Each Thanksgiving, Upaya dedicates time to thank the donors, partners, and friends who make our work possible. Because of the generous support of the organizations and individuals below, we were able to invest in two new companies and support an additional nine companies through our accelerator program. So far this year, and despite the pandemic, our partner companies are providing dignified jobs to 24,153 people. And when the devastating second wave of Covid hit India, thanks to you, we were able to deploy $50,000 in emergency funds directly to our partner entrepreneurs to help keep their businesses afloat.
We would like to take this opportunity to send a very special thank you to those who have contributed to our work in 2021…
Our Dedicated Board Members
Robin Wolaner, Chair
Kim Rachmeler, Vice-Chair
Anurag Chandra, Treasurer
Asawari RaoRane Agrawal
Brian Boland
Caroline Bressan
Kusi Hornberger
Sharmila Rathinam, former Chair
Nainesh Shah
Sachi Shenoy
Caroline Vance
Those who have donated their time and expertise to Upaya
Catchafire
K&L Gates
Karan Kapoor
Kenny Rowe
Tableau Software
Industry Experts Who Make Up Our Selection and Investment Committees
Sriram Gutta
Rekha Pai Kamath
Karishma Kiri
Alex Pan
Srinivas Ramanujam
Sharmila Rathinam
Nainesh Shah
Sachi Shenoy
Govind Shivkumar
Caroline Vance
Special COVID Emergency Campaign Funding Partners
3rd Creek Foundation
Montpelier Foundation
Skees Family Foundation
Vibrant Village Foundation
Donors Who Inspire Our Community to Give Through Matching Donations
Satya and Rao Remala Foundation
Steve Schwartz
Interns Who Have Grown with Upaya
Devashree Somani
Vianne Tseng
Organizations and Individuals Who Helped Promote our Accelerator Program
Abbas Dadla, Acumen India Fellows
aic-aartech
ANDE India
Assam Startup
Atal Incubation Centre - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP)
Dhritti
GAME - Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
KIIT Technology Business Incubator
Labs Indigram
Maharashtra State Innovation Society
Priya Krishnamoorthy, 200 million artisans
Sangam Ventures
Social Alpha
Startup Oasis
Sukriti Somvanshi, GiZ Project Her & Now
Ronald van het Hof, Women on Wings
UnLtd India
Villgro
Vruksh Ecosystem
Amitabh Vyas, UnLtd India
Wadhwani Foundation
Women on Wings
Those Who have Given Their Time and Expertise to Make Our Accelerator Program a Success
Chintan Bakshi, CIIE / Start-up Oasis
Akshay Chandrasekhar, Elevar Equity
Karthik Chandrasekar, Sangam Ventures
Maya Chandrashekar, Green Artha
Shalini Chhabra, 3i Partners
Chintan Bakshi, CIIE / Start-up Oasis
Siddharth Bharadwaj, Social Alpha
Aritra Bhowmik, Sangam Ventures
Laura Budzyna, formerly MIT D-Lab
Elizabeth Friend, S3iDF
Anirban Gupta, Dhriiti
Amrut Joshi, Gamechanger Law Advisors
Kanchana KV, GAME
Abhijeet Anil Khandagale, Vruksh Ecosystem
Chetan Krishna, formerly 3i Partners
Michael Lesser, S3iDF
Maharashtra State Innovation Society
Jona Repishti, MIT D-Lab
Rahul Noble Singh, RangSutra
Priya Shah, Theia Ventures
Shweta Tipparaju, Sauce VC
Rema Subramaniam, Ankur Capital
Villgro
Yunus Social Business
YOU!
No matter how you have supported Upaya this past year, we are grateful for you! Whether you made a gift, attended an event, or spread the word about Upaya to your network, we can’t do this work without you.
Photo courtesy of Upaya partner, Nugu
