Amie Patel, CEO, Elevar Equity, "No Trade-Offs: Aligning Impact with Financial Returns"

Our guest for today's podcast is Amie Patel, CEO of Elevar Equity, a venture capital impact firm with headquarters in India.
 
Elevar Equity fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low income communities by investing early growth capital in entrepreneurs building at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability and massive scale. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests in businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. So far in its 15-year journey, the Elevar Method of investing has democratized essential products and services for over 40 million households and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital into 40+ companies across India and Latin America.
 
What a treat it was for me to interview Amie who is one of the kindest, most authentic do gooders" that I have come across in the business.
 
Without further ado, here is our conversation with Amie Patel.