Our Story
How Did It All Begin?
In 2014, Parth Khanna (Chief Executive Officer), Kapil Kalra (Chief Revenue Officer), and Kumar Erramilli (Chief Technology Officer) founded ACTO. Inspired by the phrase “Act Today” and the desire to help people be their best selves, ACTO began as an industry agnostic corporate training mobile app.
In 2016, ACTO decided to focus exclusively on solving the life sciences industry’s toughest challenges. By December 2018, Parth, Kapil and Kumar deeply analyzed over 5,700 pharmaceutical and medical device sales rep behaviors, and talked to 900+ industry leaders, to create the next generation of learning technology for life sciences.
ACTO was born
ACTO was founded on July 21, 2014 as an industry agnostic solution, on proven learning pedagogies of microlearning and action-based learning to drive behavior change and employee engagement
Product-market fit
Angel Round to find a product-market fit and build an enterprise-grade technology
Life-sciences focus
ACTO decides to focus exclusively to the needs of the life sciences industry
Seed funding
ACTO’s seed funding with VCs; MaRS IAF, Extreme Venture Partners and Panache commences
Innovation Summit
ACTO gathers a select cohort of industry leaders to create an innovative, disruptive solution for education in life sciences
Gaining traction in life sciences
ACTO continues to gain significant traction as the life sciences industry’s learning technology of choice
Series A and chart-topping growth
ACTO announces USD 11.5 million Series A funding, acquires 2 companies: Scrimmage and CoHealth, and closes off 2020 with 5x growth since 2018
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Awards & Recognition
Timmy Awards
Regional Winner of Tech in Motion’s Timmy Award for “Best Tech for Good”
Stevie International Business Awards
Gold in the Cloud Platform category
The Stevie Awards For Sales & Customer Service
Silver in the “Innovation in Sales – Technology industries” category
Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards
Best Advance in Learning Management Measurement/ Business Impact Tools
LTEN Excellence Awards
ACTO, Axiom, and AstraZeneca won the LTEN Industry Partnership Award for the Triple A Initiative
LTEN Excellence Awards
Finalist with Philips Respironics in the “Innovation” category
Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards
Silver with Philips Respironics for the “Best Unique or Innovative Learning Program”
Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards
Bronze with Teleflex for the “Best Advance in Learning Technology Implementation”
PM360 ELITE
ACTO’s founders selected as PM360 ELITE (Pharma Marketing) Entrepreneurs
PM360 ELITE
ACTO’s founders selected as PM360 ELITE (Pharma Marketing) Disruptors
eyeforpharma Awards
Finalist with AstraZeneca for the “Most Promising MVP/Pilot”
eyeforpharma Awards
Finalist with Philips Respironics for the “Most Valuable Data & Insights Initiative”
Reuters Events Pharma
Finalist with AstraZeneca for the “Most Valuable Collaboration”
Great Place To Work Certified
Great Place to Work
Best Workplace for Start-Ups in Canada 2020
Timmy Awards
Finalist for Tech in Motion’s Timmy Award for “Best Tech Work Culture”
Maple Leaf Angels
Company of the Year
EY Entrepreneur of the Year
Emerging Entrepreneur 2018 Regional Finalist
Great Place to Work
Best Workplace for Today’s Youth in Canada 2020
Great Place to Work
Best Workplaces in Ontario 2020