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Financial Inclusion
Investment Strategy
Omidyar Network India believes in the power of technology to make financial products more affordable, accessible, and convenient for underserved customers. We invest in bold entrepreneurs who build innovative financial products and services that improve the financial health of the next half billion and MSMEs. We also invest in digital enablers and market infrastructure that can catalyze digital financial inclusion. Our dual cheque-book approach also allows us to support research to understand and address structural impediments to financial inclusion.
Our investments and grants span the following themes
NHB Financial Health
- Risk mitigation tools such as insurance
- Responsible credit and liquidity management tools
- Asset management and wealth tech
- New age financial service providers
MSME Financial Health
- New and innovative MSME credit models
- Embedded finance platforms
- MSME digitization tools enabling access to formal financial services
- Risk mitigation instruments such as insurance
- New age financial service providers
Digital Tools & Enablers
- Solutions that ride on top of government-mandated market infrastructure
- Tech tools that enable seamless working of incumbent financial institutions and fin-techs
Targeted Market Infrastructure
- Relevant research to support pipeline building, public goods and policy
- Supporting incubators and accelerators focused on fintech and financial inclusion
- Select investments in innovative financial instruments
Portfolio
Startups
research & Awareness Building
development orgs
orgs supporting govt initiatives
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