Posts Tagged ‘JP Morgan’

Microfinance Focus, March 8, 2010: Bangalore-based Janalakshmi Microfinance NBFC has announced the closure of fundrasing for its Series B amounting to $10 million. The fund was subscribed by Treeline Asia Master Fund (Singapore), Bellwether Microfinance Fund, Narayan Ramachandran, former J.P. Morgan head in India have committed the required amount. Grameen Capital India has acted as the sole advisor to the deal. Janalakshmi is promoted by Ramesh ... Full story

By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Feb 5, 2010: Supported by a three-year, $3 million grant from JPMorgan Chase Foundation, an inaugural sponsor of the program in 2008, Grameen Foundation has announced it is expanding its Bankers without Borders® (BwB) initiative, which taps senior working professionals for short-term, field-based or remote skills-based projects supporting microfinance institutions (MFIs) and technology-for-development initiatives. Since the program's launch, approximately 3,000 professionals from ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Sept. 19, 2009: Social business advisory firm Intellecap, in association with microfinance equity fund Aavishkaar Goodwell, will hold SRIJAN, a microfinance and financial inclusion event in Mumbai on Dec. 8, 2009. Full story