Company Description
Impact Guru is a Harvard incubated fintech company - an online fundraising or crowdfunding platform that enables individuals and corporates to give to social causes in India. Impact Guru is India’s largest crowdfunding platform having raised Rs 329 crores for various causes since inception. We were incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab Venture Initiation Program, USA and PACT Social Enterprise Incubator at Impact Hub (Singapore). Impact Guru has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and San Francisco.
Our platform was inaugurated by Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Minister of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India in 2015. Impact Guru has already partnered with nonprofits such as World Vision India, Oxfam, SOS Children's Village, Habitat for Humanity; CSR departments of Tata, Godrej, and Wockhardt; impact focused organizations such as Dalberg and Asha Impact; international Indian community organizations such as TiE in a relatively short span of time. You can see how we helps the social sector through crowdfunding via a 2 minute video that can be seen here: We were recently featured on CNBC Young Turks, which can be seen here
Our Advisory Board includes:
• Harvard Business School Prof. Ramana Nanda, expert in finance
• Gaurav Gupta, Regional Director for Asia, Dalberg, social sector expert
• Sam Raymond, lead crowdfunding strategist at World Bank
• Calvin Zhang, Managing Director, JPMorgan Asia Pacific
• Anthony Oundjian, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
• David Back, co-founder of Zoomcar, a Sequoia portfolio company
• Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO of Wockhardt Foundation
Media Mentions: CNBC TV18 Young Turks, Times of India, Economic Times, YourStory, SocialStory,HuffingtonPost,ScoopWhoop, Harvard Business Review.
The Team:
Impact Guru is led by an experienced management team with strong private, public, and social sector experience led by Wharton and Harvard alumni. The Impact Guru is also mentored on various topics by global experts, including VC funded entrepreneurs, Managing Directors at J.P.Morgan and BCG, and experts in crowdfunding from the World Bank.
Team page –
https://www.impactguru.com/team
Advisory Board –
https://www.impactguru.com/board-of-advisors
Linked In profile for our Co-Founders:
Piyush Jain - CEO
Khushboo Jain - COO
The Culture:
We are a vibrant young team located in the heart of Mumbai. Everyday work is fun, casual, and relaxed. Above all, we are passionate about creating a habit of giving back among Indians at the same time help social organisations scale their initiatives and corporates meet their CSR goals. We celebrate and seek out diversity of opinion in our team, we’re open to bold and disruptive ideas, and acknowledge and appreciate each other. We always strive for excellence and for the best solution, which is ultimately determined by the customers’ needs. We believe in our product and we use it our selves.
Watch our interns talk about our culture and expériences: www.impactguru.com/intern2016
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