DSV is a joint venture of three firms:
Dolma Advisors advise international investors bringing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nepal as well as local organisations wishing to stimulate the private sector and enhance governance and regulations.
SAFAL develops the effectiveness of organizations, companies and start-ups, and deploys investment capital for their growth and influence for jobs and prosperity.
VRock & Company focuses on consulting and advisory work in the field of infrastructure development, financial services, strategy, management and leadership, leading to tangible outcomes.
DSV works towards a common mission of unlocking conservation-based entrepreneurship in the region. Lack of access to sustainable finance and inadequate capacity are among the key binding constraints for the unlocking of entrepreneurship potential. The Impact Investment Fund works on addressing these constraints, among others, and aim to mobilize finance that not just looks at financial returns but rather at producing multi-dimensional returns to the larger society: optimizing returns through the lens of environmental and social ramifications of investment decisions. The Foundation works to secure the broader goals of sustainable economic development and basin area conservation by funding initiatives that support livelihood, healthcare, access to quality education, and ecological tourism.
Key Objectives of DSV
Generate employment
We aim to reduce the labor outflow, often as migrant workers to India or several countries in the Middle East, and help design and drive a community-centric approach to conservation focused entrepreneurship. Through a community-centric approach, we will build a degree of sustainability into all of the selected ventures.
Sustainable development
We aim to address one of the key binding constraints for entrepreneurship development in the Karnali basin-context: lack of access to finance. We aim not just to generate financial returns for investors through mobilizing finance, but to produce multi-dimensional returns to the larger society.
Provide access to sustainable finance
We aim to secure broader goals of sustainable economic development and basin area conservation by funding initiatives that support conservation related activities, livelihood, healthcare, access to quality education, and ecological tourism.
Enhance entrepreneurship eco-system
We aim to unlock the entrepreneurship potential in the region through various tailored training and capacity-building activities for entrepreneurs and employees of micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Progress to SUSTAINABILITY
For Conservation of the Karnali Basin Area
The Foundation
Karnali Basin Conservation Foundation (KBCF) is a coalition of diverse stakeholders working towards the sustainable economic development and conservation, directly benefiting the local communities in the Karnali River Basin eco-system. The foundation funds conservation, livelihood opportunities, healthcare, access to quality education and Eco-tourism.
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The Fund
Karnali River Basin Conservation Fund (KRBCF) is the first conservation-focused impact investment fund in Nepal. We fundraise, mobilize, and invest in innovative ventures to stimulate local economy and promote conservation in the Karnali River Basin Area. We are a blended vehicle in that we source investments from public, private, and development sectors.
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+977-1-4410291 +977-1-4413957
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357/36, Kalika Marg Kathmandu – 29, Nepal