founded in: 2014
founded by: Richa Singh and Puneet Manuja
based in: Bangalore
Major Investors: Elevation Capital, Phanindra Sama (RedBus), Paula Mariwala (Seedfund)
What it does: YourDost is a digital platform to promote mental health, providing counseling services to over 300 clients and over 900 experts. Its journey began as a blog, but in 2014 as an online counseling portal its founders realized they had to leverage technology to remove the social stigma associated with therapy.
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founded in: 2017
founded by: Vimal Govind Manikandan Kondayath, Nikhil Puthiavitil Nettoor, Arun George and Rashid bin Abdullah
based in: Thiruvananthapuram
Major Investors: Unicorn India Ventures, Anand Mahindra, Rajan Anandan, Jayesh Parekh
What it does: Genrobotics designs and develops robotic solutions for various hygiene and health issues such as manual scavenging and rehabilitation of paralyzed patients. Its primary goal is to use technology to alleviate social issues. Its clients include governments, municipal corporations, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, refineries, private bodies and contractors.
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founded in: 2017
founded by: Arjun Ahluwalia and Adriel Maniego
based in: Mumbai
Major Investors: Mirae Asset, Bloom Ventures, Arcam Ventures, Better Capital
What it does: Jai Kisan provides financing for income-generating activities in agriculture and allied industries, financing inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and crop protection products as well as allied equipment. It also provides an agricultural market – Bharat Khata – for users to buy inputs, facilitate market relationships with buyers and farmers, and provide advisory services.
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founded in: 2014
founded by: Abhishek Humbad and Richa Bajpayee
based in: Bangalore
Major Investors: Omidyar Network India, Nexus Venture Partners, Elevation Capital
What it does: Aiming to transform Corporate Social Responsibility and Charity using technology, Gudera is set to help corporates effectively measure, manage and report on their CSR projects. Today, Gudera is the largest volunteer company in the world, enabling more than 5 million employees to volunteer with thousands of nonprofits in more than 100 countries.
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founded in: 2010
founded by: Sujay Santra
based in: Kolkata
Major Investors: Ratan Tata, Gram Capital, Intellicap Impact Investment Network
What it does: Using iKure technology to provide affordable and accessible primary healthcare to the last mile. So far, the company has affected a population of 12 million and treated over 2.5 million patients in 6,200 villages across eight states in India. The company has its own proprietary platform comprising of data analytics, artificial intelligence and device integration.