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Insights on impact capital

Our team has mapped a second lane of capital that most founders never see, and the test a business must pass to use it.

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Grants, guarantees, patient loans and impact equity, and the four gates that decide which of them are open to you.

ArticleThe Capital Most Founders Never See

Where will patient money go, and why?

Sriram ChidambaramIs there a genuine gap that patient or concessional capital is justified in filling, because commercial money, left alone, would not have served this segment? If ordinary capital already flows here freely, no foundation will subsidise it.
From "The Capital Most Founders Never See"
Sriram ChidambaramIndia's flagship health facility reports pulling in roughly eight to ten rupees of commercial and debt capital for every rupee of philanthropy it puts down.
From "The Capital Most Founders Never See"