Bridging the accessibility and affordability gap in public healthcare across primary care, NCDs, TB and mental health.
A ₹100 Cr fund seeding digital, medtech and deep-tech innovations across tele-medicine, health coverage, capacity building, diagnostic tests, devices and implants — designed for deployment inside India's public health system.
The Challenge
A system where patients are diagnosed too late — or not at all
According to a study by The Lancet, India ranks 145 among 195 countries on the quality and accessibility of healthcare — patients are either never diagnosed or diagnosed too late, with outcomes that compound across the rest of their lives.
Public awareness on health is patchy, basic healthcare facilities are often not accessible, and even when they are, the quality of care frequently sits well below global benchmarks. Quality medical care offered by private establishments is unaffordable for many, and the country has a limited number of healthcare workers available to serve a population this large.
The healthcare ecosystem in India is plagued with supply-side constraints — exactly the kind of constraints that disruptive, tech-led innovation can begin to address, making care more accessible and affordable for patients across the socio-economic spectrum.
6 Cr
People fall below the poverty line every year due to healthcare expenses
1 in 4
Cases of tuberculosis in the world occur in India
60%
Of sudden deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases like cancer and diabetes
1 in 5
Indians suffer from some form of mental illness
Our Thesis
₹100 Cr behind tech-led primary care, NCDs, TB and mental health
ACT For Health aims to improve access to quality, affordable healthcare across primary care, NCDs, TB and mental health. The ₹100 Cr fund supports digital, medtech and deep-tech innovations in these spaces — with a deliberate focus on deployment-ready solutions across tele-medicine, health coverage, capacity building, diagnostic tests, devices and implants.
Provide Catalytic Funding
Support solutions and platforms that are pioneering high-quality health-tech innovations — across primary care, NCDs, TB and mental health.
Build Capacity
Leverage the ACT collective to support portfolio organisations across the need areas that decide whether an innovation scales — product and technology, network access, deployment support and team.
Enable Ecosystem Adoption
Support NGOs and government stakeholders to integrate impactful, market-tested innovations into public health programmes — closing the gap between a working solution and a district-level rollout.
Our Portfolio
The founders we back in Health
Twenty-five organisations across primary care, NCDs, TB, mental health, medtech devices, digital public-health infrastructure and tele-medicine.
Atman
An app-based vernacular mental-health platform delivering culturally contextualised support to government-school students in grades 9–12 — built to help young learners build emotional resilience.
Adagio VR
A digital-health startup whose preventive-wellbeing and behaviour-change solution leverages Virtual Reality to create measurable impact on the user's mental and physical health.
Atom 360
A digital health-tech startup whose patented AI solution analyses oral-cavity images captured through a smartphone app to detect oral cancer — bringing screening to first-line care.
Basic Health Services
A primary-health enterprise deploying X-ray detectors inside primary health centres in rural Rajasthan — enabling timely, effective TB diagnosis at the first point of care.
Fee-for-Value Care Innovation
A service innovation that enables the transition from a fee-for-service model to a fee-for-value model — facilitated by community health workers and the use of technology to align incentives with outcomes.
eGov
An open-source-infrastructure foundation embedding digital infrastructure inside public health systems — now scaling Open Healthcare Network's Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) across four states.
Evolve
A digital health startup focused on improving mental-health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ communities — now accelerating a vernacular version of its solution to serve larger under-served communities.
Forus
A digital ophthalmology platform that uses AI to deliver comprehensive eye-screening services — designed for use in primary care and community settings.
Huwel
A TB diagnostics startup making detection faster, more affordable and easily integrable into national health systems — through lab-free, ICMR-validated tools.
iKure
An aided tele-medicine platform used by doctors and community health workers to screen and monitor patients at their doorstep — across rural and peri-urban India.
Intelehealth
An open-source digital platform that empowers public health services to deliver affordable primary healthcare to rural communities through tele-medicine.
KHPT
A vernacular, voice-based digital companion that overcomes literacy barriers — enhancing TB awareness and treatment adherence among under-served communities.
KhushiBaby
An NGO improving primary healthcare through digital tools — empowering health workers, partners and governments to build integrated health systems and enable data-driven decision making.
Medoplus
A healthcare startup transforming patient care in remote India — combining a tech platform with a hybrid network of local health agents and physical eClinics to deliver affordable primary care.
C3 Medtech
A medtech startup whose portable imaging devices attach to smartphones — letting primary-care providers capture high-quality eye images and remotely consult with ophthalmologists.
MedPrime Technologies
A digital microscopy solution that lets pathologists remotely analyse test reports for patients living in low-resourced areas — extending specialist reach.
Navya Care
A simple digital interface through which non-clinical staff can enter and map patient data to NCG and NCCN guidelines — enabling quick, low-cost second-opinion cancer care.
Neurosynaptic Communications
A digital health-tech company whose comprehensive diagnostic test kit can be integrated with the e-Sanjeevani tele-medicine platform at the primary-health-centre level.
Niramai
A portable, low-cost, radiation-free, privacy-aware device that helps detect early-stage breast cancer at high accuracy — designed for screening in primary care and outreach camps.
Open Healthcare Network
A tele-medicine platform that enables critical-care specialists to virtually connect with doctors in rural districts across seven states — extending ICU-grade care to the last mile.
Periwinkle Technologies
A handheld, AI-powered device that helps detect cervical cancer without electricity or extensive training for frontline workers — designed for community-level screening.
Saathealth
An AI-powered app that helps low-income families access credible health information and make timely healthcare decisions — built around behavioural nudges and content design.
Salcit Technologies
An AI-led app that records cough sounds and decodes unique cough signatures to detect the possible presence of pulmonary tuberculosis — turning every smartphone into a TB-screening tool.
Swasth Alliance
A collaborative platform building the Health Claims Exchange — an interoperable, health-benefits network designed to cover the continuum of care across providers and payers.
Wysa
An advanced conversational-AI chatbot for mental health, grounded in cognitive behavioural therapy — also accessible through WhatsApp for the widest possible reach.
What We're Looking For
Building a health-tech solution for Bharat?
If you're a social entrepreneur building an innovative health-tech solution, we want to hear from you. Here's a quick checklist for what we evaluate.
Tech First
Should leverage technology to expand reach and enable both easy access to, and affordability of, healthcare.
Made For Bharat
Should be specifically designed to address the healthcare needs of low-income and under-served communities.
Evidence Of Impact
Should have demonstrated potential to create significant impact on health outcomes in one of our focus areas.
Potential For Scale
The model should have high potential to scale meaningfully over the next three to five years.
Roadmap To Sustainability
Must have a clear path to grow sustainably beyond ACT's support — through revenue or independent fundraising.
ACT Capital Foundation For Social Impact is a not-for-profit company incorporated and registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (CIN: U85300KA2021NPL148543). All donations made to ACT Capital Foundation are eligible for income-tax deduction under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act.
ACT Capital Foundation For Social Impact © 2026 · All Rights Reserved