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Chilasa Venture Philanthropy is a non-profit social impact incubator and accelerator based in Geneva and Chennai. The team is currently developing a scalable platform to support the growth of micro and small enterprises that helps entrepreneur overcome the key barriers to growth: finance, market access, and capacity building. Read about our IMPACT and click  Karpagam’s story.

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News from the Founder: Chilasa is Expanding!

Dear Friends,
As 2015 comes to an end and 2016 begins I am delighted to share with you the exciting news that we have closed our first round of investment to finance the next stage development of our micro and small enterprise ecosystem platform. For the past two years through our non-profit incubator Chilasa Venture Philanthropy, we have been researching, testing, and piloting a scalable business model to help micro and small enterprises grow.

On the back of a successful pilot we have established an impact investment company to launch the next phase of expansion of our entrepreneur cluster from 23 to 200 enterprises, develop the Chilasa smartphone business app and B2B e-commerce platform, and build the Chilasa team.

Every day in developing world over 350 million micro and small enterprises (MSEs) all battle with the same three impediments to growth: access to new customers /markets, access to finance, and access to skill development and technology. Our approach addresses the multi-dimensional problems entrepreneurs are facing with an integrated solution. In the process we are tackling some of the most difficult challenges that come with helping enterprises grow at the base of the economic pyramid.

For this next phase we will focus on building a single cluster of solid wood furniture producers. There are an estimated 2.5 million wood furniture MSEs in India with the sector classified as fragmented and unorganised. Many of these entrepreneurs come from disadvantaged sections of society. With a projected 27% CAGR in the Indian furniture market over the next 5 years, we believe this is a good place to start.

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Chilasa Venture Philanthropy International, 28 Chemin de la Combe, 1260, Nyon, Switzerland
Email: info(at)chilasa.org
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About Chilasa

Our mission at Chilasa Venture Philanthropy is to break the cycle of poverty by building sustainable enterprises that create jobs and drive economic growth in under-served communities in the developing world.

Chilasa is focused on solving the problems of micro and small enterprise growth by turning innovative ideas into scalable solutions.

We work with entrepreneurs to provide access to finance, new markets, capacity building and technical support.

Chilasa Venture Philanthropy is a non-profit organisation funded by charitable grants.

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