Aavishkaar Goodwell

Aavishkaar Goodwell

Aavishkaar Goodwell is a for-profit business development company that provides equity finance and hands-on support to entrepreneurial microfinance organizations in India on a socially and commercially sustainable basis.


Aavishkaar Goodwell aims to improve access to affordable financial services for millions of families in order to contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development.


We do this by developing and scaling up entrepreneurial microfinance organizations in India and integrating them into the mainstream financial sector. Aavishkaar Goodwell aims to realize "benefits of scale": a substantial social impact and an attractive financial return.


Aavishkaar Goodwell is backed by private sector and public sector investors. We are building a portfolio of USD 25 million of smart capital investments in 30-40 start ups and 8-10 fast growing MFIs.


Microfinance in India
An estimated 600 million rural poor in India are either not served or are underserved by the formal financial sector.

News

15 April 2008
Aavishkaar Goodwell expands portfolio with investments in Grameen Koota and Equitas.
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25 February 2008
Els Boerhof leaves FMO to join Goodwell.

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05 September 2007
Goodwell network sponsor of this year's TBLI Conference in Paris.
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05 September 2007
Goodwell and FMO hosting seminar on Microfinance.
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25 July 2007
IFC, FMO and Deutsche Bank invest in Aavishkaar Goodwell to scale up microfinance in India
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15 May 2007
Aavishkaar Goodwell has signed an agreement with Share Microfin Ltd
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3 May 2007
Aavishkaar Goodwell partnership with IntelleCash Microfinance Franchise Package
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26 April 2007
Aavishkaar Goodwell sponsors Srijan Business Plan Competition
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