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Bridging the healthcare divide: How technology is bringing a ray of hope in rural India

December 18, 2023
In the most remote areas of rural India, affordable and accessible healthcare continues to be a challenge for underserved populations even today.
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Seeds of Hope: Farmers For Forests transforming lives and livelihoods in rural Maharashtra

December 7, 2023
In the quiet village of Yermagad, in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, a 73-year-old farmer named Najukrao Ranu Achala leads his life in a tiny hut on his 8-acre land with 7 goats, 11 cows, 38 hens, and 2 dogs.
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WISER 2023 finds that startups can lead the way on accelerating women’s workforce participation in India

October 29, 2023
Startups in India have the potential to create 2 million new jobs for women by 2030, suggests the Women in India’s Startup Ecosystem Report (WISER), adding that the ecosystem is uniquely positioned to attract female talent.
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Neurosynaptic joins the ACT For Health portfolio

September 13, 2023
In the ever evolving quest to provide quality healthcare services to rural populations, the emergence of tele-medicine has ushered in a new era of healthcare delivery.
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Dvara Health Finance joins the ACT For Health collective

August 25, 2023
Across urban and rural adult populations in India, there is a substantial prevalence of health concerns such as diabetes, prediabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
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ACT For Health welcomes C3 Medtech to its portfolio

August 21, 2023
India faces a daunting healthcare challenge with an estimated 270 million people experiencing vision loss. Among them, 9.2 million individuals are burdened with irreversible blindness and shockingly, 90% of these cases are preventable.
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Cancrie joins the ACT For Environment portfolio

August 7, 2023
Cancrie aims to impact the battery industry by significantly enhancing battery performance, reducing waste, and extending their lifespan.
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ACT For Health brings Adagio VR on board in collaboration with MITR Trust

July 6, 2023
ACT For Health has partnered with MITR Trust to support Adagio VR in delivering a 4-week program for the LGBTQI+ community in India.
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ACT For Education doubles down on early childhood education with Rocket Learning

July 5, 2023
Rocket Learning is an ed-tech enterprise that aims to play a key role in enabling India to become the world’s largest, most effective early childhood development system that’s anchored with the government.
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Enabling a one-stop shop ed-tech solution for low-income children with VOPA

July 5, 2023
VOPA is an ed-tech non-profit that’s making a significant difference in the education of the most marginalised students in Maharashtra. Their mission is to democratise digital learning and they’re doing it by leveraging technology and the network of government school teachers to create vernacular educational content in local languages.
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ACT For Education renews its support to Top Parent

June 16, 2023
Top Parent is emerging as a powerful force in the space of FLN (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy) – striving to revolutionise education for underserved children in rural and remote parts of India.
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Green Startup Pledge: Enabling startups to take meaningful climate action

June 13, 2023
ACT For Environment, in collaboration with BCG, developed the Green Startup Pledge – the world’s first climate pledge that’s designed exclusively for startups and which aims to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by them in their sustainability efforts.
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