A venture philanthropy platform
Backing India's next generation of impact unicorns
ACT funds visionary founders solving India's biggest challenges through technology and innovation.
A venture philanthropy platform
ACT funds visionary founders solving India's biggest challenges through technology and innovation.
Born out of the start-up and venture ecosystem's response to Covid-19, ACT pioneered venture philanthropy in India: backing founders early with risk-tolerant capital and deep conviction. As global funding for social impact becomes less certain, we remain steadfast in our commitment to being founder-first in everything we do.
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Our Portfolio
Rocket Learning
AI-powered WhatsApp support for early childhood education.
Rocket Learning
1 in 3 of all Anganwadi workers use Rocket Learning for enabling early childhood education, delivering proven improvements in learning outcomes.
Founding Team
Azeez Gupta
Co-founder
Namya Mahajan
Co-founder
Siddhant Sachdeva
Co-founder
Utsav Kheria
Co-founder
Khushi Baby
Digital tools that empower frontline health workers to strengthen primary healthcare and build integrated, data-driven health systems.
10% of all ASHA workers across India use Khushi Baby to deliver better maternal and child health outcomes, including higher immunisation and lower malnutrition.
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Farmers for Forests
Enabling local communities to earn from carbon sequestration, afforestation and other ecosystem services.
F4F has enabled 6,000 farmers to bring 3,000 hectares of degraded land under agroforestry, delivering ~4x greater carbon sequestration and 3x higher farmer incomes than conventional cropping.
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Open Healthcare Network Foundation
Open-source digital infrastructure connecting rural doctors with critical care specialists and powering comprehensive Health Management Information Systems.
OHCN’s CARE platform, a verified Digital Public Good, powers healthcare delivery across 10 states through HMIS, TeleICU and palliative care.
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Adalat AI
AI that digitizes courts, automates workflows, & keeps litigants informed in real time.
Adalat AI is delivering efficiency gains in 25% of India’s district courts through its suite of AI products such as transcription and case management.
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Karya
A micro-tasking platform enabling underserved communities to contribute to the AI economy, earn supplementary income, and access upskilling opportunities.
Karya has enabled 130,000+ workers to increase their annual incomes by an average of 25.8% by contributing voice and other datasets to the AI economy.
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MiniMines
A battery recycling startup that uses an energy and water efficient hybrid hydrometallurgy process to extract rare metals like Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel and Manganese from Li-ion battery waste.
MiniMines’ proprietary process recycles end-of-life Li-ion batteries to recover rare metals at up to 99% purity with 96% efficiency.
View website ↗OUR APPROACH
Enter at the inflection point, often as the first institutional grant, through a quick and founder-friendly process.
A meaningful share of our capital goes to early, often unproven ideas with outsized potential.
Larger grants for scale-ready grantees, bridging the gap in flexible capital until they diversify their funding.
Stay closely connected, offering support on technology, fundraising, and ecosystem navigation.
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Category-Defining Innovation
Reimagining how social challenges are solve
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Material Depth of Impact
Measurable, deep and lasting improvements in people’s lives
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Population-Scale Reach
Reimagining how social challenges are solve
THE ACT TEAM
Managing Partner
Partner
THE ACT ANCHORS
Tamarind Chutney
Prop AI
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Peak XV
Hitachi Payments
Udhyam, Ex-Flipkart
Info Edge
Peak XV
Accel
Westbridge Capital
Avaana Capital
ACT brings together a select group of India’s leading founders and investors who contribute not just capital, but their expertise and networks. If you would like to be part of building India’s defining institution for social innovation, we’d love to hear from you!