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Companies

Fintech start-up NiYO raises $13.2 million

NiYO Solution will use the fresh funds to strengthen and expand its product suite, hire new talent and expand into tier 2 and tier 3 towns

2 min read10 Jan 2018
Education

Is India augmenting social capital via education and health push?

From improving child nutrition to reducing maternal mortality, school education to reproductive health, there seems to be a renewed focus on improving social and human capital

4 min read21 Oct 2017
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The economic value of trust

Social capital is not just a benign virtue, it is crucial to the functioning of any complex economy

7 min read14 Aug 2016
Opinion

Social capital in Latur

Economists generally believe that people cannot come together to produce public goods because of the free rider problem

4 min read27 Apr 2016
Opinion

Trust Indians, it will spur India’s growth

Investing in social capital is important for building an entrepreneurial state

3 min read9 Mar 2016
Companies

Social+Capital Partnership to invest $1 bn in India over 10 years

The VC fund is looking to invest in sectors such as financial services, power and energy, infrastructure and agriculture

1 min read8 Aug 2015
Companies

Ezetap raises `150 crore

Firm splans to use the funds to expand its team and increase the number of POS devices it deploys from 60,000 to 200,000 in the next 12 months

1 min read6 Aug 2015
Companies

AngelPrime raises Rs300 crore, rebrands itself

The Social+Capital Partnership and a clutch of wealthy individuals and institutional investors have invested in the seed-stage fund

1 min read31 Jul 2015
Opinion

India: rules vs exception-based

While the idea of a rules-based regime is new, the mindset of the nation, especially among the ruling elite, favours exception

4 min read29 Jun 2015
Companies

Helion, others invest $8 million in Ezetap Mobile Solutions

Ezetap Mobile Solutions expects to deploy 1,00,000 devices in the coming year

1 min read21 Feb 2014
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