ALW is a Mumbai-based microfinance enabler.  ALW's business focus is aimed at developing and deploying technology to connect the rural population to the formal banking system; enrolling and savings accounts clients for banks in rural areas and expanding use of other products and services such as insurance and remittance. ALW is the developer of ZERO, India's first domestic payment system whose focus is on reaching out to the masses with the lowest available communication infrastructure.  As of June 2009, ALW has linked up with 22 banks in the country, including having a mandate with the State Bank of India – India’s largest bank with the most expansive rural network - and currently serves approximately 3.5 million clients across the country. Furthermore, in the first half of 2009, ALW was awarded the title of  “High Impact Highly Scalable Social Models" at the Sankalp Awards in Mumbai, India. 
For more information about A Little World, please visit http://www.alittleworld.com/

Arohan is an urban MFI presently based out of Kolkata and intends to expand to other parts of West Bengal and eventually to other states in eastern and north-eastern India. The mission of Arohan is to provide financial services to the socio-economically disadvantaged and enable them to attain a better quality of life. Arohan uses a combination of the Grameen and the Joint Liability Group methodology to serve its client base which includes micro-entrepreneurs in the trade, services & manufacturing sector. Arohan seeks to reach out to 400,000 customers by March 2012.
For more information about Arohan, please visit http://www.arohan.in/

Credible Microfinance Pvt Ltd was set up to transform the microfinance program of Orissa’s largest NGO BISWA, into a regulated, for-profit financial institution. Once this is complete, Credible will emerge as a financially strong and socially responsible institution, working closely with the parent NGO to bring financial services to the poor in the region.
For more information about Credible, please visit http://www.biswa.org/

Established for extending business loans to women micro-entrepreneurs with limited access to formal financial services, Equitas Micro Finance India (P) Ltd recognized the power of the Grameen model’s front-end and follows it with suitable adaptations. Also, Equitas appreciated the need for an efficient back-end system to enable rapid scalability in order to serve the needs of credit-thirsty micro-entrepreneurs. As a result, Equitas has developed a business model and demonstrated its success by reaching over 350,000 members by March 2009. In tandem with its rapid growth, Equitas has deployed a wide range of customer-friendly measures as well as portfolio risk management processes. ‘Equitas’ is a Latin word that translates to being equitable, fair and transparent. True to its name, Equitas aims to be the leader in the microfinance industry by setting benchmarks in the industry in terms of being fair and transparent to customers. In line with this objective, Equitas has taken a clear stand of communicating our all-inclusive IRR interest rate to all our members. Equitas is probably the only MFI in the world to have done this. Equitas has reached quite a number of milestones for a young start-up company. CRISIL has accorded Equitas an mfR3 grading; which is the highest for a microfinance company in its first year of operations. The company also has the distinction of securing the highest equity for a start up MFI in the country.
For more information about Equitas, please visit http://www.equitas.in

Having commenced operations in 2006, Janalakshmi is built on the unique concept of harnessing the strength of a market-oriented business strategy while catering to a customer segment that has traditionally been outside the mainstream financial services sector. The Company seeks to move beyond the narrow definition of ‘micro-credit’ to a broader based one of ‘microfinance’, encompassing a range of financial services including credit, savings, insurance, and remittance services.  
For more information about Janalakshmi, please visit http://www.janalakshmi.com

Established in 1988, MAS has the goal of being one of the most efficient distributors of financial services, having a very wide reach with a significant market share in the distribution of microfinances. MAS is a leader in its focus state of Gujarat with 61 branches and more than 1400 locations' reach, and caters to the credit needs of micro entrepreneurs through its unique banking and distribution approach to microfinance. As of June 2009, MAS currently has a base of more than 250,000 customers.
For more information about MAS, please visit http://www.mas.co.in/home.aspx

"Mimoza Finance’ is the brand name under which Mimoza Enterprises Finance Pvt. Ltd. carries out microfinance operations. The vision of the company is to deliver financial services to poor households in a sustainable manner. Head-quartered in Dehradun, Mimo Finance (Mimo) works with the poor population in the four states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Mimo Finance’s works in rural and semi-urban areas along the major highways and surrounding towns and aims to reach 1 million customers by 2015.
For more information about Mimo, please visit http://www.mimofin.com

Paras Capfin commenced operations in April 2008 in Mumbai with the aim to provide a wide array of financial services in the urban and semi-urban regions across India. Paras shall use both the Joint Liability Group and Individual lending methodology in serving its clients. Paras hopes to reach 400,000 poor households within 5 years of operations, thereby emerging as one of the largest players in the region.
For more information about Paras, please visit http://parascapfin.com

Sahayata is based in Udaipur, Rajasthan and provides financial services based on the Grameen model to its target clientele of urban poor women who contribute to the family income through marginal occupations and having virtually no access to bank credit, have been largely dependent on local moneylenders for their credit requirements. Sahayata seeks to help their customers by providing them with financial services in a socially responsible and sustainable manner.
For more information about Sahayata, please visit http://www.sahayata.co.in

Sonata commenced operations in January 2006 from its base in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and uses a modified Grameen method in providing financial services to poor women. In August 2007, Sonata acquired the portfolio of Jeevika, a livelihood support organization in Jabalapur, Madhya Pradesh. Sonata has thus extended its outreach to two major states in Central India, one of the more challenging regions for the provision of financial services to the poor.
For more information about Sonata, please visit http://www.sonataindia.com

SMCS is a Section 25 Company registered under Companies Act 1956 in the year 2003. Their operations are spread across 24 districts of Orissa. Their present outreach is Rs.47.35 cr. to 51,636 clients. They have a number of loan products i.e. Small Business, Long term loan for Allied Agriculture & Housing. SMCS also offers insurance services and they have tied up with mainstream Insurance Companies like: LIC, United India Insurance, Birla Sun Life and National Insurance Company. Finally, SMCS provides Capacity Building trainings to the SHG clients for strengthening their skills with the support of SIDBI, NABARD and they also conduct studies on the impact of our finance on the livelihood of the poor.

Trident Microfin is a new generation microfinance institution established in 2007 and headquartered at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The Company was promoted by highly qualified microfinance professionals with the motto 'to reach the unreached' with financial and business solutions to low income individuals and enterprises. Beginning with Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, the Company aims to expand to adjoining states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Northern Karnataka in 3-5 years time and reach out to 250,000-300,000 households.
For more information about Trident, please visit http://www.tridentmicrofin.com/

Ujjivan’s mission is to provide financial services to the economically active poor to enable them to build a better life. The Company aims to expand nationally in both urban and rural areas and to cover at least two million poor customers by the 6th year of operations. Furthermore, Bellwether’s Investee Companies currently serve close to 1 million Ujjivan was ranked 1st in the microfinance industry as the 'Best Place to Work' in 2009 by the Great Place to Work Institution in India and the Economic Times.
For more information about Ujjivan, please visit http://www.ujjivan.com