This investment was made when British International Investment was named CDC Group. It was also was made under a previous strategy. We disclose information on all our current investments, but narrative information on our pre-2012 investments, when we introduced a new strategy, may be limited.
Key facts
- Status:
- Active
- Region
:
Since 2012, we’ve only invested in Africa and South Asia. Investments outside these regions are from our pre-2012 portfolio.
- South Asia
- Sector
:
We have seven priority sectors. However, we continue to invest outside these sectors, largely in the most challenging regions, as new investment supporting any sector helps to underpin the private sector, and create jobs and livelihoods for people. For funds, the sectors listed here are those the fund has invested in so far.
- Education, Financial services, Food and agriculture, Health, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Other consumer services
- Website:
- https://www.aavishkaar.in
- Investment type
:
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund manager:
- Aavishkaar Venture Management Services
- Start date
:
For direct investments, this is the date British International Investment committed capital to the business or project.
For funds, this is the date that British International Investment committed capital to the fund.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date that the fund invested capital into the business.e
- September 2011
- Amount
:
For direct investments, this is the total amount that British International Investment has committed to the business or project (it may be a combination of equity and debt).
For funds, this is the total amount that British International Investment has committed to the fund.
- $25m
- Domicile
:
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Mauritius
Investments made by this fund
- Active
- Exited
| Investment name | Country | Region | Sector | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vortex Engineering
Vortex Engineering manufacture low cost energy efficient solar powered ATMs for rural areas. |
India | South Asia | Manufacturing | December 2011 | Active |
|
Karapadi Path Education company
Karapadi Path Education provides English classes using a unique teaching methodology that combines stories with actions and music. |
India | South Asia | Education | March 2012 | Active |
|
Vana Vidyut
Vana Vidyut generates electricity using biomass from man-made regenerative forests. The feedstock is sourced from sister company Energy Plantation Projects India Pvt. Ltd. which has expertise in man-made, high density, regenerative forests of fast growing trees exclusively for power generation. |
India | South Asia | Infrastructure | April 2012 | Active |
|
Electronic Payment and Services Pvt Ltd
EPS offers ATM outsourcing and related services for India's rapidly growing ATM network. It provides transaction processing and card management services which are offered to banks to enable them to concentrate on core banking functions. It has over 5,000 ATMs under management across urban, semi-rural and rural locations. |
India | South Asia | Financial services | September 2012 | Active |
|
Milk Mantra
Milk Mantra sources, processes and markets milk and milk products, primarily in Orissa and other East Indian markets. |
India | South Asia | Food and agriculture | December 2012 | Active |
|
Nepra Resource Management
Nepra Resource Management Pvt. Ltd is engaged in building an organised dry waste (recyclables) supply chain. This would connect the generators (commercial establishments and industrial companies) and collectors of waste to recyclers more efficiently. |
India | South Asia | Infrastructure | January 2013 | Active |
|
Ulink Bioenergy
Ulink Bioenergy manufactures organic fertilizers, and is also engaged in the marketing and trading of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, nutrients, and seeds at a discount price. |
India | South Asia | Food and agriculture | March 2013 | Active |
|
mHealth Venture India
mHealth offers primary healthcare advice over the telephone, with operations currently focused on the low income state of Uttar Pradesh. |
India | South Asia | Health | September 2013 | Active |
|
HR Food Processing Private Limited
HR Food (Osam Dairy) is a dairy company operating in the east Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, procuring milk from over 20,000 small dairy farmers. |
India | South Asia | Food and agriculture | October 2013 | Active |
|
Mandala Apparels
Manufacture of organic, Fairtrade certified cotton apparel. |
India | South Asia | Manufacturing | December 2013 | Active |
|
Nalanda Learning System
Operates a chain of affordable preschools under the brand name of Little Laureates |
India | South Asia | Education | December 2013 | Active |
|
Mela Artisans
Mela Artisans is a lifestyle brand that designs and sources handicrafts exclusively from artisans in India and currently retails through online channels and leading stores in the USA and UK. |
India | South Asia | Other consumer services | February 2014 | Active |
|
Vaatsalya
Vaatsalya manages a network of affordable hospitals in Tier II and III cities in India. |
India | South Asia | Health | November 2014 | Active |
|
Ergos Business Solutions Private Limited
Ergos Business Solutions is an integrated supply chain business operating through a network of micro warehouses in rural Bihar in India. It aims to enable market linkages to small farmers in a scalable and cost-effective manner. |
India | South Asia | Food and agriculture | March 2015 | Active |
|
Connect India
Connect India, which is based in Bangalore, is a differentiated pan-India logistics delivery network providing last mile access to remote non-urban areas. |
India | South Asia | Manufacturing | April 2015 | Active |
