomedical Engineering), and Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA). After graduating from Stanford University in 1980, Khosla along with his Stanford fellows founded Sun Microsystems. He then joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1986 as a general partner. In 2004 Khosla formed his own firm: Khosla Ventures. His current passion is Social Entrepreneurship with special emphasis on Microfinance as a poverty alleviation tool. He is a supporter of many microfinance organizations in India and Africa. He has been experimenting with global housing. Vinod is also passionate about alternative energy, petroleum independence and environment

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About Unitus Equity Fund L.P.

The Unitus Equity Fund (UEF I) is managed by Elevar, a global growth investor focused on the underserved four billion at the base of the pyramid in developing countries. Elevar intends to bridge the gap between these communities and global capital, helping to create a virtuous cycle of opportunity based on open access for all.  UEF I is a $23.6 million equity fund which invests in high growth microfinance institutions.  Conceptualized and launched by Unitus in 2006, the Fund has been an active participant in the development of a commercial equity market serving the microfinance industry, with an investment portfolio of six microfinance institutions across India and Latin America.  Elevar manages UEF I on behalf of Unitus along with successor fund, Elevar Equity II. 

more details visit : www.elevarequity.com

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About Micro vest Capital Fund

MicroVest Capital Management, LLC (MicroVest) is a global microfinance intermediary that provides financial capital to growing microfinance institutions (MFIs) in emerging markets. As the first private microfinance investment fund in the United States, MicroVest’s goal is to link capital markets to the entrepreneurial poor by expanding the capacity of profitable MFIs throughout the world. MicroVest’s first fund, MicroVest I, LP (MV I), is a USD 30 million private equity fund providing debt and equity capital to 19 MFIs in 13 developing countries, plus additional exposure via two regional facilities.

The Micro Vest family of funds, comprised of Micro Vest I, LP, Micro Vest II, LP, Micro Vest II-A, LP, and   Microvest Trust 2007. It headquarters at Washington and founded by CARE, MEDA and the seed capital development fund, three non profit organizations with loan standing reputation in microfinance industry.

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