Paul Basil
Co-Founder @ Menterra Venture Advisors
Bangalore, India
Paul Basil is a seed investor at Menterra Venture Advisors in Bangalore focused on Farming and Agriculture. Paul Basil founded Villgro in 2001 with the mission of incubating early-stage, innovative businesses and has since worked in discovering thousands of innovations and innovators, and incubated over 100 businesses that have had an impact on the lives over more than 15 million people living in India.Paul also co-founded Villgro InnovationMarketing Pvt Ltd, a unique retail chain for innovative products targeting the rural poor. He has contributed to building the social enterprise eco-system in India through several initiatives – Unconvention, a platform for events on innovation and social entrepreneurship, the Villgro Fellowship that recruits global mid-career professionals to experience social entrepreneurship. Paul was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2002 for his outstanding social entrepreneurship in setting up Villgro.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Paul Basil invests in
Stages Paul Basil invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Farming 1 (100%)
- Agriculture 1 (100%)
- Machinery Manufacturing 1 (100%)
Investments
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Oscillo Machines
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Oscillo Machines builds farm machinery to solve the local problems of small and marginal farmers. | $42.1K / Seed / Dec 06, 2019 |
Social problems need entrepreneurs with big, bold, game-changing solutions. But the early stages are tough. The problem is daunting, funding is scarce, and the journey is lonely.Such entrepreneurs need a special kind of support. An investor who understands the problem well. One who is patient, because deep-rooted problems take time to solve.Who does more than just provide funding. Who is willing to take the same risks you take.We are that kind of investor. We are different from other investors because we actively seek out entrepreneurs at the early stages of developing their ideas. Don't have a product yet, or haven't started generating revenues? Don't have a complete management team yet? Don't worry, we'll work with you to achieve those milestones.To be good at what you do, you have to have focus and hone your expertise. Menterra therefore focuses on the following four sectors. We are, however, open to exceptional entrepreneurs with transformative ideas that are outside these focus areas.
Menterra Venture Advisors Contacts
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Mukesh Sharma
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Paul Basil
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PR Ganapathy
Co-Founder
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What does Paul Basil invest in?
Paul Basil invests primarily in Farming, Agriculture and Machinery Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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