Lok Capital is one of the pioneering and leading "base of pyramid" focused impact investing venture capital funds in India. Lok funds high potential entrepreneurs developing market oriented solutions to solve socially or economically challenging problems for lower income/BoP segments. Founded in 2006 by Dr. Rajiv Lall (currently the Executive Chairman of IDFC) and Donald Peck (previously Head of South Asia for Actis), Lok Capital has a corpus of approximately USD 90 million across two funds. The Fund's investors are international development institutions, including CDC Group PLC (UK), IFC, KfW (Germany), FMO (Netherlands), Proparco (France) and ACCION Investments. The firm has so far invested in around 16 companies including Ujjivan Financial Services, Vistaar Financial Services, RuralShores, Drishti Eye Care, Everest Edusys and Hippocampus Learning Centres.

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Vishal Mehta

Venky Natarajan

Priyamvada Ramkumar

Vikram Dileepan

Vignesh Ramanujam

Manoj Agrawal

Vijay Advani

Emily Chen

Donald Peck

Santanu Paul

GS Sundararajan

The leadership team at Lok Capital has a vast amount of experience in many different industries. They have experience in investing, finance, consulting, and more. They also have a wide range of educational backgrounds, from engineering to economics. This experience and knowledge allows them to make sound investments and decisions for the company.

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