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How many people are blind worldwide?

How many people are blind worldwide?

In March 2021 I launched the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation to take low-cost cataract surgeries out into poor and remote communities in Nepal, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Myanmar, India, and China. Working with my co-founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit, I hope to cure 300,000 cataracts blindness by 2026. The prevalence,

Plotting The World’s Exponential Technological Progress

Plotting The World’s Exponential Technological Progress

Exponential growth is important. In May 2020 I wrote a #TejTalks blog about how my Kohli Ventures investment vehicle is focused on getting in early on exponential growth opportunities. Then in an interview on CityAM.com I talked about how I am chasing the second wave of CRISPR-Cas9 because I

Forward:Thinking - Investing In The Future

Forward:Thinking - Investing In The Future

Forward:Thinking is a series that will feature stories about my ventures into real estate, esports, blindness, poverty, artificial intelligence and everything in between. After investing in esports, it was clear that staying ahead of trends was key. This is what was a part of influence in the acquisition of

A Heart-breaking Insight Into The Reality of Poverty Blindness

A Heart-breaking Insight Into The Reality of Poverty Blindness

When Murathi Parsi of the Kapilavastu District of Nepal went blind, surgery was out of reach. Despite living only one hour away from an eye hospital, the family simply did not have NRS 8,000 (approx USD 70) needed for her surgery. Her husband and her son, both daily wage

The Bionic British Kids Who Are Ready To Take On The World

The Bionic British Kids Who Are Ready To Take On The World

Tej Kohli is the founder of the not-for-profit Tej Kohli Foundation whose ‘Rebuilding You’ philosophy supports the development of scientific and technological solutions to major global health challenges whilst also making interventions to rebuild people and communities around the world. Tej Kohli is also an impact investor who backs growth-stage

Taking the steps to eliminate poverty

Taking the steps to eliminate poverty

Throughout the developing world, many suffer at the hands of avoidable or curable blindness. With the lack of resources or access to sufficient healthcare, many fall into a life of inescapable poverty due to their illness. Issues such as cataracts are one of the easiest eye issues to cure – especially

London Investor Tej Kohli On Chasing The 'Second Wave' Of CRISPR-Cas9

London Investor Tej Kohli On Chasing The 'Second Wave' Of CRISPR-Cas9

“The only thing worse than losing money on an investment is having to watch the value of something that you didn’t back grow beyond all expectations” says London-based technologist and investor Tej Kohli. Kohli is talking into a laptop with the team of experts that he has assembled to