india area served india key people co founders mayukh choudhury and anoj vishwanathan website milaap.org milaap is india s largest crowdfunding platform based out of bangalore india . 1 2 it allows individuals and organizations to crowdfund donations for personal causes emergencies neighbourhood projects social causes and events . 3 contents 1 origin 2 operating model 2.1 donations 2.2 microlending 3 awards and honours 4 references origin edit milaap was founded in 2011 by anoj viswananthan mayukh choudhury and sourabh sharma . 4 milaap s first product was a crowdfunding platform for people to contribute to loan projects in rural india in the form micro loans . 5 milaap launched its crowdfunding product open for donations in 2014 . operating model edit donations edit milaap s platform caters to donations for personal causes and life events such as medical bills education and tuition fees and community projects . fundraisers could be individuals or organizations . milaap generates revenue by automatically deducting a fee from each donation users receive . milaap also helps corporations to create engagement campaigns around causes . microlending edit under its crowdfunding product for microcredit milaap has individuals lending to low income borrowers in rural india for projects in energy education water sanitation and small businesses . 6 awards and honours edit asia africa regional finalists at gsvc 7 finalist at startup singapore 8 finalists at ideas inc ntu singapore 9 references edit http www.thehindu.com sport other sports ahead of rio financial aid for judoka avtars parents article8840302.ece http www.business standard.com article pti stories ahead of rio games financial aid for judoka avtar s parents 116071201054 1.html http www.business standard.com article news ians campaign to help hyderabad family victim of drunk driving accident 116072201168 1.html http forbesindia.com article 30 under 30 anoj viswananthan helping donors choose ngos 37195 1 https www.kiva.org about where kiva works partners 428 mahale sneha 8 aug 2011 . loan a little . hindustan times . ht media . retrieved 22 october 2015 . global social venture competition . startup singapore . ideas inc. . ntu . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title milaap & oldid 742295808 categories microfinance organizationssocial enterprisespeer to peer lending companiesorganizations established in 2010fundraising websites navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 21 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view