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MAY 7TH, 2021
Accelerating vaccinations in Karnataka through corporate giving #VaccinateandDonate
While India is battling a severe second wave of COVID-19, getting the majority of our population vaccinated is key to our long-term defense against the pandemic. This is especially critical as cities, towns and villages need to urgently build up resources and resilience against a potential third wave...
MAY 7TH, 2021
ACT Grants, Swasth Alliance And Feeding India To Donate 50,000 Oxygen Concentrators Nationally In May
India, in the middle of the second wave of COVID-19, needs to rapidly augment oxygen supply to hospitals. In order to save as many lives as possible, ACT Grants (a not-for-profit movement created by the VC and start-up community in India), Swasth Alliance...
MAY 7TH, 2021
Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma donate ₹2 crore in COVID-19 fight
India captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma have donated ₹2 crore to a fund-raising project, which will raise a total of ₹7 crore to support the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two are raising money through crowd-funding platform Ketto...
APRIL 28TH, 2021
India's entrepreneurs and investors are mobilizing to help the nation fight COVID-19 and you can too
At a time when much of the world has asserted great control over containing the spread of the coronavirus, with countries increasingly vaccinating its citizens, a different story is playing out in India, the world’s second-most populous nation.
For a week straight, India has reported more than 300,000 daily new infections, about half of all the cases across the globe, despite cutting down on testing in some states and underreporting deaths...
APRIL 26TH, 2021
ACT Looks To Raise INR 75 Cr To Boost Indian Healthcare Amid Covid Crisis
At a time when much of the world has asserted great control over containing the spread of the coronavirus, with countries increasingly vaccinating its citizens, a different story is playing out in India, the world’s second-most populous nation.
For a week straight, India has reported more than 300,000 daily new infections, about half of all the cases across the globe, despite cutting down on testing in some states and underreporting deaths...
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Start-ups, venture capitalists offer funds to tackle Oxygen scarcity
As the situation in India continues to make headlines globally and the oxygen crisis escalates, more and more individuals, start-ups, and venture capitalists are offering help in different ways to people and families.
Late Sunday night, e-commerce major Amazon India said it was joining hands with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation, Pune Platform for Covid-19 Response (PPCR) and other partners...
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Startup community stands up for India: A list of projects you can contribute to
As the second wave of Coronavirus rips through India with ferocity, entrepreneurs and investors across India's booming startup ecosystem have come together to mobilize funds and resources to help the country in one of its darkest hours. Here is a look at what different companies and entrepreneurs are doing, and where you can contribute
ACT Grants
A collective movement by some of the leading venture capital funds and entrepreneurs in India's startup ecosystem. Amazon has already tied up with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation, and Pune Platform for COVID-19 response to airlift 8,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore...
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Startups join battle against COVID-19; a look at how they are helping India breathe again
India's startup ecosystem has joined the fight against COVID-19 as entrepreneurs, investors and startups come together to offer funds, support and resources at a time when the country faces a crippling shortage of beds, oxygen and medical supplies.
ACT Grants
Set up in 2020 as a collective of investors and entrepreneurs to support solutions for the fight against COVID-19, the initiative has stepped up its activities and is focused raising Rs 75 crore for providing relief to hospitals and citizens for home management, oxygen solutions for hospitals (cylinders, HFNC, CPAP), supplement workforce with doctors and nurses...
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Startup ecosystem breathes new life into India's Covid fight
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Amazon partners ACT Grants, Temasek to bring in 10,000 oxygen concentrators, BiPAP machines into India
APRIL 26TH, 2021
Startups, tech giants pitch in to help India
APRIL 25TH, 2021
Action COVID-19 Team Grants steps up again to battle COVID-19
APRIL 24TH, 2021
Covid-19 crisis: Startups step up efforts to assist in oxygen delivery
