Indian Angel Network (IAN), India’s first and Asia’s largest network of angel investors investing in start-ups and early stage ventures, has launched an incubation program in association with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Small Industries Development Bank of India to empower entrepreneurs in building sustainable and scalable businesses in the social impact space. The IAN Incubator aims to incubate and nurture over a 100 social enterprises serving the base of the economic pyramid. The focus of this program is to help create and breed sustainable enterprises which will create positive impact on the lives of our citizens and also create wealth for the promoters and returns for the investors. GIZ and SIDBI have partnered with IAN to leverage its large pool of mentors from some of India’s most successful and renowned entrepreneurs. IAN has over 300 investors and mentors, who are entrepreneurs or professionals. The intention is to provide strategic thought leadership, quality mentoring and financial investment to sustainable ventures.
