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.
