Aavishkaar has a strong record of investing in commercially viable enterprises that also have social impact. The social relevance and rural focus of our investments illustrate Aavishkaar’s promise of multiple bottom line returns. Aavishkaar's investments span a wide number of sectors such as Technology for Development, Handicrafts, Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Rural Innovations, Health and Education.
Aavishkaar provides risk capital and support to early stage ventures. The needs of an early stage company go much beyond money. Realizing the importance of mentoring and support, Aavishkaar works very closely with its investee companies. While the investment manager works to understand first to strengthen the investee company's business model during the due diligence process, the portfolio manager works closely with the venture to provide necessary advisory and implementation support after the investment. Our monitory and evaluation process aims to ensure that not only commercial returns but the social goals are also being tracked. Aavishkaar plays a key role in strategically guide its investee companies in raising resources from other sources, aiding in M&A transactions and ultimately preparing the company for an exit.
Aavishkaar investment instruments are generally a mix of common equity and convertible debentures. When appropriate, we also use quasi equity, preferred convertibles, preferred redeemable, mezzanine loans, royalties and other venture capital instruments. Flexibility in structuring of investments to help scale businesses while minimizing promoter's dilution is one of our major differentiators. Aavishkaar is cautious of grant funds or soft money, even though at times we may facilitate technical assistance funding that are justifiable under commercial merit,such as in streamlining Carbon-Credit Trading for environmental friendly products.