Case Study

Intellecap is a leading professional advisor, intermediating capital in order to catalyse the growth of early stage for-profit social businesses.

By providing a nurturing ecosystem for such entrepreneurs and working closely with its clients to achieve their goals, Intellecap is helping to define the practice of business led development. Staffed and led by a deeply committed team of professionals with varied backgrounds in finance, consultancy, industry and entrepreneurship, Intellecap is a distinctive and market leading organisation with unique insight into how business works for underserved communities. Intellecap’s clients include private equity investors, corporations, entrepreneurs, foundations and governments.

Company Achievements since Legatum Ventures Investment

• Facilitated investments of USD 100 million into social businesses;
• Extended advisory services beyond microfinance to the agriculture and water sectors;
• Launched Intellecash as a fully owned subsidiary to provide operational excellence and on-lending support to start-up MFIs;
• Launched Intellecap US as a fully owned marketing subsidiary;
• Established Microfinance Insights as the leading international microfinance publication;
• Launched two new platforms, www.sankalpforum.com and www.srijan.com, to promote leading social businesses.

Social Impact

• Intellecap creates and optimises business models that promote economic activity, better quality of life and participative ownership amongst bottom-of-the-pyramid markets;
• Intellecap channels commercial capital to help such enterprises increase scale and impact;
• Intellecap forges partnerships amongst its clients, creating a greater critical mass and broader impact;
• Intellecap continually attracts leading talent, furthering its mission and increasing the sophistication of business led development.