ANSH

STARTED: Incubation Program February-March 2023

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SEED GRANT: $130,000

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Supriya Bansal

Co-founder

MONEY FUNDRAISED TO DATE (March 2025): $3,228,468

TEAM SIZE (Aug 2023): 6 Core Team, 86 on the ground

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Chetan Kharbanda
Co-founder (until December 2023)

WEBSITE: https://www.ansh.health/

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Building healthcare capacity to enable mothers to provide “Kangaroo Care”, an exceptionally simple and scientifically proven treatment to avert newborn deaths

CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:

Ansh saved over 100 lives in the first year of operation in 2024.

COST-EFFECTIVENESS:

GiveWell estimates 13x as cost-effective as GiveWell’s benchmark (based on the updated cash transfers benchmark) or conservatively with an estimated range of 6x to 19x
GiveWell estimates 1 neonatal death averted for around $2,500 as their best guess
GiveWell estimates $85 per vulnerable infant treated based on Ansh’s budget

SIGNIFICANT UPDATES:

Ansh has secured scale up funding and associated grant research investigation publishment from GiveWell

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Ansh has secured knowledge partnerships with two research organizations in Uttar Pradesh, including the GiveWell-funded research institute of compassionate economics (r.i.c.e.).

ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING:

Ansh is currently not looking for more funding as they have secured the budget for their scaleup in 2025 and 2026.