🎡 IIC at the London Climate Action Week

During London Climate Action Week, IIC hosted two significant events: the India Climate Convening on June 24th and 11th Edition of The India Room London on June 25th. Both the events brought together a distinguished group of over a 100 Indian and global investors, development finance experts, policymakers, academics, and specialist climate investors.

The Convening, a collaboration with the Grantham Research Institute and the Impact Investing Institute (III), explored the policy frameworks, academic foundations, and social imperatives critical for financing a just transition, thus establishing a robust intellectual groundwork for climate action. The India Room, organized in partnership with the British International Investment (BII), showcased concrete, data-backed, and investable opportunities to the international Limited Partner community.

The proceedings report can be accessed here.

💼 IIC conducts Young Professionals Program (YPP) in collaboration with Leapfrog

The Young Professionals Program (YPP) was designed to build a strong foundation in impact investing for early-career analysts and associates. Jointly conceptualised by the Impact Investors Council and LeapFrog Investments, the program introduced participants to the philosophy of combining profit with purpose, demonstrating how capital can be strategically deployed to deliver both financial returns and positive social and environmental outcomes.

Through case-led sessions and insights from leading experts, participants explored various capital instruments and their role in supporting enterprises at different growth stages.

The mentors for the day included:

• Julie Wallace (LeapFrog Investments) → Impact Frameworks
• Nakul Zaveri (LeapFrog Investments) → Equity as an Instrument
• Ashish Mehrotra & Sandeep Singh (Northern Arc Capital) → Debt as an Instrument
• Kartikeya Desai (Desai & Associates) → Blended Finance
• Srinivas Ramanujam (Villgro) → Innovative Frameworks for HNIs
• Karan Ganna (Trilegal) → Regulatory Landscape

The program went beyond introductory learning, encouraging participants to develop their own impact-focused investment thesis, identify key sectors, and understand how to align financial structures with mission-driven outcomes.

The proceedings report can be accessed here.

💰IIC conducts workshop on Access to Finance in collaboration with UNESCAP

As part of the Impact Harvest Forum 2025, the Impact Investors Council (IIC) partnered with UNESCAP to conduct a workshop on ‘Inclusive Business Growth: Access to Finance’. The session explored innovative financing mechanisms, regulatory enablers, and ecosystem challenges in unlocking capital for inclusive businesses across the region.

The session opened with a panel discussion on “Regional Perspectives on Financing Inclusive Growth”, moderated by Girish Aivalli from IIC and featuring insights from:

• Emmanuel Murray, Caspian
• Jinesh Shah, Omnivore
• Ushnisha Ghosh, British International Investment

This was followed by focused group discussions where participants addressed key financing challenges and co-developed actionable solutions. The session encouraged cross-sector dialogue among investors, enterprises, and policymakers.

🚀 Impact 2024: Impact Investment Industry in Retrospect

IIC recently conducted a webinar on the Impact Investment Industry showcasing insights from our annual report: 2024 in Retrospect: India Impact Investment Trends. The IIC research team and sector experts from leading institutions such as MSDF, Caspian, UC Impower, UBS, Plataforma Asia, Beyond Capital, Anyssa VC, Vivritri AMC and Habitat for Humanity unpacked:

• ✅ Allocation of Impact Capital in 2024
• ✅ Sectoral trends and emerging business models
• ✅ Upcoming Impact Sectors
• ✅ Mid-Year Review of 2025
• ✅ What’s next for India’s impact investment landscape

The 2024 in Retrospect: India Impact Investment Trends report can be accessed here.

Watchout For

🍀 In-person Launch Event - Unlocking Investor Action for a Just Transition in India’s Fashion Sector



After completing our initial deep dive and investor mapping as part of our ongoing program with the Impact Investing Institute, London, we’re excited to announce our upcoming launch event in New Delhi on Tuesday, 22nd July 2025.

📅Date: Tuesday, 22nd July 2025
📍Location: New Delhi, India
🔔 Tentative Agenda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgQkzMV-ZmuI8hTshWZ TErYvA9T0_xHl/view?usp=drive_link

The launch event aims to catalyze dialogue and action towards building an investible, inclusive, and sustainable fashion ecosystem in India by:

➡️Introducing a just transition lens to investments in India’s fashion sector.
➡️Engaging key stakeholders across the value chain (from the source of the textile materials to the end of its life) to understand the challenges, co-create solutions, and drive targeted action.
➡️Showcasing perspectives from investors, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem players on emerging investment pathways and financing models for equity and sustainability in Fashion.

✨ If you’re interested in attending, please fill out the form here: https:// forms.gle/NuZCRRKYCw469EYh9. The IIC team will get in touch with confirmation based on relevance.

🌟 To know more about the program, visit: https://iiic.in/just-transition-in-fashion/

🧾 Waterfield Advisors and IIC’s Family Office Report

IIC is launching the second edition of our report with Waterfield Advisors, exploring how family offices are shaping India’s impact investing landscape- stay tuned for the launch event in Mumbai this August.

🌟 Market Pulse: July 2025

Mark your calendars for the July release of the Market Pulse Bulletin on the topic “Agriculture”, packed with expert opinions, market news, and exclusive interviews from the industry.

🏆 Welcoming New Joinee at IIC!

✨ We are pleased to welcome Mala Advani as Head of Partnerships at Impact Investors Council (IIC).

With 8+ years of experience across the development sector, Mala began her journey through government fellowships supported by Tata Trusts, working at the grassroots to improve public systems delivery. She later enabled strategy, grant management, and donor partnerships at Transform Rural India and briefly drove CSR fundraising at Serendipity Arts Foundation.

Her deep understanding of nonprofit strategy, partnerships development and retention, and storytelling—paired with her experience across government and philanthropy—brings valuable perspective to advancing partnerships and collaborations at IIC.

She holds a PGDM in Development Studies from EDII, Gandhinagar, and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration.

We wish her a long and successful career at IIC!