Platform for Inclusive Entrepreneurship (PIE)

PIE connects farm and off-farm communities to markets, financiers, and experts, offering digital solutions and online courses. Initially focused on bamboo, it expanded to food, fashion, and home, fostering producer-owned enterprises. The Platform for Inclusive Entrepreneurship (PIE) was a societal initiative that created economic opportunities for farm and off-farm communities by connecting them to markets, financiers, experts, and technology contributors. It provided digital and physical solutions like traceable supply chains, geotagging, ERP, and community onboarding apps. PIE also offered online courses in leadership, gender, and entrepreneurship to empower community leaders. Initially focused on the Bamboo value chain under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, PIE later expanded into Food, Fashion, and Home, ensuring producer ownership and transparency. Industree, a key co-creator, collaborated with Creative Dignity, CoLive, Catalyst Now, and others to strengthen the ecosystem. Designed to scale, PIE supported ecosystem mapping, collaboration, and market-building, backed by evidence from Mother Earth, GreenKraft, and Flourish. Led by Industree, Vrutti, and Platform Commons Foundation, it leveraged two decades of grassroots experience to build producer-owned enterprises that met global standards.