Early support for social enterprises lacking in India: PwC India Foundation

Corporate social responsibility space waking up to for-profit social enterprises

While there may be many institutions currently present for funding as later-stage support, startups in the social enterprise space sorely lack early stage hand-holding.

"Support in the early stage is missing and that is part of our interest in terms of getting the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) to India,” says Jaivir Singh, vice-chairman of PwC India Foundation. The foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of the global tax advisory giant.

Supported by PwC, SSE brings together and equips people with the technical knowledge and business support to take forward their enterprises in the social sector. This includes startups