Avaana Capital has signed the pact to ACT – a social change movement for the startup ecosystem in India, enabling changemakers to give their time, talent and resource to mobilize solutions that address societal problems at scale. ACT started as a response to fight COVID-19 and has now expanded its mandate to cover healthcare, education, environment, and women’s participation in workforce. Anjali Bansal anchors the ACT for Women initiative.

Avaana Capital was also part of ACT Summit, a virtual event which that brought together India’s leading startup founders, venture capitalists, and changemakers to talk about how we can leverage India’s inventive startup assets and ideas to enable social change at scale. Anjali Bansal was one of the panelists for the session on “Encouraging business practices that empower women”.