About Sankalp 2010

The Sankalp 2010 Awards and Investment Forum is an annual Intellecap initiative committed to catalyzing entrepreneurship in the social enterprise space. Sankalp actively facilitates collaboration between established and budding entrepreneurs, investors, thought leaders and sector stakeholders interested in contributing effectively towards this fledgling yet fast-growing industry.

With a strong focus on double bottom (social and commercial) enterprises Sankalp, in its second edition, aims to accelerate investment in this space through the showcase of pioneering, sustainable and innovative enterprises capable of long term social impact. Sankalp's primary goal is of bringing together various stakeholders sharing a common conviction that capital should be invested to create multiple bottom-line returns (financial, social and environmental) and not exclusively financial (profit-maximizing) or social (philanthropic) returns. Thus having successfully established a niche for itself; Sankalp has taken the lead in recognizing those businesses that have mastered the balancing act between the profit and social objectives.

Sankalp 2010 Forum and Awards shall recognize, award and connect the most investible social MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium enterprises) operating in 5 high impact sectors:

• Agriculture, Food & Rural Business
• Clean Energy
• Inclusive Education
• Health, Water & Sanitation, and
• Technology for Development

As India's exclusive Social Enterprise and Investment Forum, Sankalp will provide the following:

As India's exclusive Social Enterprise and Investment Forum, Sankalp will provide the following:

A.    An opportunity for entrepreneurs to:

• Meet, interact and connect with a host of international and national impact investors.
• Showcase their business and the social returns it is capable of creating.
• Learn and interact with fellow entrepreneurs and peers.
• Gauge investor needs and requirements.
• Realize and share the different models emerging within sectors of their interest.
• Formulate strategic tie ups for capacity building and mentorship support.
• Embark on new partnerships.

B.    A space for investors to:

• Understand and access emerging sectors for investment.
• Identify channels to co-invest and form deal flow networks.
• Facilitate much needed deal flows.
• Further understand Impact Investing.

To learn more about the Sankalp Awards and how to participate click here! The Sankalp 2010 Awards and Investment Forum will be held on the 4-5 of May 2010 in Mumbai.

About the Organizer

Intellecap is a pioneer in providing innovative business solutions that help scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change.

The company's unique positioning at the intersection of social and commercial business sectors, allows it to attract and nurture intellectual capital that combines business training of the commercial world with passion and commitment of the social world to create distinctive solutions that include best practices and principles of both cultures.

Intellecap was started in 2002 with a vision to apply enterprise-based approaches to development. The company's key shareholders are its employees and Legatum Ventures, a global proprietary investment fund. Today, Intellecap has two subsidiaries, Intellecap Inc. in Palo Alto (California, USA), and IntelleCash, a Non Banking Financial Corporation in Delhi (India), offices in Mumbai and Hyderabad, and employee strength of 65 domain experts and professionals from international backgrounds and well-respected management institutes.

Intellecap operates in multiple capacities in the social-commercial space: facilitating investments, providing strategic consulting and business advisory services, supporting operational planning and implementation, and developing information-sharing and industry-enhancing platforms that promote and build SUSTAINABLE, PROFITABLE and SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE enterprises.

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