Reports

Research from the field.

ACT Reports is where the platform's deepest research lives — joint studies with research partners, multi-year progress reports on flagship initiatives, white-papers from each focus area and the annual impact reviews. The work is intended for founders, funders, policymakers and operators thinking seriously about the next decade of social-impact work in India, and is written to be useful rather than ceremonial.

WISER 2023 — Women In India's Startup Ecosystem Report

WISER 2023 is a joint deep-dive — produced with The Udaiti Foundation — into funding, founders and the gender gap in Indian startups. The report maps where female founders and women operators sit across stages, sectors and geographies, surfaces the structural gaps that hold the ecosystem back, and offers a practical agenda for founders, investors and policymakers serious about closing the gap. It has become one of the more frequently cited references on women in India's startup ecosystem.

Building for Bharat — A Progress Report

Building for Bharat is a progress report on five years of backing founders building for the next half-billion Indian users. It walks through what is actually working — voice-first interfaces, vernacular content, partnerships with state systems, distribution through trusted local intermediaries — and is honest about what is not. The report is intended for founders, investors and operators planning their next decade in India.

The Green Startup Pledge — State of Climate Action

The State of Climate Action report tracks founders, investors and operators who have signed the Green Startup Pledge and are aligning startup growth with India's net-zero ambition. The report covers the operational commitments founders are making, the emissions they are measuring, the early lessons from putting climate inside the operating model — and how the pledge community is pulling the wider ecosystem along.

ACT Impact 2024 — Annual Review

The 2024 annual review brings together capital deployed, founders backed, partnerships forged and lives touched across the platform. It walks through portfolio progress across each focus area, programme updates from the ACT Fellowship, Pact For Gender Parity and the Implementers Network, and the platform-level numbers behind a year of compounding impact.