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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Unitus Ventures<br />
| logo = <br />
| logo_size = 150px<br />
| former_name = Unitus Seed Fund<br />
| type = Venture Capital Firm<br />
| industry = Finance, Investment<br />
| location_city = [[Bangalore|Bengaluru, Karnataka, India]] and [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, Washington, USA]]<br />
| founded = 2012<br />
| founders = Will Poole (Founding Partner)<br/> Dave Richards (Founding Partner)<br />
| aum = USD 50 million<br />
| area_served = India<br />
| key_people = Srikrishna Ramamoorthy, Shreyas Ghuge<br />
| homepage = [https://unitus.vc http://unitus.vc]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Unitus Seed Fund (now Unitus Ventures)''' is a [[social impact investment]] [[venture fund]] based in [[Bangalore]] and [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]. It funds early-stage Indian technology startups, primarily in the healthcare, education and financial sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/You-can-think-about-investing-in-India-as-you-would-in-the-Valley-not-so-in-China/articleshow/52274999.cms|title=You can think about investing in India as you would in the Valley, not so in China |website=Gadget Now|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of Unitus Labs |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23013766 |date=4 February 2013 |publisher=Businessweek |access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/business/dealbook/for-indian-start-ups-tenacity-beats-high-tech.html|title=For Indian Start-Ups, Tenacity Beats High Tech|last=Raghavan|first=Anita|date=2016-04-11|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> As an impact investment fund, its focus is on startups that serve low and middle-income consumers.<ref name="techcrunch">{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/03/unitus-seed-fund/|title=Unitus Seed Fund Raises $8M From Khosla, 500 Startups To Back Ventures That Fight Poverty In India|website=TechCrunch|last=Constine|first=Josh|access-date=2016-12-21}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Unitus Seed Fund (now Unitus Ventures) was started in 2012 by [[Unitus Labs|Unitus Group]], a financial services group founded in 2000 with the goal of making money while reducing global poverty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unitus.com/group/|title=Unitus Group|website=Unitus|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/seeding-startups-at-the-b_b_2403144|title=Seeding Startups at the Base of India's Pyramid|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> In the summer of 2012, Unitus Seed Fund spun out of Unitus Group as a separate venture investment management company and fund in order to scale-up investing operations.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} <ref name="forbes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/06/15/capria-bill-gates-impact-investing-accelerator/#7758bfd01dc4<br />
|title=Inside The Bill Gates-Backed Accelerator That's Training The Next Generation Of Venture Capitalists|website=Forbes|last=Gensler|first=Lauren|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref> Its first fund was USD 23 million and in 2016 it started raising a second fund with a target of USD 50 million.<ref name="huffingtonpost.in"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Unitus-launches-second-fund-of-50-million-to-fund-50-startups/articleshow/51976716.cms|title=Unitus launches second fund of $50 million, to fund 50 startups {{!}} Gadgets Now|website=Gadget Now|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> Its early investors included [[Bill Gates]], [[Vinod Khosla]], and the [[Michael and Susan Dell Foundation]].<ref name="forbes" /><ref name="techcrunch" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|https://unitus.vc/}}<br />
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