# ACT Grants

> ACT Grants is a VC fund in Bangalore backing Energy and Chemical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/act-grants-foundation/?viewAsMember=true
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/actgrants
- Website: https://actgrants.in/

ACT Grants is a VC fund in Bangalore focused on Energy and Chemical. ACT started as a 100 CR grant in response to fight Covid-19 and has now expanded its mandate to cover education, environment, health and women's participation in the workforce.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for ACT Grants. Shizune tracks 3 team members at ACT Grants. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/act-grants?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Chemical | 1 | 25% |
| Training | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Grant | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dhruvil Sanghvi | Co-founder of Social Change | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dhruvil-sanghvi |
| Maya Chandrasekaran | Co-founder of Social Change | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maya-chandrasekaran-d14c |
| Payal Banerjee | Co-founder of social change | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payal-banerjee-6727 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RenewCred | RenewCred provides a specialized platform for high-quality carbon credits, focusing exclusively on technology-based offsets rather than nature-based solutions. It serves as a standards and registry body targeting industrial decarbonization, particularly in the Global South, through rigorous methodologies developed with over 250 climate scientists.The company streamlines carbon credit issuance for project developers while enabling buyers to access verified, tech-driven offsets like CCUS, biochar, methane reclamation, and EV fleets. ​ | $470.4K | Seed | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Alt Carbon | Alt Carbon operates as a climate tech platform. | $12M | Seed | May 21, 2025 |  |
| LearnTube | CareerNinja provides upskilling and job-oriented courses for college graduates. | $2M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| altM | altM is an alternate Materials company. We are currently prototyping and will manufacture scalable biomaterials to help large industries reduce carbon footprints across their value chains. We use lignocellulosic agricultural residues to develop a family of advanced input raw materials to replace the current unsustainable incumbents across ourproduct partner industries in CPG/FMCG, apparel, industrial chemicals, and packaging. Materials of interest: Sustainable Chemicals, Biomaterials (including Composites), and Fuels |  | Grant | Jul 20, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bisk Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bisk-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blitzscaling Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blitzscaling-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [build3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/build3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Campus Angels Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/campus-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IDEASHACKS VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideashacks-coworking) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does ACT Grants invest in?

ACT Grants invests primarily in Energy, Chemical and Training startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact ACT Grants?

Public channels for ACT Grants include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ACT Grants?

The team at ACT Grants includes Dhruvil Sanghvi (Co-founder of Social Change), Maya Chandrasekaran (Co-founder of Social Change) and Payal Banerjee (Co-founder of social change). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co