The Necessity of Impact Investing in India: Vaibhav Singh at TEDxKiroriMalCollege

Vaibhav is the Co-Chair of Delhi+Acumen, a volunteer-led group supporting Acumen's mission of creating a world beyond poverty through 'Patient Capital'. Acumen (formerly known as Acumen Fund) is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty. Since 2001, Acumen has invested more than $83 million in 75 enterprises that provide access to water, health, energy, housing, agricultural and education services to over 100 million low-income customers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. India represents the largest share of Acumen's portfolio with $32m deployed across 26 companies.

Vaibhav is also a part of the Asia-Pacific team at Providence Equity Partners based out of New Delhi. Providence manages US$37 billion in commitments and is the world's leading sector focused private equity fund, investing across Technology, Telecom, Media & Education space. Providence's India portfolio includes Idea Cellular, Hathway Cable, UFO Moviez and Indus Towers. Prior to joining Providence, Vaibhav worked for the investment banking (M&A) team of Lazard.

Vaibhav received a Bachelor of Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce in 2009.

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