Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), a Singapore-based platform for social investors, is preparing to more than double membership from India over the following 12 months.

The platform, among other things, will allow companies and grant-making foundations to invest in social startups or projects through their corporate social responsibility budgets either in the form of grant or equity.

"Companies (invest in social enterprises) on their own via incubators but we are going to make it a more structured and informed approach where the social projects or startups are verified," said Binali Suhandani,

Read the full article at The Economic Times