ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BY MAINSTREAMING IMPACT
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BY MAINSTREAMING IMPACT
Sankalp was initiated in India in 2009 by Intellecap to create a thriving ecosystem for business-led solutions to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 across the Global South.
Sankalp has built one of the world’s largest impact enterprise-focused platforms that has showcased and discovered 2,370+ entrepreneurs through 32 editions of its flagship summits and has connected them to over 1030+ investors. Sankalp has enabled entrepreneurs to raise over USD 800 million in funding and disbursed USD 1.2 Million in cash grants.
Sankalp also engages with governments, corporations, ecosystem builders like the World Economic Forum, G7 and G20, media, and civil society organizations to drive a paradigm shift in inclusive development approaches. At Sankalp’s core is the entrepreneur, and it uses the framework of Knowledge, Capital & Network to create an enabling ecosystem for their success, with Technology driving the path forward.
Sankalp catalyzes inclusive development through convergence and collaboration
Sankalp catalyzes inclusive development through convergence and collaboration
Curated Networking Opportunities
Foster Partnerships & Collaborations
Showcase Game Changing Innovations
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Build Industry Infrastructure
Create a Platform For Advocacy and Influence
Sankalp is sector agnostic, but impact-focused
Sankalp is sector agnostic, but impact-focused.
Healthcare, Water & Sanitation
From innovative last-mile delivery methods to cutting edge technology and access to training for healthcare workers, we enable healthtech entrepreneurs in the Global South to enhance access to water, nutrition and sanitation to the emerging 3 billion. We’re building the narrative around equity in water stewardship and access to healthcare where it matters most.
Inclusive Fintech & Financial Services
We are improving access to finance for last-mile consumers by fostering innovative technology partnerships and improving product affordability. Our goal is to create inclusive fintech models, digitize rural value chains and surface micro-investing, micro-savings, and micro-insurance opportunities. We do this by connecting entrepreneurs with the ecosystem to enable cross-border and cross-sectoral collaboration.
Gender Lens Investing & Women Leaders
Women make up 70% of the world’s impoverished people (UN) and continue to be at a disadvantage despite the social and technological advances brought about for the bottom of the economic pyramid in the last few decades. Gender is a cross-cutting theme and features in all thematic sectors. We also host an exclusive gathering for the #WomenatSankalp that celebrates and connects women leaders.
The Future of Work(ers) & GIG Economy
We focus on conversations on localised manufacturing, job security for gig economy workers, securing the livelihoods of migrant workers, and steady labour supply for MSME’s. We study what the future of work will look like for millions of low-income workers across the Global South, and whether technology & mobile connectivity can bridge the gap for labour supply & demand, especially for micro & small enterprises. At Sankalp we bring you voices from the community that matter.
Impact Investing, Blended Finance & Colaborative Philanthropy
Early-stage enterprises have a critical financing gap, and we focus on connecting them with capital sources. Through narrative building and our convenings, we spark critical conversations on issues like blended finance and leverage mainstream capital towards impact investing by studying collaborative philanthropic funding models and those adopted by various financiers. At Sankalp, our core remains connecting capital for impact.
Circular Economies
Starting with the textile value chain, we are building expertise in implementing the principles of the circular economy for the private sector by connecting it with innovative entrepreneurs. We are also exploring circularity in agriculture, as well as other sectors, to help shape an impact economy.
Climate Crisis - Finance, Risk & Opportunity
We engage financial institutions and the private sector in conversations on their role in the climate crisis, with a focus on climate risk pricing for financial institutions, blended finance vehicles, access to climate financing for MSMEs, and the need to leverage private sector capital for on-ground solutions. We also focus on off-grid, decentralized renewable energy stakeholders, corporate ESG ratings for the private sector, and the move to a low carbon economy.
Agriculture - Increasing Resilience of Smallholder Farmers
With an emphasis on the challenges that impact smallholder farmers the most, we focus on soil and resource degradation, fragmentation of land holdings, inequity in gender roles, and climate change. Increasingly, we address circularity in agriculture and support models for smallholder farmers to increase their resilience, sustainability and profitability, while being aligned with SDG 2 and SDG 12.
WHO WE WORK WITH
WHO WE WORK WITH
PAST ATTENDEES AND SPEAKERS
PAST ATTENDEES AND SPEAKERS
Anne Njambi Kabugi
Ken Shibusawa
H.E. Ambassador Kwesi Quartey
Anant Maheshwari
Wendy Teleki
Cheryl Hicks
Josina Machel
Dr. KV Subramanian
Arun Maira
Vineet Rai
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
H.E Rob Swartbol
Nitin Gadkari
Ken Ofori-Atta
N.R Narayana Murthy
Pradeep Nair
Shinta Widajaja Kamdani
Shaheen Mistry
Sunil Kant Munjal
Thierry Sanders
Anuradha Shetty
Hardeep Singh Puri
Wanjira Mathai
Carolien De Bruin
John Roome
Dr. Mabouba Diagne
Nandita Das
Admassu Tadesse
Nick O’Donohoe
Zunaid Ahmed Palak
Sonia Bashir Kabir
Our common action platform, Sankalp Forum, one of the largest global inclusive development platforms, brings together the ecosystem to shape the way markets work for delivering the SDGs 2030. Select clients of Intellecap include the USAID, World Bank, Ford Foundation, The Hans Foundation, Doen Foundation, GIZ, DFID, Hindustan Unilever, P&G, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.
For more details please visit, www.intellecap.com
The Group’s ecosystems include Aavishkaar Capital – Impact fund manager focused on Global South, Arohan- One of India’s largest & most digitally advanced microfinance institution (MFI) targeting low income households, Ashv Finance- Phygital NBFC, offering unique cash flow based business loans to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Intellecap – Global Impact advisory firm providing Consulting, Investment banking and Inclusive networking platform.
The Group’s shareholders include TIAA-Nuveen, Triodos Bank, Shell Foundation and Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO.
For more info visit: www.aavishkaargroup.com