- i3 Systems Raises $1 Mn Funding From Unitus Ventures and Others Mumbai-based i3 Systems, an AI-Powered Insure-tech Platform has raised $1 Mn funding from Unitus Ventures. Angel investors Behram Vakil, Founding Partner of AZB Partners and Jerxis Vandrevala, Founder of Sanchez Computers Inc and Zenta also participated in this investment round. The announcement came in just a few days after Unitus Ventures (formerly known as Unitus […]
- Entering The Healthcare Tech Space? Three Things to Keep in Mind Healthcare is hard — but many startups are now successfully navigating the healthcare space with us. In this article, I explore how to approach the beast that is the healthcare industry. Know Thy Stakeholder(s) Most healthcare organisations are deeply layered and extremely complex. When entering a working relationship in the healthcare industry, it’s imperative to […]
- Punit Soni’s Healthtech Startup Suki Raises $20 Mn Funding From Venrock, First Round, Social Capital AI enabled healthtech startup Suki (formerly called Robin), founded by ex-CPO of Flipkart Punit Soni has raised $20 Mn led by Venrock, First Round, Social Capital, as well as individual Googlers and other angels including Nat Turner of Flatiron Health, and Marc Benioff (CEO of Salesforce). “The $20 Mn in funding comes from a Series […]
- On A Mission To Digitise Global OPD Processes, Healthtech Startup Doxper Raises $1.1 Mn Funding Taking the total funding raised to date to $1.9 Mn, Doxper has raised $1.1 Mn in a Pre-Series A funding round led by existing investor Vidal Healthcare. Earlier, in August 2017, it raised $750K in a Seed round of funding led by Vidal Healthcare and growx ventures along with Capier Investments, Globevestor as well as […]
- Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Backs Indian AI Driven Healthtech Startup Visit One of the creative minds behind social media giant Twitter, Biz Stone has backed Delhi-based healthtech startup Visit which is on a mission to democratise healthcare by shrinking the shortage of doctors using artificial intelligence (AI). Founded in 2016 by BITS, Pilani students Anurag Prasad, Vaibhav Singh, Shashvat Tripathi and Chetan Anand, Visit is an […]
- Punit Soni On What It Takes To Traverse Both The Indian And Silicon Valley Startup Ecosystem At the time when the Indian Startup Ecosystem has been bolstering itself with activities in various segments after recording over $13.5 Bn across 885 deals in 2017, the trend continued with Q1, 2018 reaching with the ecosystem registering over 196 deals for $1.17 Bn. However, the edge in the global startup ecosystem remains with the Silicon […]
- Marico To Acquire Up To 22.5% Stake In Health And Wellness Platform Revofit Mumbai-based Revofit (Revolutionary Fitness Private Limited) has received a strategic investment from Marico Ltd, a consumer product company operating in the beauty and wellness space, by way of a Shareholders’ Agreement and Share Subscription Agreement, announced on April 13, 2018. As per the agreement, Marico will acquire up to 22.5% equity shares of the post-acquisition paid-up […]
- How Online Pharmacy Medlife Is Making Healthcare Accessible For 5 Lakh+ Users Across 40 Cities Online pharmacy startup Medlife co-founder, Tushar Kumar opines, “Over a period of time, I realised that the healthcare system in India is extremely chaotic. People don’t know where to go to locate the right specialist, find all of their prescribed medicines or even find a good laboratory for their tests. Sometimes, they have to travel to different places to avail these […]
- NITI Aayog Should Rank States Based On Agriculture: CII Rakesh Bharti Mittal, president of the Chamber of Indian Industries aka CII has suggested that policy think tank NITI Aayog should introduce a mechanism to rank Indian states based on agriculture. This will further help in realising the Indian government’s mission to double farmer’s income by 2022. He also averred that to increase farmers’ income, […]
- Healthtech Startup BeatO Raises $1.3 Mn From Leo Capital, Blume Ventures Delhi-based healthtech startup BeatO (short for beating the ring ‘O’ of Diabetes), a comprehensive platform dedicated to diabetes solutions has raised $1.3 Mn in funding, led by Leo Capital and co-led by Blume Ventures. With this funding, the startup aims to scale up the production and focus on better technology and innovations and distribution network. […]
- Ministry Of Health Issues Draft For Healthcare Security Act; Warns Of Five Year Jail, $6,164 Fine On Healthcare Data Breach In a silent yet tough stance towards data breach, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released a draft of Healthcare Security Law under Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) and has invited comments from stakeholders and readers on the same before April 21. In the draft document shared, the Ministry of Health […]
- HealthTech Startup HealthAssure Raises $1 Mn In Funding From The HR Fund Following in the footsteps of ecommerce and fintech startups, healthtech is another sector where the Indian tech startups have been successful in attracting huge investments. After Healthifyme recently raised $12 Mn in Series B funding from global investors, another healthtech startup HealthAssure has raised $ 1 Mn in a Pre-Series A round of funding led […]