UNICEF Innovation has announced its plans to invest $100,000 in six companies for blockchain related projects. The fund is aimed at financing open-source technology to find solutions in latest technologies such as blockchain, machine learning, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence.

The fund will be invested in six companies that include Atix Labs, an Argentinian software firm; Onesmart and Prescrypto, Mexican tech companies; Indian startup Statwig; Utopixar, a Tunisian apps development startup; and W3 Engineers, a web apps development firm in Bangladesh.

The companies will address global issues such as transparency in the healthcare system and affordable access to mobile communications. They will build separate prototypes and systems to achieve the goal. Moreover, these six companies will become a part of 20 other tech startups which are already covered by the fund in areas like data science, drones, and virtual reality.