Aavishkaar Goodwell

Aavishkaar Goodwell is a microfinance development company that invests in entrepreneurial microfinance
organisations on a socially and commercially sustainable basis. Aavishkaar Goodwell provides equity and active
support to entrepreneurial microfinance start-ups and existing microfinance institutions (MFIs) to kickstart and
accelerate their growth and build value whilst maintaining their social focus. Aavishkaar Goodwell aims to
maximize value through superior risk-adjusted social and financial returns, by focussing on scalability, efficiency
and leverage, and by applying a rigorous private equity approach within a mission driven setting. The geographic
focus is India.
The goal is to increase the outreach of commercial microfinance organisations and to provide a
market rate of return to the investors. Aavishkaar Goodwell is a professionally run company, managed by a
dedicated team, and funded by professional investors who share the the vision that entrepreneurial development in
microfinance creates social and financial value at the same time.