Villgro empowers rural development by identifying and incubating innovations that can be translated to market based models thus impacting thousands of rural households. In efforts to impact rural life, we actively promote social entrepreneurship and work with different stakeholders to create and support an eco-system that empowers social entrepreneurship by means of seed funding, mentoring, networking and recognition. We have impacted over 360,000 rural users with technology & solutions reaching the grassroots. We have identified and activated more than 2000 social innovators.

Mission
 
They DREAM of an equitable world where the poor and marginalised can lead lives that are empowered and just.

They BELIEVE that this scale of change can be achieved through social enterprises, that is, businesses that place impact at the centre of their mission.

They INSPIRE, mentor, fund and support early stage, innovation‐based for‐profit enterprises that have an impact on the lives of the poor in India.

History

Villgro was founded in 2001 by PAUL BASIL with the mission of incubating early‐stage, innovative businesses and has since worked in discovering thousands of innovations and innovators, and incubated over 100 businesses.

They envisioned an organization that moves away from the traditional form of charity to a more sustainable approach where the poor and marginalised are stakeholders in their own growth.

Villgro does this by tirelessly growing an ecosystem that supports social entrepreneurs and helping them building impactful, scaleable businesses with the potential to change the way communities live and function.