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- A Brilliant Use of Solar Power: Fighting Blackouts in India
- Will invest US $ 1 bn in India for inclusive growth and climate change: Karin Finkelston (Interview with Vice President, IFC)
- Lessons to raise money from three young entrepreneurs
- Solar Innovation Marches On
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Inclusion of BoP market key to India’s sustained growth in future Eminent business leaders discuss need for competency and inclusion of India’s huge BoP market at Insight 2011, National Management Symposium organized by LIBA
<http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/20111110103025.htm> Some of India’s eminent business leaders today deliberated on the growing importance and need for inclusion of India’s huge BoP market estimated to be of 835 million and growing fast, at the sixth edition of INSIGHT, the annual management … Continue reading
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A Brilliant Use of Solar Power: Fighting Blackouts in India
By Will Oremus Posted Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at 4:04 PM EST <http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/06/india_blackout_solar_lanterns_keep_the_light_on_for_india_s_poor.html> An instructor for the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) displays a variety of solar lanterns and clean cooking stoves that run on solar panels in Ahmedabad on June … Continue reading
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Will invest US $ 1 bn in India for inclusive growth and climate change: Karin Finkelston (Interview with Vice President, IFC)
Rutam Vora / Mumbai/ Ahmedabad Jun 05, 2012, 00:30 IST <http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/will-invest-us1-bn-in-india-for-inclusive-growthclimate-change-karin-finkelston-/476252/> A member of World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has chalked out its investment plans for India focusing mainly on the renewable energy sources and targeting the bottom … Continue reading
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Lessons to raise money from three young entrepreneurs
Radhika P Nair, Rahul Sachitanand & Biswarup Gooptu, ET Bureau Jun 12, 2012 <http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/news/32194923_1_frontier-markets-market-products-medical-technology> 1) Ajaita Shah, Co-founder, Frontier Markets Filling in Last-Mile Gap It was while working at microfinance firm SKS Microfinance and urban microlender Ujjivan that Ajaita Shah struck upon a … Continue reading
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Solar Innovation Marches On
<http://seekingalpha.com/article/676351-solar-innovation-marches-on> It’s no secret that market conditions are very difficult in the solar sector. This doesn’t have much to do with demand (which keeps on rising) but with capacity being much larger, leading to price falls. This forces solar companies … Continue reading
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Introducing Solar Garden Lights
We have been searching for the right, reliable, affordable garden lights for urban and rural settings – its time for mainstream crowds to “Go Green” as well! Would love to hear feedback. Solar garden lights presentation View more presentations from … Continue reading
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Spreading Light: Frontier Markets Featured in Business Today
Spreading light http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/frontier-markets-in-solar-energy-products-business/1/21350.html Frontier Markets uses village-level community workers to sell solar energy products Taslima Khan Edition: Jan 22, 2012 Brightening lives: Ajaita Shah (centre) Given India’s size and the sheer number of its farflung villages, rural marketing is always a challenge. … Continue reading
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Seedfund Press Release on Frontier Market’s Investment
Frontier Markets, a Jaipur based rural sales and marketing and distribution company, has received first round of investment from Seedfund, India’s leading early stage venture capital fund. Frontier Markets (FM) is creating an innovative and effective distribution channel to provide access to … Continue reading
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Executive Director of Seedfund, Paula Mariwala Supports Frontier Markets
http://yourstory.in/2011/10/seedfund-invests-in-frontier-markets/ Frontier Markets, a Jaipur based rural sales and marketing and distribution company, has received first round of investment from Seedfund, an early stage venture capital fund. Frontier Markets (FM) is creating an innovative and effective distribution channel to … Continue reading
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Seedfund Invests in Frontier Markets
Rural Marketing Startup-Frontier Markets Raises Funding From Seedfund by Irfan Khan | October 05,2011 – 11:18 AM Topics : Venture Capital Industries : Retail / Leisure/ Travel/ Textile http://bit.ly/r22bi9 Jaipur based rural marketing and distribution startup – Frontier Markets has raised … Continue reading