Our Operations

Impact Investing

Capital market investments are playing an increasingly crucial role in helping developing countries to grow their economies. We invest in companies, funds and joint ventures to create capital for social enterprises whose products and services benefit the poor. Moving from a “funding” model to a sustainable “financing” model enables a win for investors and a permanent escape from poverty. Our current investments include:

Grameen Capital India is a financial advisory firm that helps socially focused organizations in India obtain capital to grow and reach more clients. Founded in 2008 by Grameen Foundation, IFMR Trust and Citicorp Financial India Ltd, Grameen Capital India helps microfinance institutions get the funding and support they need to serve India’s poor. Today, it works with microfinance institutions, affordable healthcare providers, low-cost education firms and others, from early-stage enterprises to established industry leaders. Its current shareholders are L&T Finance (which bought a 26 percent stake in July 2015), Grameen Foundation, Citicorp Finance, Amit and Arihant Patni. In 2015, it launched an investment arm, Grameen Impact India.

Grameen Impact Investment India is a non-bank financial institution backed by Grameen Capital India, bringing an in-depth understanding of the impact investing ecosystem and liquidity support to build scale.

Grameen Impact shareholders include leading domestic and global impact investors. Grameen Impact will use the financing to make loans to high impact social enterprises in India in sectors including financial services, affordable healthcare, affordable education, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture.