Elevar Equity

Elevar Equity is an impact investment firm. It looks for entrepreneurs with the ambition to build profitable, fast-growing businesses that also improve economic resilience in low-income communities.

The firm uses its own approach, called the Elevar Method, to identify and fund these companies.

What Elevar Equity offers

• Impact equity investment — funding for scalable businesses serving low-income communities.
• The Elevar Method — a framework for spotting businesses that combine momentum with lasting impact.
• Impact reporting — publications such as its report marking fifteen years of operation, released in 2021.

Who it works with

Entrepreneurs in India and beyond. Named portfolio companies include LEAD, which is working to improve schools in India, Samunnati, active in Indian agriculture, and Justo, a consumer brand.

Key facts

• Report: 15 Years of Elevar Impact Report, 2021
• Focus: low-income communities