Encore Operating Partners aims to create an ecosystem that transforms entrepreneur-led early growth companies, to high performance, sustainable high growth organization(s), to deliver significantly higher value to all stakeholders, consistently. Encore invests in IT and ITeS companies in the ‘early growth’ phase. Mr. Hari Padmanbhan, former CEO of ICICI Infotech, Middle East, Mr. Sribaschha Joshi, former CFO of ICICI Infotech, Middle East, and Dr. Maninder Bhandary founded it.

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1886 Investments Limited is the investment arm of the Commonwealth Education Trust that was founded in 1886 by the Prince of Wales in London, UK. The Commonwealth Education Trust is focused on enhancing primary and secondary education and teacher training across the Commonwealth through innovative learning initiatives and resources based on careful research.

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Dr. Chenraj Jain, founder of Jain Group of Institutions started JGI Ventures India Pvt Ltd to give shape to the entrepreneurial initiative of the JGI group. JGI Ventures is set up to support and mentor successful entrepreneurs who will create jobs and help contribute to the economic prosperity of the country. Young ambitious students from the JGI Group have been funded by JGI Ventures to convert their ideas in to an enterprise with close monitoring and mentorship by Dr. Jain. The learning from the above success has reinforced Dr. Jain’s idea that institutionalizing the spirit of entrepreneurship is the key foundation for economic betterment of communities. JGI Ventures Pvt Ltd is setup to implement the above idea.

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